Here in the UK, there doesn't seem to be the same reverence for Tracey Ullman as there is in America. She is an absolute legend, and one of the most brilliant and versatile entertainers Britain has ever produced.
@jk3521 Жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that she was Britain's richest comedian and second highest paid actor a few years ago.
@joepolach97258 ай бұрын
Interesting. She was big-time here in the US.
@mybachhertzbaud30742 ай бұрын
As an American with ancestral roots to the UK. I certainly agree with your assessment 100%. A real treasure.😁
@Cokeapplewhite25 күн бұрын
She is fairly renowned in the US. I dig her the most and I am from Arkansas.
@syfyfangirl82928 жыл бұрын
This came on late night HBO when I was a kid, I used to stay up and watch this and I always loved the song!!!
@twigagawizard6 жыл бұрын
syfy fangirl YES!!! I’m not alone!!!
@SuperWolsey5 жыл бұрын
syfy fangirl Same
@raconteur40695 жыл бұрын
Same lol. ^_^
@bradepperly22685 жыл бұрын
Lol same here!
@tiseytise3 жыл бұрын
I loved this show as a kid
@en62783 жыл бұрын
tracey has brought so much fun & laughter to millions since early 80s. She is such a huge talent and ray of sunshine.
@ryoamora86557 жыл бұрын
Never realized how pretty Tracey Ullman is...Cute and witty, love it.
@kingboss26u4 жыл бұрын
She ugly fuck u talking about
@jacksmith13473 жыл бұрын
@@kingboss26u Yeah so are you!
@kingboss26u3 жыл бұрын
@@jacksmith1347 great comeback. super original
@No1KCfan62 жыл бұрын
@@kingboss26u Tracey is pretty. You just have bad taste :-p
@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын
She needs to collaborate with carol burnette before they both die
@399wnka4 жыл бұрын
I miss this era. Life was simpler in the 90s.
@BobbyMushinsky2 жыл бұрын
80s
@BobbyMushinsky2 жыл бұрын
this was like 1983
@399wnka2 жыл бұрын
@@BobbyMushinsky the show - the song yes; but im referring to her HBO series here.
@joepolach97258 ай бұрын
No it wasn't.
@thejellyestbean Жыл бұрын
I just heard this song play on the loud speakers at a gas station and was FLOODED with nostalgia. I forgot this existed and was overwhelmed. I miss this show so much!
@blackmoreinc5 жыл бұрын
Tracey Ullman is just brilliant and gorgeous. Always been in love with her
@oskareriksson22023 жыл бұрын
Like all of us 😀
@loubock32385 жыл бұрын
What a FABULOUS actress, so versatile real talent LOVE LOVE HER and all her characters!!!
@aqueenwaits10 жыл бұрын
She is sooooooooooooo talented! Love her!
@alonzotanner12265 жыл бұрын
I’ve always liked this song. When I found out she was the actual original singer of this song I was like whoa! Plus she sings this quite well live as well.
@nibora48954 жыл бұрын
Kristy MacColl is the original singer of this song. She recorded it back in 1979.
@deshaunx7762 жыл бұрын
@@nibora4895 Ugh But Kirsty’s version was NOT A HIT. Tracey made it a hit, so most people know her version. It wasn’t like Kirsty had a huge hit and Tracey came along to cover it.
@bradsmack12 жыл бұрын
The late Kirsty MacColl wrote (at age 16) this song, and recorded it three years later in '79. While it was a radio hit in the UK that year, there was a distributors strike at the time, which prevented the single from reaching (and thus, being sold at) record stores! That means it didn't chart at all on UK's Singles Chart, the coveted reflection of how a single sells in the UK! We'll never know how big a hit (for whom that's a big deal) it could've been! Regardless, a talented singer/songwriter (Kirsty) gone too soon, with a brilliant pop song covered by a talented singer/actress (Tracey) who breathed evocative '60s-era life into the song!
@BobbyMushinsky2 жыл бұрын
Kirsty McColl wrote and sang it 1st. She deserves credit
@Guernsey576 Жыл бұрын
@@deshaunx776 that doesn't change the fact that she is the original singer (and she wrote it).
@aaardvarkkk11 жыл бұрын
Nobody even knew who she was here in the States when the record came out. I bought the single to this song after seeing it on MTV several years before the original "Tracey Ullman Show" even came out, so I was already a fan. Then, when her show came out in 1987, I was like "wow, she's damn funny and an extremely talented impressionist and character-developer". Tracey Ullman is a gift to us all from God.
