FIRST TIME HEARING Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know REACTION

[@76JStucki]

Tracey Ullman introduced the world to The Simpsons, and that fact alone makes her a national treasure in ANY country

[@otisroseboro5613]

Fact's

[@Nite37]

Ironically, that was the ONLY episode of her show that I actually watched. The one with the Simpsons short in the middle of it.

[@kev7161]

@@Nite37 Actually, the Simpsons were on most every episode until they segued into their own series.

[@mamatay7]

My kids are watching The Simpsons RIGHT NOW, and they asked what year The Simpsons started (they know it was 30-some years ago,) and I asked if they meant their own show, or when they first started on Tracey Ullman!

[@gypsygirl3255]

I absolutely loved her show! The DUI stop skit was pure gold.

[@thomasovens478]

This song was written by and originally recorded by the late; great Kirsty MacColl. She also sings backing vocals and its Kirsty hitting the high note "Baby!" that Tracey couldn't reach. Kirsty's version was very popular but due to a distribution strike in 1979 you couldnt buy it in the record stores. Kirsty was tragically killed in 2000 by a speedboat in Mexico while scuba diving with her 2 teenage sons. She pushed them to safety out of the way of the boat - it was to be her final action - no one has been brought to justice to this day. She was one of the UK most respected songwriters and worked with everyone from The Pogues (Fairytale of New York) The Smiths, Talking Heads and Simple Minds. Check her out if you have not heard her songs before ❤

[@eclectrickery8077]

Oh, yes! She was great. The daughter of Ewan MacColl who wrote "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Dirty Old Town" which was later recorded by ... The Pogues! What goes around comes around in music history. Thanks for that info.

[@billmittenzwey3021]

absolutely loved Kirsty. Definitely check out Walking Down Madison, A Tale of NY City and more

[@plaidmoon5642]

Jay and Amber should react to Kirsty McColl. She had some wonderful songs.

[@mrupright]

Yes! Kirsty MacColl's cover of Billy Bragg's "A New England" is a real classic, and "Fairtytale of New York" is one of the great modern Christmas songs.

[@MrHws5mp]

Well, yes and no about "nobody brought to justice". A guy who worked for the family of the rich kid who owned the speedboat put his hand up to being the driver, served a few years in jail, and was then immediately re-employed by them. It's widely believed that the kid was actually driving and the employee was paid to take the rap for him. Such things, and the judicial & police corruption that allows them, are apparently par for the course in Mexico. When it became apparent that they were going to get nowhere, Kirsty's estranged husband, and the father of the two boys, decided that enough was enough and gave up the fight so that the boys wouldn't have it hanging over them for their whole childhood. Kirsty's mother, however, refused to give up and campaigned for "Justice For Kirsty" until the day she died. I can see both sides of that, to be honest. The irony was that the reason Kirsty was in Mexico in the first place was that she'd fallen in love with Latin music and was collaborating with Mexican and Cuban musicians. Her last album was in this style and produced the hit "In These Shoes" which has been covered by multiple artists.

[@MrDportjoe]

Tracey is the reason we have had the Simpsons for all these years. Comedy queen! The Simpsons began as blackouts on her FOX variety show.

[@otisroseboro5613]

Fact's

[@dabneyoduya3356]

James L. Brooks is the reason. He put them on her show, not her.

[@MrDportjoe]

@@dabneyoduya3356 I will dance -No Tracey Ullman Show no Simpsons. Doubt the show runner woud have found another outlet;.

[@aubreylewis7286]

This is a comedy skit.

[@harpinpoem]

Tracey Ullman is the comic genius- she can play anyone

[@blackblake3658]

She is playing Lulu here.😅

[@MixedMediaArtByTrina]

Her David Beckham is hilarious! 😂

[@JB-yb4wn]

Angela Merkel impersonation was fantastic.

[@cjmiller6741]

She might want to give up the black airline security agent, though. Blackface is not really that popular these days.

[@clare1061]

She's a special kind of lady. I love her and everything she's done.

[@abnergenece4307]

Tracey Ullman is a goddess! Her hit comedy series "The Tracey Ullman Show" gave birth to The Simpsons. Her character work was/is sublime!

[@Earcandy73]

“Our Trace” is a huge heavy hitter in the entertainment world. She has been huge in the UK and the US. She has so much pull that she could easily have Paul McCartney in her videos. I am so impressed that you reviewed her. She started in 1979 with a UK TV show “Three of a Kind” which was kind of like Mad TV or Saturday Night Live. She then had a successful singing career in the UK in the 1980s. She moved to the US and had a very successful career on HBO as a comedian. She launched Fox television in 1987 with the Tracey Ullman Show and of course introduced The Simpsons . She continues to entertain the world with her genius talent.

