Tracy Ullman - They Don't Know (complete video)

[hawaiidispenser]

Exactly what I was thinking. You're pretty badass when Paul McCartney is in your video.

[rookieninetynine]

I was even aware Tracy Ullman did this song. The big question: How did she ever get Sir Paul to be in this video?

[flexxman1964]

80S RULED!

[dholmes974]

I forgot Paul McCartney was in the end of the vid. Been a long time; great song...

[jmil2tx]

Oh, my lord, yes. :)

[Aikman1008]

Tracy recorded this song 4 years after it came out. The original artist, Kirsty MacColl did the high notes at the end that Tracy couldn't quite get. She was tragically killed saving her son from a speedboat at Cozumel by putting herself in front while moving him at the last moment.  What a great song

[RastaSaiyaman]

@Aikman1008 MacColl clearly was influenced by Phil Spector's records, Ullman took that "Wall of sound" to a higher level than the original.

[fuzzyflippers]

I could see Daphne from Frasier doing this song.

[Roggiedodgie]

Tracy Ullman- cute and funny! Rare combo for sure

[Dataceruption]

was that paul mccartney in the car?

[CYBERVISIONSdotCom]

@Dataceruption That is indeed Sir James Paul McCartney at the end in a cameo. Tracey was doing a part in his film "Give My Regards to Broad Street" at the time.

[ccie12933]

This really was a cute little song.

[Spinor19]

Perhaps, fifteen even twenty years ahead of the Retro Pop Revolution. I'm pretty sure she's tripping in this video.

[TheIkkap]

This is an early 80's song

BUT

it is done in an early 60's style with early 60's era video scenes.

This does not represent the 80's so I am confused by the comments

This song is more of a nostalgia song than anything else

[RetroCaptain]

@TheIkkap Good day

OB-viously you were not around back then like us geezers eh..

I'll let you in on the secret;

In the 1980's the rage was to be nostalgic about the '60's.

I'm old enough to remember the '70's too! Guess what decade we were nostalgic about then? The 1950's.....SO,..using logic, it would follow that now, in the 2000's, the nostalgia decade would be

The 1990's, which I hated then,..but now they seem not so bad., but NOT as great as the 1970's were..seriously, they were!

[TheIkkap]

@RetroCaptain I graduated High School in 1987 and I grew up in NY.

I think you misunderstood my post. A lot of the comments below posted by the youngens thought that this was how we looked, acted and did on the town. My point was that this was a retro video and that it was not an example of the times. If you look at todays crap videos its always in some current scene. I was saying that there are better video examples of the dress and dancing. Like Madonna, Duran Duran, The Police.

[RetroCaptain]

@TheIkkap Ah! Then we are bro's!

Yes, I agree, this only represents the "nostalgia" of the '80's

Yes Duran Duran The Police etc.

I'm Ontarian, & here we had D-D as a biggie, but we were "as" affected by bands like

Toronto, Platinum Blonde, esp *GLASS TIGER* *Candi & The Backbeat*, etc Gowan, Ray Lyell & The Storm, *LUBA,* *M+M* , *PAYOLA$* * Frozen Ghost*, *Men Without Hats,* *Parachute Club*

Nash The Slash RUSH Lee Aaron Kim Mitchell Corey Heart

These & more '80's looks.

[TheIkkap]

@RetroCaptain I remember Glass Tiger had a lot of hot songs and top notch mullets. I liked them, they got the girls in the mood. I loved Platinum Blonde, men without hats, Men At Work, The Knack, RUSH and AC/DC / I wish I could do it all over again. This time I would buy shares in Microsoft. and then hit the clubs running.

I use to hang at The Tunnel and The Limelight in the Early 90's / Peter Gatiens clubs.

[RetroCaptain]

@TheIkkap I tried to send you a video, but it won't go through, so you'll have to look it up..

Spoons; Romantic Traffic, & Nova Heart

Spoons was as close to a local band where I went to High School. We there loved them, & had similar looks to the styles shown. Sandy (in R.T vid) made us guys crazy then. We almost had Glass Tiger do a concert at our school but they backed out.

They were then known as "Tokyo Rose" but were just discovered & hit the big time fame as Glass Tiger.

[MaceMn]

I loved the 60's, 70's & 80's. Good days those.

[REIworker]

people really party then and it was really a shameless time-which is cool

[spacecadet1ful]

I haven't heard this years! Thanks for sharing !

[dunbunter]

This is 50ths in the 80ths.

[JohnnyCxviii]

Seeing Macca will brighten anyone's day...having him "Drive My Car" is the ultimate!