@kensims40862 жыл бұрын
Which god?
@dins506610 ай бұрын
@@kensims4086Allah
@anthonytino51032 жыл бұрын
Absolute GOLD. Have always loved this song and this video is soooo good. 👌
@Redmist-se7ld4 жыл бұрын
Her show deserves a dvd and Blu-ray release
@davidetienne94042 жыл бұрын
The first two complete seasons are on out-of-print DVD's. A blu-ray box set of the entire show would be amazing. It'd be worth every penny.
@BoomstickAsh6 жыл бұрын
Always loved Tracey Ullman. Incredibly beautiful, funny, and talented!
@twigagawizard6 жыл бұрын
Omfg I used to watch this show on HBO in the 90s. I was just a kid and her Asian character cracked me up.
@sha112355 жыл бұрын
I didn't know this was a song she had done before this show.
@dalehood18462 жыл бұрын
UNFORTUNATELY, FOR ALL OF US, they would raise a real hissyfit if this were on these days. What a talent!!!!!!!!!
@holasenor1318 Жыл бұрын
She did blackface my guy
@ROBYNMARKOW Жыл бұрын
Ikr? 🙄
@SDoesNotKnow Жыл бұрын
Lucky for us, she knew how to adapt for the times and is still working and making great works without relying on past comedic standards. She's not clinging on to the past like other outdated comedians who are doing nothing but complaining rather than providing fresh material fit for the new century.
@christhornycroft3686 Жыл бұрын
@@holasenor1318Mel Brooks made movies that had that kind of material in it. Everyone knew he was joking. That’s the problem. You can’t joke about anything anymore. There’s a difference between joking about people’s differences and saying there’s actually something wrong or weird about things people can’t help. I’m disabled and I’m tired of being left out of comedy. Nobody wants to laugh at a disabled person’s jokes because they don’t want to feel like bad people. Well, my job isn’t to make people feel good. I just want to live my life as an equal. Not better, not worse. Context is everything. If it’s bullies in a schoolyard mocking someone, of course it’s terrible. But if it’s a professional comedian who isn’t saying there’s something wrong or negative about something and playing on words or social norms, that’s fine. Censorship is for weak people. Of course if you’re just mocking black people and saying they’re stupid, that’s terrible, but she’s a comedian and she was playing a character. That character happened to be black. At what point are comedians not allowed to tell jokes at all if context has no bearing in this Zoomer, customize my life to my preferences so I never have to think ever again world we now inhabit? When Blazing Saddles and Birth of a Nation are considered the same thing, we’re in big trouble.
@chuckberlin4605 Жыл бұрын
@@SDoesNotKnowThank you for your 2023 paragraph! I will search for and watch recent Tracey material.
@ernietetreault843 Жыл бұрын
This song always makes me happy even though it sounds almost sad. I love the music and Tracy sings it so beautifully. I just rediscovered it a year ago while streaming KZbin. Funny how addicting this song still is. I drive around the center of my town blasting this with the top down on my convertible. I’ll bet the people probably think I’m as gay as 4th of July fireworks. Well…Lol, I still love you Tracy! I love your songs and your show and seeing your live performances too.
@TheTraveler9763 жыл бұрын
I miss that era mid to late 90s.. I grew up watching this, secretly late at night on HBO. Loved Tracey Takes on and Red Shoe Diaries on Showtime.
@toledolights99 ай бұрын
Oh not the black face right at the beginning 😭
@spendingtimetogether84283 жыл бұрын
Such a sweet song.
@rickycole63272 жыл бұрын
A hit song for Tracey in 1984.
@rickycole63272 жыл бұрын
A hit song for Tracey in 1984
@sandy75432 жыл бұрын
This proves she can play any part!
@SteveAubrey17626 жыл бұрын
Tracy is one of the most talented people I can think of!
@milliesmith50683 жыл бұрын
She is so creative.
@chrisreid86046 жыл бұрын
Wow she is still beautiful!! Wow she is still beautiful!!
@emmyjo7207 жыл бұрын
Tracey would be an amazing straight actor, every single character she plays is so real and individual and alive. I love Kay especially.