[@user-ii4zf5iq3t]

*"I LOVE YOU TO DEATH"* 1990 Spaghetti Comedy Starring Tracy Ullman, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Joan Plowright. It's a funny one.

[@DavidB-2268]

She got McCartney because she was co-starring in his movie Give My Regards to Broadstreet.

[@frauleinmona]

@@DavidB-2268 True! She played a very small role of a woman named "Sandra".😊

[@charliegeorge9393]

three of a kind started in 81, pal

[@howardbreauxii811]

"Our Trace" sounds like something Cilla Black would say. Since Tracey is British I imagine she was probably buddies with Cilla.

[@lindawalker161]

Tracey is multi-talented and one of her talents is her ability to transform herself into an entirely different person. Unbelievable chameleon. She's a hilarious mimic, too.

[@Sal-gh1se]

“Allo, it’s Kaaaaay…”

[@hankamania]

This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Kirsty MacColl wrote an amazing song that has been covered so many times and every one of them sounds great. Tracey's is my favorite.

[@andrewlarkin3074]

Also Tracey couldn't hit the high note "baby" so Kirsty sang it

[@btgiv6009]

So glad you mentioned Kirsty MacColl. "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby" is such a good song. RIP.

[@shelq3814]

Yeah, this song is on my spotify playlist of my favorite songs ever! LOVE her voice💞

[@Scott_Forsell]

New England is a fave of mine.

[@taramisu9978]

I like both versions, Tracey's and Kirsty's. I guess Leslie Carter also covered it in 1999 and her version is really nice too. Just a likeable song and they all sound great like you said.

[@michaelgonzalez6295]

Tracey is also indirectly the reason The Simpsons exists. She had a comedy sketch show in the very early days of the FOX network which did not last too long. The Simpsons were the animated short on the show!

[@KenTrosper]

Her show lasted 4 seasons.

[@gigi-ij1hk]

I friggin' loved the Tracey Ullman Show.

[@user-ii4zf5iq3t]

*"I LOVE YOU TO DEATH"* 1990 Spaghetti Comedy Starring Tracy Ullman, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Joan Plowright. It's a funny one.

[@cjmiller6741]

Before Tracy Ulman, The Simpsons were featured in a short film for HBO about arguing over scrabble and nuclear war broke out just as they made up.

[@cjmiller6741]

@@user-ii4zf5iq3t yet another film about using a human body for bar-b-que. It wasn't very original.

[@user-kl7qe1zu5v]

Tracey had a supporting part in Paul McCartney's movie Give My Regards to Broad Street, To return the favor, Paul agreed to do a cameo for Tracey's music video. BTW guys, you should have a 1990 movie on your movie channel called I Love You To Death. A dark comedy with a great cast including Tracey Ullman.

[@Diva369]

YAAAAS !!!! I also suggested this title to them!!

[@filmsensei]

She is a “woman of a thousand faces”. She can become any character and do so many voices! This has been on my “playlist” for some 35 years in some format or another even if it was cassette!😅

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

She sure is! She's hilarious as Dame Judi Dench, former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Arianna Huffington, and Angela Merkel.

[@W4TB]

Many artists in the 1980s were influenced by the sounds of the 1960s. There was a lot of political music, a lot of bright colors, and a lot of upbeat sounds. The go-gos and the StrayCats were heavily influence by the music of the 60s

[@deesee3622]

The bangles were too

[@josephcox736]

And Blondie too, although they started in the '70's

[@BGNOLA]

the 60s Garage revival started in the 80s; the Chesterfield Kings first album looked exactly like 1966. Also, the 60s psycadelic album XTC did as "The Dukes of Stratospear" is a classic

[@W4TB]

Keep talking, my fellow music historians. We need to impart some more wisdom.

[@earth2kosmickitty]

I love this song too!!! I love videos that pay homage to the '60s era, and this is one of my faves! I also love that Paul did a cameo in this, it for me, was the icing on an already beautiful cake! It's such a nostalgic vibe to it, and I too, felt bad for Tracey when she received that hard spanking! I can so relate! 🥹There's another great song/video that has a cool 60s vibe, and it's "Chain Reaction" by Diana Ross! I think Jay and Amber will LOVE that one, especially since the Bee Gees wrote the song and sing the background vocals! 🥰

[@ksnunley70]

She had a small role in Paul Mcartney's film "Give My Regards to Broad Street," so he guest starred in her video. She was big in the U.K. before she had her variety show here.