[WikeddTung]

she was so cute! then she got old and serious

[cindyandron]

The 80's are what they were...a time to enjoy but move on. I will agree that we are getting away from some basic social principles. Texts have taken the place of phone calls and everyone is a nobody has a Twitter account like anyone really gives a rat's behind about their life. We used to visit relatives on Sunday...now we just hit them with a text or a Facebook post. Goodbye communication skills, hello keyboarding!

[TimSchohdesmoines]

@cindyandron

You're gonna hate a decade? Do you realize how insane it sounds to hate TIME? To hate the past! Do you think LIFE or TIME (not the magazines DB) gives a phuck about your petty transitory politics?! Obviously you don't, you can't or you won't. Pathetic.

[FORRESTJASPER]

@cindyandron yes but one HUGE x-class solar flare or EMP explosion and ALL texting, ALL twittering, ALL emails, ALL PHONECALLS, period - will come to a CRASHING HALT.

[vonanus69]

when she is in the store she looks like the chick from growing pains.

[SweetSweetWaldo]

TODD AND SARAH

[beatlespaz]

One of the GREATEST pop songs ever!!!!

[Themanwhocameback2]

Yes, Tracey was sending up the 60's, and even the 70's (the glimpse of her in her room as a Bay City Rollers fan) but her boyfriend in his gold shirt was pure 80's. What a delightful video.

[petunia8864]

Wow I still love this song. I forgot Paul made a cameo at the end!

[Hounddoggy33]

1:51 is actually the writer of this song, Kirsty MacColl, singing "Baby". Tracey couldn't hit the note. Listen to Kirsty's version and compare.

[harrietcow]

@Hounddoggy33 2:14 also

[puckering1]

Wow, forgot about this video, thx

[richiebear1969]

I always loved Tracy, this song, and her work on The Simpsons and her impersonation of Celine Dion in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. I thought she looked cuter in the end of the video in rags.

[applejacksss]

@richiebear1969

Your right she did look cuter in the rags! I was thinkin the same thing :)

[MrDan708]

I wasn't too fond of the 80's as a whole - too danged much hair spray! This vid was a bright spot, though.

[shanomacbry]

"Tracy Takes On". GOD I miss watching that as a little kid. I grew up in the 90s, and my mom and I used to absolutely love watching that show together. This as the theme song... brings back so many good memories. Miss those days. :'^)

[MrJimmypage32]

jajjajjaja Hey is true, I did not realice that

[davieboy1971]

Man this brings back so many memories of my youth ...As much as i love Kirsty McCall , i prefer this version only because it's the one i'm familiar with .. classic tune all the same !

[LedWilde]

For some reason, I don't see Tracy as stunningly hot like some of you do. But she's okay. She has nice legs, ass, and eyes. And an English accent adds some attraction points since I'm American. But not blown away by her looks. But we all see things differently. This song on the other hand, blows me away! Great song!

[MrMikeb1958]

Tracy is hot!

[no88amp]

i agree with jimmy send me back to the 80s

[davieboy1971]

@no88amp If only eh ......

[shutdafup]

With the wig she slightly resembles Lulu

[MAJOR3058]

brilliant! Tracey succh a gorgeous girl and incredibly funny. But this is not a typical 80s song. In fact it has a very 60s sound to it. But its also timeless oddly enough! Whatever its just fabulous and the video too.

[listerone]

Tracey Ullman was hot...in her own way.

[monkeyboy007jr]

80's music will live in Infamy ! An excellent example !

[slobomotion]

Uprated. Great song, cute video, and she was great! What is she up to now? I laughed at her slippers in the supermarket cuz I caught myself a few years ago in fluffy mules in my supermarket in France where I live now. I forgot I had them on! Thanks to Angelinatiger for sharing this with me.

[geduk123]

written by Kirsty MacColl, always liked this version.

[white905]

yes it would be awsome to go back to the 80s

[nerdelicious5]

it sounds like a 60s pop song :)

[wayniewayne]

@nerdelicious5 its ment to

[StoogeWatcher]

@imachias Tracey couldn't hit that note.

[nobuoka801]

masterpieces

[Beatlejoose56]

@beatlesonlyblog you sound like a serious Beatle fan ( Sir Paul McCartney) well I've been following the Fab 4 since I first saw them on the Jack Parr show in 1963 I've met Richard Dellelo the Apple house Hippie, Pete Best, Mal Evans, Jergen Vulmar Beatles photographer, I sat at a table with John Lennon and Yoko and Elliot Mintze at the pre awards dinner for the 75 Grammy Awards. So I was well aware it was James McCartney you SHITHEAD. Grow a sence of humor , lifes too short just ask John.

[jchahine]

The Paul McCartney cameo always tripped me out

[carouselgal]

One of my favorite videos of the early MTV music era! I love the retro 60s tone to it! Great stuff Tracey!!

[ncjuppiter]

This song rocks. Wish the opening to "Tracey Takes On" were on YouTube.

