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Kirsty McColl wrote this when she was sixteen years old

Posted on 4/25/25 at 3:01 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102187 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 3:01 pm
It's been covered by a bunch of people. Tracy Ullman had a pretty big hit with it

Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
2759 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 3:40 pm to
I didn't know about this...
I always associate Kirsty MaColl with Fairytale of New York, by the Pogues.
Posted by EphesianArmor
Member since Mar 2025
572 posts
Posted on 4/25/25 at 7:04 pm to
Great tune.

Those are McColl's background on Tracy Ullman's version.

Another catchy Kirsty McColl ditty with some good guitar work and Beach Boys-type harmonies:

Posted by tigahlovah
virginia beach, va
Member since Oct 2009
3862 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 1:03 pm to
Were you listening to the 80s on 8 countdown on XM by any chance?

I was riding my bike yesterday when I heard this nugget of information.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102187 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 1:41 pm to
Not yesterday but one day this week. They must repeat it.
Posted by tigahlovah
virginia beach, va
Member since Oct 2009
3862 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 4:31 pm to
I listen to it on demand when I bike. And it is repeated on the channel pretty much all week.
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
13688 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 8:07 pm to
Sir Paul's in the video.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
54687 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:03 pm to
I can only think of Ullman uglied up on Curb. Can't get that pic out of my head. Yuk
Posted by TFTC
Chicago, Il
Member since May 2010
22902 posts
Posted on 4/26/25 at 9:59 pm to
it is a perfect song..
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
36803 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 12:56 pm to
quote:

Sir Paul's in the video.
And wrote a shite ton more and better when he was 16.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
33916 posts
Posted on 4/27/25 at 8:34 pm to
This is so bizarre - a few weeks ago that song/video was very randomly but partially, in my head. I googled around to find and remember the Tracy Ullman video from I think her show or another (mid 80s?).
Since that time, I’ve been bombarded with this very random song in various ways. Please help me n
Posted by hobotiger
Asbury Park, NJ
Member since Nov 2007
5289 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:45 am to
But she didn't write New England, Billy Bragg did, she had a hit with it though
Posted by EphesianArmor
Member since Mar 2025
572 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 5:17 pm to
Didn't say she "wrote" it; just that the ditty was hers, and a good one.
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