[@americangirl6029]

I love this song and the video, especially the 60’s vibe and the salute to her love for the Bay City Rollers but I’ve felt this way every time I watch this video.... I always feel so sad for baby Tracey when she gets a seemingly undeserved spanking. 😢 I believe Paul McCartney made a cameo in her video after they worked together on Paul’s movie, ‘Give My Regards to Broad Street.’

[@gemini802]

Parents did smack their children like that in the 1960's i got the same treatment.

[@americangirl6029]

@@gemini802 I was raised a little later but I was raised like that too. Maybe that’s why I feel so bad for her. 🤷‍♀️

[@mes-offroadadventures]

Discipline is a good thing, look at the world today without it... so many disrespectful people today and its only getting worse and worse..

[@gemini802]

@@mes-offroadadventures Exactly different times now can't do.it no more nornal.back in 1960's United Kingdom it was normal.

[@gemini802]

@@americangirl6029 yeah I know what you mean from English woman in the UK.

[@stpnwlf9]

If you have a fondness for the classic 60s girl groups, Tracey Ullman's album 'You Broke my Heart in 17 Places' is an absolute delight! I love her songs.

[@seanswinton6242]

One of my all time favourite albums of 1980's. Tracy Ullman is nothing short of brilliant!

[@TimH-pu2dd]

So true!

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Yes, I have that album, and it's great ! .. And the title track is another Kirsty McColl classic.

[@patticrichton1135]

@@seanswinton6242 MINE TOO!!

[@erinb.5103]

Tracey Ullman had a small part in one of Paul’s films so he thought he would return the favor and make a guest appearance in her video. Being in High School this song was a breath of fresh air having heard my mother’s ‘50’s hits because that’s what it sounded like so it was something I could relate to yet fun.

[@DerekDominoes]

On a related note, here's an interview of them from 1984: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2POl6WheryIpZY

[@danielk7774]

Give me regards to broadstreet

[@johntaylor-jp3jy]

This song was written and originally recorded by the brilliant Kirsty MacColl. She is actually providing the back-up harmonies on Tracy’s version of this song, and the high pitched “BABY!” towards the end is courtesy of Kirsty. Sadly, she died under tragic circumstances, trying to protect her children from a speed boat. If you want a new artist to explore for Female Fridays, please please research Kirsty MacColl and do a reaction video. You could start with “In These Shoes?” or any of the songs from her amazing debut album Kite

[@KC-gy5xw]

I miss Kirsty, I swear her death was dodgy.

[@johntaylor-jp3jy]

@@KC-gy5xw it absolutely was. The guy driving the speedboat was some rich well connected playboy and his father greased palms to get it written off as misadventure

[@olliehutchins584]

I second this, not enough Kirsty reactions on y/t, she was a gem 💓

[@NearlySane101]

Another vote for In These Shoes

[@AlanMackinnon-dn3qw]

I​@@johntaylor-jp3jyif I remember, the speedboat shouldn't have been anywhere near where she and her children were diving and she managed to push them out of the way but sadly she wasn't so lucky.

[@robinschulze934]

She was daydreaming about Paul 😂❤!!!

[@lak1294]

This is a deliberate throwback to the '60s (although produced in the '80s).

[@mitzifrancis9843]

I mainly knew Tracey as a comedian and absolutely LOVED this 1960s throwback song!

[@kpowers]

Well an 80s song with a 1960's vibe

[@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666]

Tracey Ullman is a comedian & actress, her US show featured the debut of The Simpsons

[@pc6709]

I like this song. She also had a television show, which featured very early shorts of The Simpsons, basically giving birth to the series.

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

It's an 80's video in a 60's retro style! Tracy is so talented! She's hilarious too! And she introduced us to The Simpsons!

[@kenbrandon6434]

There’s quite a history here. Tracey was already hugely popular in England and released this song on a cover album of some of her old 50’s and 60’s favorites. She then got her own show on a brand new fourth network channel, Fox, back before all the cable channels. The first night of Fox was 3 hours of them showing the 30 minute pilot episodes of “Married with Children” and “The Tracey Ullman Show”, 3 times each. “The Simpsons” started out as short animated fillers on her show. I’m not sure how the show ended, but I know she made a big comeback later with new sketch comedy show called “Tracey” on HBO for a few years.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

The thing is, The Tracey Ullman Show was actually very good. Comedy skits. Singing and dancing numbers. She was amazingly talented. I don't think these folks have any idea just how brilliant she was back in the day.