[eddiegill]

blends a good song with comedy

[Beatlejoose56]

Who's the bozo driving the car at the end of the vidio?

[chrishyde2000]

Who was the poor kid that got its bum smaked ???

[pfer1000]

@chrishyde2000 :)

Tha'ts home movies of Tracy and that's her mother smacking her for not behaving. The other pics are also of her, her mother and brother.

[freeky909]

lush

[611unterscharfuhrer]

Well said mr jimmy page32



[solitudinarian]

This song always makes me sobb like a neglected newborn orphan. Period!

[solitudinarian]

@solitudinarian And What a shame we will never hear a cover version by Amy W. of this jewel.

[plymouthbelvedere]

Parody or not, I stillmsay this was the best-recorded, best-arranged, and best-performed pop song of the '80s. That piano line kills me. Love this video.

[Diskoboy1974]

I call Tracey Ullman's version the "Wall Of Sound" version. Kristy MacColl's version, while sounding almost exactly similar to this one (she did backing vocals and the "BAY-BEE!" part on this version, BTW..) didn't have the production "panache" this version had.

[NateSean]

Tracy Ullman? I've never really listened to her music, but is this the same woman whose show premiered the early Simpsons shorts?

[violetjm]

@NateSean - Yep, it's the same Tracy Ullman.

[alexthebullo]

It's really nice,Like,Like,Like<3

[XxXxXBuffyXxXxX]

Love it :)

[jazz4rock]

Will there ever be a pop song with harmonics like here again?

[mrfunnier100]

she has got a pretty voice, I never would have never Tracey Ullman sang this song but this song was made clear back when I was a little boy though

[6marco5]

Cindy Lauper & Tracy Ullman, Icons of the 80s

[a4506sc]

The 80s music era was the best music of all time. Man I wish I had a time machine!!!

[thekarenheart]

omg-LIV ULLMAN-what a heart breaker-ya dropped the ball sir paul---she make's me love SICK-I'LL love her-ken

[MrJimmypage32]

Lord Please, Send me Back to the 80', I'm dying in this era of 2011. God ,have a mercy of me, You have power to send me right now, Please Lord

[Souplesse000]

@MrJimmypage32 The eighties were actually pretty horrible music-wise kid. Trust me on that I was there I know. Listening to the radio back then was like standing in a swimming pool filled neck deep with shit. Then a cement truck pulls up, filled with more shit, and proceeds to empty it's contents over your head. Everyone I know hated music back then.All there was was just a bunch of shallow, angry, mean-spirited people walking around with the dumbest haircuts imaginable. It was an awful time.

[blindthief]

@Souplesse000 So you didn't like how life was in the 80's. Still no reason for you to try to ruin the moment for others. I had a great time in the 80's and the problems I experienced back then had nothing to do with the music and era. No texting...instead people actually had guts to talk in person. No tweeting...people saved news for interesting conversations and hangouts. And...well, you get the picture. There were a ton of things to appreciate during the 80's era.

[bboucharde]

@blindthief Well said. I loved the 80's, though I had to work 65 hours per week. It was worth it. No texting,---All we had was pagers. California was still nice then, and I finished my engineering program. The standard of living was higher, and most women were more feminine and slimmer than now. Plus, in the first half of the decade, there was no HIV, and many dates were very sweet. If you do the risky thing on a date now, you can get sued for every penny or ruin your immune system. Yay 80's!

[mrfrogbutt1]

@blindthief The 80s were tough but the music,the shows,the colors,the crazy ass fashions,the crazy hair were worth the pain! What the fuck o people have today that is so fucking great? Justin Bieber,American Idol? The fucking rap and hip hop shit from mother fuckers whom cant sing,play instruments nor have any talent? WTF gimme back my 80s and 70s innstead baby

[Roggiedodgie]

@mrfrogbutt1 great comment terrible user name lol

[mrfrogbutt1]

@Roggiedodgie How dare you diss my username...my other option was hamburgerbutt and cheesytits! Some fool called me "cheesetits" when he tried insulting me here on Youtube! Tonites Grammys were so sad! That Likey Minaj was a hysterical crap! How embarrassing it must be to be MaCartney seeing the future of music tonight

[Stiletos]

@mrfrogbutt1 Indeed, give me a time machine and rest assured I am getting the hell out of this modern time. I would happily live my entire life in the 60's and 80's, the two coolest decades in the last 100 years by far.

[mrfrogbutt1]

@Stiletos I exist in 2012 but secretly live in the past..i have all retro ipod and watch retro tv,old movies and pretend Im in the past...wheres my tape deck?

[carole661]

@Stiletos Don't forget the 70's

[chuckiejay]

@mrfrogbutt1 If you think the Seventies and Eighties were good, you should try the Sixties!!!