@paulcolli98412 жыл бұрын
Tracy Ullman. A whole bunch of talent
@karlreichert90512 жыл бұрын
She is awesome even in 2022
@albymiller20286 жыл бұрын
great song by a very funny talented beautiful lady
@nof-bdybs69486 жыл бұрын
I was in college when this series was on. Never cracked a smil, but I ALWAYS would click over as it was going off, because of how cute I thought she looked around the :36 mark. Adorable!
@joehunter64132 жыл бұрын
She is pretty and oh SOOOO talented. Funny as all get out too.
@tourritaylor9187 жыл бұрын
Oh my Gosh!!! I used to watch this show all tha time.. And tha theme song ws so catchy.. I love it.. Just turned on my tv at 6:25 and she was on "The Tracey Ullman Show" 2016.. Can't believe she's still at it..
@missfabolous0007 жыл бұрын
Tourri Taylor Me too!! My momma used to watch her show all the time on HBO back when I was a kid. Brings back a lot of good memories 💖
@DMAASD9 жыл бұрын
I love her! And her show that was on HBO u have to find this song and download it
@eunicestone8383 жыл бұрын
She looks like Janis Joplin twin.
@jameswarren423 Жыл бұрын
My child hood crush 😢❤
@billy167310 ай бұрын
This was such a great show!
@DjSavir3619 жыл бұрын
I never knew that was her I heard the song on the 80*s on 8 on Sirius xm and sounded familiar so I pushed info and it was here crazy she used this for her show very talented
@bar-ok1zd7 жыл бұрын
DjSavir361 She released it as a single in the early 80's, it got to no.2 in the UK & no.8 in the US.
@dalehood18462 жыл бұрын
@@bar-ok1zd should have been number 1 both countries!
@TLouise19592 жыл бұрын
So talented
@sejejo75657 ай бұрын
Like Moms always said. If it’s really funny you can get away with anything. We knew she was doing Blackface and Brownface but it was funny. I miss that show
@sugarismagic3 жыл бұрын
I used to watch this as a kid or teenager when I first got cable and now I can't find it on HBO
@thomashong29383 жыл бұрын
The show moved to Hulu from HBO in 2012.
@SLYSPYHIWAY907 жыл бұрын
Love this woman , so talented and sexy as well . i wish she would come back
@edwardpate6128 Жыл бұрын
Damn Tracey is so talented and very hot!
@SpeedyDeath5 жыл бұрын
I miss this show!
@glennquagmire7696 Жыл бұрын
Swing that hair, cutie pie. 0:39 Say what you will. I always considered TU very good looking.
@krisisnkaos4 жыл бұрын
She did blackface?!
@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын
Yes, and it slapped
@Redmist-se7ld6 жыл бұрын
Her show was a great part of u childhood on hbo 😇🤟🏼
@jgalt5002 Жыл бұрын
Love this song
@nibora48953 жыл бұрын
I remember this show. If it wasn't for her The Simpsons would be no bodies.
@yvonneallen722711 ай бұрын
She was ( and is ) fantastic . Well done tracey .
@sticksman19796 жыл бұрын
So cute back then.
@pinkpantherer5 жыл бұрын
So good
@Happyboymargarine5 жыл бұрын
Her real hair is luscious
@zuketroop1 Жыл бұрын
Kirsty McColl was clearly very talented as she wrote this song. However her version differed from Tracey's. In my opinion, Tracey's version took the song to a new level. This has happened before. Cat Stevens wrote and recorded a great song, "Here Comes My Baby", but the Tremeloes in the 60's took this great song to another level.. in fact I think to another stratosphere. So much so, that the song has been covered since by other acts who use the Tremeloes version as their template.
@jacksmith1347 Жыл бұрын
Totally love her!
@zachy8888 жыл бұрын
that was back in the days when we had the USSB satellite or at least I did so nostalgic.
@druinvinciblemijac58247 жыл бұрын
ussb satellite
@christhornycroft3686 Жыл бұрын
She brought a lot of that UK humour to America that was badly needed, at least in the beginning. But when you spend too much time in the US, you catch that disease that makes you less funny, less intelligent and bland. She didn’t catch too bad of a case, but you can’t stay there for long without getting some of it on you.