[@raymonddouglas1222]

Wasn’t she on a British comedy show in the early 80s called Girls On Top.

[@sallym1171]

Tracey Ullman rocks! She had the best show back in the 80s. A great performer and her characters were awesome. And yeah, The Simpson's were way funky back then. 😂

[@frederickseltzerjr2170]

If it wasn't for "The Tracey Ullman Show" on FOX, we would have never had "The Simpsons," as they debuted on her comedy sketch show!! She played Ally McBeal's therapist (and she won an Emmy for that role, Dr. Tracey). She has had multiple HBO specials. She is frigging FUNNY!!! Love her. Thank you for finally doing her, though this was her 1 and only hit song, peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in 1983. Tracey made a cameo in Paul's "Give My Regards To Broad Street," so this was him repaying her the favor by having a cameo in her video for this song.

[@AaChtr]

The thing about this song and video is that it's catchy, fun, and puts a smile on my face every time I see it.

[@kev7161]

Tracy has been in a TON of movies and TV shows over the years/decades. Sadly her singing career was pretty short-lived but she is definitely a talent to check out.

[@howardbreauxii811]

She was a one-hit wonder in the US, but from what I've read about her I think she was more focused on her comedy career than music. She had several hits in her home country, but in the US this was her only Top 40 hit. MTV was the main reason it broke in the US as they really promoted the video and it seems like everyone who saw the video fell in love with her.

[@patticrichton1135]

@@howardbreauxii811 AND also because Paul McCartney was in it!

[@owatopham]

I adore the lyrics to this song. It was mine and my late Husband's song. Thanks for reacting to this. ❤.

[@carolslavens5565]

The Tracey Ullman show from the 80"s was hilarious! It was on the Fox Channel. She and the cast played so many funny characters and skits.

[@FloraWest]

I still quote some lines from her show to this day. So funny and a great supporting cast as well!

[@sharoninglima1217]

Tracey Ullman is fantastic. So talented. She and Meryl Streep are good friends.❤❤

[@thekookooman1991]

This is a 60's style song from the 80's----a lot of new wave referenced 60's pop and rock music. The plot of this video is that her original boyfriend's name is Paul---he gives her a baby and then presumably leaves her. to raise their child alone Then at the end, we see them bump into each other at the grocery store without recognizing each other. But Tracy gets the last laugh (if only in her imagination) because she replaces the deadbeat "Paul" with Paul McCartney! So by the end, she's singing about the "Paul of her dreams" instead of her ex. Fun fact, this tune is a cover. The original is by Kristy Maccoll.

[@jessejamessimons483]

All right my babies.... I remember when this lady had her own TV program. And I do like the song. ‼️😁👍🏼

[@Celtwoman1949]

She is a good impressionist too. The song was a parody. Couples used to put their names above the windscreen back in the day in the UK

[@darrellwhitman4756]

You should check out the original by Kirsty MacColl from four years earlier.(1979).This was from 1983.Tracey was friends with Kirsty and Kirsty sings background on this and does the ba-by! high part.

[@hankamania]

And obviously, they should react to some Kirsty MacColl! Either Innocence, or There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis would be great choices. Such a great singer and songwriter, gone too soon.

[@Johnny_Socko]

@@hankamania I was only just discovering Kirsty's music when she tragically passed. Or maybe it's more accurate to say, I had been hearing her music for years (performed by herself or other artists) but didn't know who she was. Amazing songwriter.

[@mpol701]

I was at kirsty maccoll memorial at St Martins Church in London was a wonderful experience with Bono, and Shane McGowan and others singing together a celebration of her short life

[@sharonramone9178]

Love ALL things Tracey! But I really wish she had recorded more songs. Her voice was so pleasant sounding. Especially compared to other singers of the 80's. She was tops.

[@stevejohnson1577]

Its where The Simpsons got its start- on the Tracy Ullman show

[@otisroseboro5613]

Fact's

[@petercourtien4581]

So funny. It was so weird. But oddly appealing.🤣

[@canuckyukyuk9164]

She had her own TV show for years. She's brilliant. (Brought "The Simpsons" to the world.)