[jensen220]

@Souplesse000 - Sorry you had such a bad go of the '80s, friend, but you're wrong. Until, I would say, around 1986 The music was still very good, even though record execs became more concerned with money than the music. As you said, I was there, so I know. blindthief hit it on the head. If God gave me the opportunity to spend 1 year in the '80s at the cost of 10 years off my life, I'd do it in a skinny minute! To quote Bryan Adams' song Summer of '69, "Those were the best days of my life"!!

[angelinatiger]

@MrJimmypage32 i agree i cant stand these times this song brings it all back i love this song

[checksumday]

@MrJimmypage32 take me too!!!!!!

[LedWilde]

@MrJimmypage32 We must have a lot of the same tastes in music. I saw you leave this exact comment on another video I saw earlier. It was... Missing Person's Words! Or maybe it was Bananarama's Cruel Summer? I already subbed to you earlier when I saw that and now I see you here. lol So, this is a cool coincidence. And I agree with you. I think any decade before the 2000's were simpler, more enjoyable, less stressful times with better music!

[MrJimmypage32]

@LedWilde , Thanks Men, but is true life right now suck, is the environment we live

[LedWilde]

@MrJimmypage32 Definitely agree!

[tjsbigidea]

@MrJimmypage32 It's ironic that you want to go back to the 80s. It looks like Tracy wants to go back to the 50s!

B)

[Paddockman]

Reminds me of good good times albeit with the aid of amphetemine

[MrJimmypage32]

Lord Please, Send me Back to the 80',I'm dying in this era of 2011, please God,have mercy on me

[thevintagekid69]

PAUL MCCARTNEY :D

[redfishradical]

I can remember a buddy & I crushing on Tracy on MTV (before it turned into the evil corporate empire with their corporate cool). Loved this tune from my first listen on KJET, a new wave station. Love the nostalgia/retro sound, pays homage to 50s-60s pop instead of reinventing it. The video is timeless too & will never be dated! Tracy being Tracy, funny, poignant, & of course uber-talented! ...okay...and a hot little cutie too! Glad I can still find it, thanks for sharing. Peace!

[cochranexyz]

@redfishradical KJET. Oh my. To quote the real Obi Wan, "Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time...a long time."

[hopefloats57]

This has probably already been answered but is the scene with Tracy & Paul McCartney real?

[hopefloats57]

She looks so pretty in this video!

[TheXtro101]

This song was originaly released during the "eighties"(1983)but has that "groovy" 60's rhythm&sound.

[jltjake66]

@TheXtro101: technically, no. the song was orignally recorded and released in 1979 by Kirsty MacColl in the United Kingdom. However, complications involving a strike at her distributors prevented the single from being shipped and promoted properly, preventing release of the single. In Tracey's version, MacColl performed backing vocals, and reprised her original "bay-ay-be-ee" @1:52.

[berlinowski]

Brilliant! Tracey looks a bit like Rosa Luxemburg. May be she has polish ancestors as well.

[LedWilde]

It's hard to say if I like the Tracy Ullman version better or the Kirsty MacColl version better. Both are both done very well. That said, I think Kim Wilde sings it the best. ;)

[hilljayne]

Her gong boy is gorgeous

[dieschnellboote]

What a woman!

[BigBlonBaby]

thank you so much - lovelyyyyyyyyyyy

[rotenberg3]

Lovely women and lovely song!!!

[neathlad2002]

tracey threw away a promising career in the uk back in the late eighties. seduced by the bright lights of usa, she went on to introduce the world to the simpsons!

simon cowell seems to be able to combine his tv roles in both countries at the same time. i wonder if she has any regrets?

[lou2u]

@neathlad2002

You realize that Tracy is a big star in the US though, right? I mean she's been in a ton of movies and still has a show on Showtime.

[redfishradical]

@neathlad2002 Uhhh... YOu realize she's done some very good movies which were popular as well as critically well recieved...and several successful TV series...and live shows....right?

[CatInTheChatFL]

Traceyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyyy!!!! We *adore* you still here in the US! You are talented, beautiful, sexy, hysterically funny and - a plethora of other things too numerous to mention lest I begin to sound like a raving blabbering maniac! You are - simply - the best. Wow. I summed it up a word. Terribly descriptive at that. I'll STFU now. Hmmmph. :)

[goodtovent]

I used to watch her show all the time. She could be very touching at times.

[KARBELAEZ]

i just love this song and this video..OMG,i giggle every time i see it!!!!

[cynthiacher]

What a great pop song. What a cute video. Love it!

[IntuitSpirit]

The BEST song from the GREATEST woman to come out of England!

Tracy Ullman, you STILL rock!!! :)

[bigdsears]

Maybe if I click my heels 3 times I'll be able to go back to the 80's...?

[chonches]

yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!