@darrenverni3662 Жыл бұрын
In hindsight, this show was very based
@sandy75432 жыл бұрын
Nice
@44bthknuckles6 жыл бұрын
Shes like melissa McCarthy
@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын
Don’t insult Tracy
@rogergarrison42713 жыл бұрын
I got dizzy watching her do them spins
@devinwilliams4005 жыл бұрын
1:46
@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын
Black face would get her cancelled today, sadly
@charizardvhs5 ай бұрын
Recorded on A REAL VHS TAPE US/UK/JNTSC SIGNAL
@eunicestone8383 жыл бұрын
The only comedienne I know that gets by with blackface.
@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын
All should
@misterjones75223 жыл бұрын
Not happy about the black face tracey!
@dalehood18462 жыл бұрын
Boo hoo.
@BaseballPlayer0 Жыл бұрын
Get over it. Black face is funny
@marthablair8842 Жыл бұрын
Love Tracey Ullman
@henrikb76363 жыл бұрын
Hihihi, funny😄😄😄😆
@lanedropify3 жыл бұрын
Omg the blackface
@durrellkitchen90473 жыл бұрын
KJ Apa as Archie Andrews Molly Ringwald as Mary Andrews and Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper on 'Riverdale'
@alsehl36093 жыл бұрын
Here in the U.S., Tracy would be cancelled, her career ended and made a pariah for appearing in blackface. No matter how inoffensively. We live in a fascist culture.
@xrashtiks2 жыл бұрын
lmao. You can't appear in BLACKFACE without facing some public criticism, therefore you live in a fascist culture? LOLOL. Please learn what fascism is.🤣
@SuperTiaanBro8 ай бұрын
If you're against blackface you're a facist?
@ringsofblayze40267 ай бұрын
Blackface will always be offensive. You all never ask us how we feel. You make assumptions based on one black person in your life.
@ringsofblayze40267 ай бұрын
You goofy af fr
@threynolds27 жыл бұрын
The video is distorted (4:3 stretched to 16:9) so why isn't the audio??
@mechanicalmusic4 жыл бұрын
Because the audio and video are on different codecs. Looks fine on my end.
@threynolds24 жыл бұрын
@@mechanicalmusic I was being sarcastic about the original 4:3 aspect ratio video being stretched (distorted) to a 16:9 image. If it's OK to "distort" the video, why isn't OK to distort the audio? I'm a video purist. 4:3 video should NEVER be stretched (distorted) to fill a 16:9 screen. I'm fine with the resulting black bars on the sides of the video. Apparently, since I watched this video three years ago, KZbin has adjusted the code to keep aspect ratios as they are uploaded and not stretching everything to 16:9.
@teganbigone23663 жыл бұрын
Some time ago I rewrote this song for LGBT couples. I give my consent to anyone who wants to record it - without editing the text. I'm not a singer or I'd do it myself. Here's the lyrics: Hey Baby, got a hold on me Our love will last from now until eternity Hey baby don’t you leave me now It’s you and me alone but we’ll make it some how No they won’t listen to a word we say And their arms don’t open and they keep us at bay They don’t wanna know about us cuz they’ve never heard of love Hey Baby, gonna make it thru I couldn’t live this lifetime if it wasn’t for you But baby they just want us to go They keep us in a blindspot so they don’t have to know About us or listen to a word I say And their arms won’t open till I send you away No they don’t wanna know about us cuz they don’t know a thing about love Hey Baby, you just listen to me We’re not the ones in trouble now, just wait and see Cuz, Baby, you know what they’ve done? They’ve turned the world against us, but with God & His Son On our side, we’ll never be alone again Cuz I know that the Good Book doesn't call us a sin But they don’t wanna hear about us They don’t know the Golden Rule is Love Hey Baby, gonna make it last We’ll focus on the future and we’ll throw out the past Hey Baby, now you’re in my heart We’ve got it like a marriage and with all the good parts So I won’t listen to a thing they say Till their arms are wide open and they say we’re okay If they don’t wanna know about us, it’s cuz they’ve never heard of love No I won’t listen to their tired lines Cuz they’ve closed their hearts as they’ve closed their minds And they will never hear about us, cuz they don’t care a thing about love
@valobrien95963 жыл бұрын
I can hardly believe nobody has given your comment a like, or left any comments, after 5 months. I like your lyrics, and I hope that one day somebody who can sing (which I can't personally) stumbles across your comment and gives it a go.
@teganbigone23663 жыл бұрын
@@valobrien9596 Thank you so much for that compliment! Its actually a good thing you posted a reply because it brought me back to look over my lyrics - and I realized I left an entire line out! I was able to fix it. :)