[@Gary_Jaffe]

She has actually had five of her own tv shows at this point: *The Tracey Ullman Show (1987 until 1990, which, as many have pointed out here featured the first appearances The Simpsons -- the series won ten Prime Time Emmy awards) *Tracey Takes On... (HBO, 1996-99) which won many awards *Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (Showtime, 2008 to 2010) *Tracey Ullman's Show (BBC, 2016) *Tracey Breaks the News (BBC, 2017-2018) She is a huge talent. I would say it's fair to mention her in the same breath as comedic icons Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett.

[@kelleyjones6087]

The Tracey Ullman show ! The characters she played on this show were incredible !!

[@stonebay2111]

Her tv show tracy takes on was hilarious...i think this was the theme song thatvshowed her playing all kinds of characters

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

Great reaction, Jay and Amber. In the late '70s and early '80s there were a few groups who had a retro '60s vibe and fashioned themselves on that sound. Tracey was a singer and comedian when she first started in the late '70s, in the early '80s she was in a U.K. TV series "A Kick Up The '80s" this and her music got her noticed in America where she had "The Tracey Ullman Show" on the Fox Network which featured a cartoon family called 'The Simpsons' which later became a series of its own.

[@davidhuggan6315]

Just like lots of bands are paying tribute to the 70s and 80s now

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@davidhuggan6315 Yes, very true. I think that many look to the past for inspiration.

[@davidhuggan6315]

Plus, there is a return to real instruments too.@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.

[@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis.]

@@davidhuggan6315 Yes, thankfully so, something which I'm glad about after hearing a lot of music being created only digitally or sampled, I think that KZbin and other mediums have helped normal people who in the past wouldn't have been able to get their stuff out there for people to hear.

[@GinMae]

Thanks so much, Squad! Tracey was amazing... she's totally rockin' that 60's girl band sound... the "Tracey Ullman show" had a number of seasons.. on that show she plays an amazing array of characters.. I hope you get around to watching some of it... featured the FIRST "Simpsons" cartoons... lol as said, she does it all! (and sir Paul McCartney did the cameo...lol)

[@fitzgivesfits1]

My favorite character was "Kay".

[@GinMae]

@@fitzgivesfits1 Kay and her "mother" - lol... but I really loved Ruby Romaine.. such a perfect characterization.. I am from Wisconsin, and she nailed that accent!

[@howardbreauxii811]

This song was the first time I had ever heard of Tracey Ullman back in 1984. I tend to like hard rock but this song really hooked me the first time I heard it, and the video is backfilled with her tongue in cheek kind of humor. I didn't know until years later that she was either British or a comedian until I stumbled on her show and laughed my arse off. Musically she's a one-hit wonder in the US, but now people know her as more of a comedy entertainer than singer. I believe she had several hits over in the UK though.

[@Whitebrowpriest]

I totally forgot that Tracey Ullman sung. She's more widely known for her comedy, and being a comedienne. Did you guys know that the famous cartoon, The Simpsons, began on her variety comedy show as a mini cartoon interlude?

[@stevehamilton8824]

Love the song and video. This is from the 80's playing up the 60's era and her love of the Beatle's (Paul McCartney). During the 80's there was a lot of retro going on - from artists wearing penny loafers (Michael Jackson, John Cougar), to shirts with collars up, to versions of poodle skirts and many song that brought in the sounds of the 50's & 60's. Everything comes around again.

[@BGNOLA]

The Mod revival that The Jam started was an example of that (they've reacted to them before)

[@davidhuggan6315]

Indeed. Right now the new bands are channeling 70s and 80s

[@secretstacker5097]

This is where the Simpson's show started. Loved watching them in between the skits.

[@ohmightywez]

In the 80s all.kinds of songs either evoked a different era,.like this song, or were.covers of actual older songs. I remember when this came out on MTV. I always thought that from her hair and clothes she was drawing on a Lulu vibe from To Sir With Love. That is the name of the movie as well as the title song. If you haven't watched it, please add it to your watch list. Anything Sydney Poitier acted in was amazing. But my top three of his movies are To Sir With Love, Lilies of the Field, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. All of them are great stories, very interesting perspectives, and great acting. You come away from each one open to new thoughts. Tracy Ullman is English, and was already very well established in the UK, she new people including Part McCartney, and it was fun for him to be in the video.

[@yournamehere6002]

The song was written and originally performed by the peerless Kirsty Maccoll

[@toddrowlands2002]

Yeah g'day, If you are going to play this version then we need to hear the great and immensely missed late Ms. Kirsty McColl. Anything by her was divine.

