Most people know Tracey Ullman as a comedienne, actress and/or responsible for their first exposure to The Simpsons. However, at the beginning of her career she had a simultaneous career in pop. Signing to Stiff Records, she mostly recorded cover versions of girl singers/groups including 'They Don't Know", "Sunglasses", "Move Over Darling" and this one, her debut. The boss of Stiff felt that only records above a certain tempo would be hits and so purposefully sped up the track during mastering resulting in Tracey sounding more akin to Minnie Mouse on helium! Still a great track with a classic video...
Bonus Clips: 'Sunglasses' video featuring Ade Edmondson
... and here's Tracey's version of Kirsty MacColl's 'They Don't Know' which has backing vocals from Kirsty and a cameo from none other than Paul McCartney in the video!
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