[@helindove2237]

I'm glad to see Tracey Ullman on this channel. Yes, she has talent! My favorite song of hers is her cover of “Breakaway”. Originally sung by Irma Thomas and written by Jackie DeShannon.

[@frauleinmona]

Jay and Amber, Tracy Ullman was able to get Paul McCartney to guest star in her video because she had a small role in his movie, "Give My Regards to Broad Street". And being the nice guy that he is, he wanted to return the favor.💖😊

[@ericfrobish1598]

So as others have noted, this song was written by Kristy MacColl, who was fantastic. Coming into the holiday season, I would suggest you check out Kirsty’s great song with The Pogues, ‘Fairytale of New York’. Beautiful Irish music through and through and an interesting combination of talent/musicians.

[@surlechapeau]

Tracey was better known as an actress/comedienne. Jay & Amber, for great 1950’s songs check out Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", "Goody Goody" and “The ABC's of Love“!!! Frankie was age 13/14 when recording these doo-wop hits!! Diana Ross did a cover of “Why Do Fools Fall In Love” in 1981.

[@michaelgonzalez6295]

😍 OMG Someone else besides me remembers her! I have her best of album ON VINYL!

[@ellenb2498]

There were a lot of different sounds then. Oldies were big in the 80s, so this throwback sounding tune was on point. It was fun and funny and a big deal to have Paul McCartney, every girl's dream in the Beatlemania days, in the just-married car. But I used to go to Oldies nights at bars and dance to tunes from the 50's, 60's and early 70's while wearing fun vintage thrift store clothing. Now I am sentimental about this video from the past, that was sentimental about music from the past. On and on it goes!

[@robertsouva9907]

Anything Tracy Ullman is going to be great. She also had a television show as well. She is early 80s. British.

[@trevorhope8447]

This is an early eighties take on the 60's. If you like the Simpsons, then thank Tracy Ullman for first releasing them onto the airways.

[@theccpisaparasite8813]

I hadn't thought about it that way before ... I think so. Very 80's vocals with 60's sensibilities

[@chrisedwards7095]

Tracey appeared in Paul's movie "Give My Regards To Broad Street" so Paul appeared in her video. He kind of does things because he wants to, not because he needs the money.

[@TangoEliott]

She is a good friend of McCartney. Love this song.

[@Renkk17]

Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man - Candy Man (Both Great Horns !!) Also - Lady Marmalad Annie Lenox (Eurythmics) - Would I Lie to You - I Need a Man - Thorn in My Side Gwen Stefanie - It's My Life - What You Waiting For Shikira - When ever Where ever - Objection Tango Head Pins - Don't it Make You Feel (like Dancing) - Turn it Loud - Just One More Time Toronto - Your Daddy Don't Know - Start Telling the Truth

[@robertg7396]

Interesting fact; Did you know that "The Simpsons" got their start as little shorts on "The Tracy Ullman show". They were then spun off into their own show, snd have been on the air for almost 35 years now. 😯

[@rullvox5912]

Tracey had her own show in 1987- 90 it was great. Her portrayal of fictional characters she invented like Francesca, and various others was hilarious. Rolling Stone ranked The Tracey Ullman Show as the 25th-best sketch comedy show in its "40 Greatest Sketch-Comedy TV Shows of All Time"

[@missd9785]

I remember Francesca! It was a great show.

[@user-ii4zf5iq3t]

*"I LOVE YOU TO DEATH"* 1990 Spaghetti Comedy Starring Tracy Ullman, Kevin Kline, William Hurt, River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Joan Plowright. It's a funny one.

[@RossWrock]

You all might recognize her as the old witch Latrine from "Robin Hood: Men in Tights." Yes, that's Tracy Ulman.

[@robertfraser9873]

At the time of this album being released Tracy was in a sit com called Girls on Top also starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Jennifer whi wrote and plays Eddie Monsoon Absolutely Fabulous. Don't know if you get Ab Fab over there but you must seek it out...its genius. ❤❤ The album has older sound because it was a homage to 60's girl groups. ❤❤

[@KeithSpinneyMusic]

Tracy appeared in Paul's Give My Regards To Broadstreet film. I think he was returning the favor here. Great song from her.

[@patticrichton1135]

@KeithSpinneyMusic Absolutely true!!

[@cuedotfilms4427]

Tracey was part of a group of three comedians on BBC TV in the early 80s called Three of a Kind. I remember this song in the charts around October of 1983. I believe it's a cover of someone else's work. As you can tell I haven't looked it up. She went over to the USA after this and became very popular. A very talented and very lovely lady.

[@greenbrown7776]

Tracey and any number of artists did throwback kind of music to the '50s and '60s. Great song.

[@classic3511]

Tracey Ullman appeared in the Paul McCartney movie ''Give My Regards to Broad Street'' this appearance in her video was a favour around the time.

[@mkmstillstackin]

This woman was groundbreaking. I remember her sketch comedy show on Fox, back in the late 80's. Although, I didn't watch it often, I do remember the show being quite hysterical and that it was where "The Simpsons" first debuted.

[@Scott_Forsell]

I unironically love this song. It knows how to build tension and then release it. It builds really well. Set up and pay off. It's more than a bit like a screenplay. Haven't listened to this in years which is an oversight on my part. It's lovely and so well constructed.

[@Scott_Forsell]

Compare and contrast to the the Kirsty MacColl original. The Ullman version just sonically builds tension better than the OG. But the tension releasing "BAY-BEE" is better in the Kirsty version.

[@Avalonia320]

I really love this song; I've recently re-discovered it so it was a joy to see you guys cover it. Tracey Ullman is so much fun.

[@bradsullivan2495]

Came out in 1984, though the song was originally recorded by another artist about five years earlier.

[@littleogeechee223]

She does hilarious impersonations of Queen Camilla and the late Princess Margaret to name a couple of her best. She’s such a talented comedienne and actress. She had a really fine and funny tv show over here in the USA. She’s one of the few who could boast having the wonderful Tim Curry as a guest star!

[@lindac7966]

I loved Tim Curry's guest spot on her show! I Do The Rock!!

[@scottvermillion1426]

Oh man, this is one of my favorite pop songs from the 1980s. Thank you for your Rob Squad Reaction!! Tracy Ullman was everywhere back then, and this was an unexpected musical treasure. This song was written by Kirsty MacColl in 1979, and Tracy made a hit of it in 1983. During the '80s, there was a huge fascination with 1950s and early 1960s culture, and this song brings that feel of a '50s/early '60s girl group pop song.

[@scottwalker6671]

Glad to see so many folks giving props to Kirsty MacColl -- much as I love Tracey Ullman as an all around talent, Kirsty was unrivaled as a songwriter and vocalist, both on her own and others' recordings. All of the other suggestions of Kirsty's songs are great -- you can't go wrong with any of them -- but from what I know of your preferences in music, I think "My Affair" from the album "Electric Landlady" might be the one that you'd get the biggest charge from. It probably comes closest to capturing Kirsty's sensibility in a single song. It has horns! It has incredible smart and witty lyrics! It's infectious! It's Kirsty! You get hints of the turmoil that was coming on "Titanic Days" and that lingered in "Tropical Brainstorm", but she's defiant and sassy and determined to get what she wants. I just got the newly released 8-CD box set of Kirsty, "See That Girl" last week.

[@richardcummins5465]

This girl, Tracy, is a TOTAL NUTCASE. I love her!

[@catenystrom6506]

Her comedy skits are HILARIOUS, loved her for years

[@rwschumm]

Remember & Loved Tracey Ullman's comedy program, and loved this song too! Shades of the Birth of Rock in late '50s and '60s IMO. Haven't heard since in the day, and So Glad to hear it Again! Thx Guys! :)

[@55itsme]

Paul was known as "the cute one" from the Beatles during the start of the British Invasion. Many girls of a certain age would have laughed at this video of Ullman writing his name on her school books and fantasizing about driving away with him...because they did it too!

[@matthewthomas7418]

I'm so surprised you guys havent heard of Tracey Ullman. She is absolutely massive in The States. She started off here in the UK in comedy sketch shows with Lenny Henry and also sitcom 'Girls On Top' with Dawn French,Jennifer Saunders & Ruby Wax. She had quite a good singing career and this song written by the late ,great Kirsty MacColl was her second hit.

[@Rollin_L]

Great reaction. First my hat's off to all the comments about this song's writer, the amazing Kirsty MacColl. Glad to see so many are familiar with her, and she SHOULD be brought in to the reaction video world. Tracey did another one of Kirsty's songs called "Terry" and you can find videos by both artists. It's definitely bubblegum pop, but fun. Much of what Tracey did in that period was very 60's oriented. Sunglasses is another funny one, but if I were to recommend one I'd pick "Breakaway" which is a cover of an Irma Thomas hit from 1964. As for Kirsty, I hope you will pick some of her great work. Others have suggested a few, and I'll post a second for "England 2, Columbia 0" (sung as "nil" rather than "zero." "In These Shoes," "My Affair," "Soho Square," "Celestine," or for a country flavor with her usual humorous twist: "Don't Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim." Kirsty's catalog is fairly deep and not so well known as it should be.

[@rmlrl1971]

I use to watch her show all the time. She is hilarious. If you have seen the movie, Robinhood Men in Tights, she plays Latrine (the witch). That was Paul McCartney. He had just finished a song that Tracey had done a cameo in and he returned the favor.

[@patticrichton1135]

@rmlrl1971 Actually it WASN'T one of Paul McCartneys' songs that Tracey did a cameo in, she had a part ( playing "Sandra") in PAUL'S 1984 MOVIE "GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADSTREET."

[@magneto7930]

She was so cute, and this was definitely a throwback to 60s music and having one of the Beatles appear in the video didn't hurt that illusion. No romantic connection there.

[@davidcollver6155]

I love Tracey Ullman she was my favorite back then especially when she went to television with her own comedy series she was hilarious I don't know why but she was so underrated she was right up there with Carol Burnett as far as the comedy skits and spoofs went. Unfortunately only purchase this one vinyl record album the many years ago when it first came out. Yeah it's quite obvious she was for us in our time there's so much of the music that's for us and not for younger people. You all don't get it you're bored with it. So if you don't want to react to her anymore that's fine I'll just go elsewhere and find her.

[@loristone9242]

I think the setting is quite reminiscent of the 1960's as well as her voice. Great song!

[@clemdane]

Love this song! She also does a great cover of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"! I used to watch the Tracey Ullman show...

[@kev7161]

She also has a pretty good cover of Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me). I remember buying this cassette type when it first came out. Who knows? It might be tucked away somewhere to this day!

[@keithdf2001]

She is a comedic actor, She was lately on a season of Curb Your Enthusiasm

[@stevenleek1254]

She snaps me right back to the girl groups and motown. She has pipes! BTW this was an early feature on MTV. She's still around, but this was her moment as a singer

[@gmaqwert]

This song just always makes me feel good

[@57doodoo]

That's because it has that "feel good" vibe that is so reminiscent of 60's music.

[@albertalberico467]

Tracey Ullman had her own comedy TV show in the 1980s I believe it started in 87 for Four Seasons❤

[@flares]

This is what I love about the 80s, it had everything, fun pop, serious pop, heavy metal, soul, rock, early rap, disco. It was the era when people weren't afraid to record songs that were fun and were meant to be taken as nothing but a bit of fun. This is what music has lost over the last 30 odd years, people are afraid to record fun pop songs now for fear of being called cheesy. In the 80s people would listen to this and just think it was fun. Younger people now who don't remember the 80s would listen to this and not quite know how to take it because they've grown up in an era of everyone taking themselves so seriously and let's be honest, songs these days are nowhere near as catchy as they were in the 80s

[@philpierce2274]

Written by the late great Kirsty MacColl, who wrote and sang like an angel and died like a hero.

[@Don-n6o]

Thanks for playing this. I love the melody to this song, and Tracey’s smooth and clear voice. The video tells a story too. I agree with Amber , this 1983 song sounds more like it came from the mid sixties. Neverless it is a great pop song.

[@randyhochstein8455]

She’s a fantastic comedic actress. I always remember her role as the witch in “Robin Hood (Men In Tights)”. 🤣✌🏼😎

[@frakte]

Latrine is hilarious!

[@poindexterjones206]

I love Tracey. 1980s song that sounds like a 1960s pop song. She's a hilarious comedian.

[@louscott9928]

Always love hearing Tracy ; and very happy to see Linda Ronstadt made it the wall.

[@smedleybutler1969]

She was a comedic genius her movie with Kevin Kline and River Phoenix called I love you to death still has me laughing!

[@r.j.f.mensies5709]

She's a vibe all her singles are worthy of a reaction, Sunglasses I'd like to suggest! Love your work on here🎉

[@tropenkindje1]

Break away, Sunglasses, Move over darling were also huge hits by Tracy. The late Kirsty MacColl had a major hit wit There's a guy works down the chipshop swears he's Elvis.

[@heidichristensen7919]

The cameo at the end was such a surprise back in the day. Such a great memory.