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Kirsty MacColl

Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer and songwriter. She recorded several pop hits between the early 1980s and the 1990s, including "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and cover versions of Billy Bragg's "A New England" and The Kinks' "Days". In addition, she sang on hit recordings produced by her husband Steve Lillywhite, most notably "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues.

At the age of 41, MacColl died after being hit by a boat in Mexico.

Early career

Kirsty MacColl was the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl and dancer Jean Newlove. She and her brother, Hamish MacColl, grew up with their mother in Croydon, where Kirsty attended Park Hill Primary School, Monks Hill High School and John Newnham High School, making appearances in school plays. At the time of her birth, her father had been in a relationship with folk singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Peggy Seeger since 1956 (a relationship that would continue until his death in 1989), and already had a son with her.

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Desperate Character

Desperate Character is the first solo album of British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl, released in 1981. The album was re-released in March 1985 as Kirsty MacColl, with three tracks replaced with other songs. The album has been remastered and received a CD release for the first time on 8 October 2012 on the Union Square Music label and features the original twelve track listing.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kirsty MacColl; except where indicated

Desperate Character (1981)

"Clock Goes Round" - 2:33

"See That Girl" - 2:59

"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" (MacColl, Philip Rambow) - 3:04

"Teenager in Love" (MacColl, Philip Rambow) - 2:33

"Mexican Sofa" (MacColl, Lu Edwards) - 3:11

"Until The Night" (MacColl, Phil Johnstone) - 3:07

"Falling For Faces" (MacColl, Lu Edwards) - 2:28

"Just One Look" (Doris Payne, Gregory Carroll) - 2:17

"The Real Ripper" (MacColl, Lu Edwards) - 3:20

"Hard To Believe" - 2:17

"He Thinks I Still Care" (Roysden D. Lipscombe, Steve Duffy) - 2:54

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Kirsty MacColl

ALBUMS

All I Ever Wanted released: 2014
Desperate Character released: 2012
Electric Landlady released: 2012
The Collection released: 2008
The Stiff Years released: 2005
The Best of Kirsty MacColl released: 2005
From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology released: 2005
The One and Only released: 2001
Tropical Brainstorm released: 2001
What Do Pretty Girls Do? released: 1998
Galore: The Best of Kirsty MacColl released: 1995
Titanic Days released: 1993
The Essential Collection released: 1993
Kite released: 1989

All I Ever Wanted

Released 2014

Us Amazonians
Days
Free World
Children of the Revolution
Walking Down Madison (Ye Olde original mix)
My Affair
In These Shoes?
They Don't Know
Terry (12" version)
Over You
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
Caroline
Touch Me
Soho Square
All I Ever Wanted (album version)
England 2 Colombia 0
Wrong Again
Don't Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim!
Last Day of Summer
Golden Heart
Bad

Desperate Character

Released 2012

Clock Goes Round
See That Girl
There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Teenager in Love
Mexican Sofa
Until the Night
Falling for Faces
Just One Look
The Real Ripper
Hard to Believe
He Thinks I Still Care
There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (country version)

Electric Landlady

Released 2012

Walking Down Madison
All I Ever Wanted
Children of the Revolution
Halloween
My Affair
Lying Down
He Never Mentioned Love
We'll Never Pass This Way Again
The Hardest Word
Maybe It's Imaginary
My Way Home
The One and Only

The Collection

Released 2008

Innocence
Free World
Tread Lightly
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby
Walking Down Madison
Fifteen Minutes
Don't Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim!
Closer to God?
He Never Mentioned Love
Other People's Hearts
All I Ever Wanted
My Affair
Halloween
The Hardest Word
Days
Still Life

The Stiff Years

Released 2005

A New England
They Don't Know
Terry
Turn My Motor
I'm Going Out With an Eighty Year Old Millionaire
Patrick
He's on the Beach
Quietly Alone
Please Go to Sleep
You Caught Me Out
Terry (12" mix)
A New England (12" mix)
He's on the Beach (12" mix)

The Best of Kirsty MacColl

Released 2005

They Don't Know
There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Terry
A New England
He's on the Beach
Don't Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim!
Fairytale of New York
Free World
Innocence
Days
Still Life
Miss Otis Regrets
Walking Down Madison
My Affair
Soho Square
Titanic Days
As Long as You Hold Me
Perfect Day
In These Shoes?
England 2 Columbia 0
Sun on the Water

From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology

Released 2005

Angel
Soho Square
Bad
Can't Stop Killing You
Titanic Days (single edit)
Tomorrow Never Comes
Caroline
I Am Afraid
The Butcher Boy
As Long as You Hold Me
Perfect Day
Sail Away
Libertango
Golden Heart
Mambo de la Luna (single edit)
In These Shoes?
England 2 Columbia 0
Celestine
Good for Me
Manhattan Moon
Sun on the Water (demo)

The One and Only

Released 2001

A New England
They Don't Know
Terry
Libertango
Turn My Motor On
I'm Going Out With an Eighty Year Old Millionaire
Patrick
He's on the Beach
The Manchester Rambler
Quietly Alone
Please Go to Sleep
Terry (12" mix)
Greetings to the New Brunette
A New England (12" mix)

Tropical Brainstorm

Released 2001

Mambo de la Luna
In These Shoes?
Treachery
Here Comes That Man Again
Autumngirlsoup
Celestine
England 2 Colombia 0
Não Esperando
Alegría
Us Amazonians
Wrong Again
Designer Life
Head
Golden Heart
Things Happen
Good for Me

What Do Pretty Girls Do?

Released 1998

Don't Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim
What Do Pretty Girls Do?
Don't Run Away From Me Now
Still Life
There's a Guy That Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
Walk Right Back
Darling, Let's Have Another Baby (feat. Billy Bragg)
A New England (feat. Billy Bragg)
My Affair
Bad
Can't Stop Killing You
Caroline
Free World
He's on the Beach
A New England

Galore: The Best of Kirsty MacColl

Released 1995

They Don't Know
A New England
There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
He's on the Beach
Fairytale of New York
Miss Otis Regrets
Free World
Innocence
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
Days
Don't Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim
Walking Down Madison
My Affair
Angel
Titanic Days
Can't Stop Killing You
Caroline
Perfect Day

Titanic Days

Released 1993

You Know It's You
Soho Square
Angel
Last Day of Summer
Bad
Can't Stop Killing You
Titanic Days
Don't Go Home
Big Boy on a Saturday Night
Just Woke Up
Tomorrow Never Comes

The Essential Collection

Released 1993

There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis
A New England
Patrick
Eighty Year Old Millionaire
See That Girl
Until the Night
Just One Look
He Thinks I Still Care
They Don't Know
Turn My Motor On
Please, Go to Sleep
Terry
Quietly Alone
Teenager in Love
A New England (12 inch version)
Terry (12 inch version)
There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis (country version)

Kite

Released 1989

Innocence
Free World
Mother's Ruin
Days
No Victims
Fifteen Minutes
Don't Come the Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!
Tread Lightly
What Do Pretty Girls Do?
Dancing in Limbo
The End of a Perfect Day
You and Me Baby
You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
La Forêt de Mimosas
Complainte Pour Ste. Catherine

Born: 1959-10-10

Died: 2000-12-18

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Free World

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London Girls

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Ride

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Teenager In Love

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Queen Of The High Teas

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Over You

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See That Girl

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Terry

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Still Life

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Something Stupid

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The Belle Of Belfast City

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Sun On The Water

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Trains And Boats And Planes

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Train In Vain (stand By Me)

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Roll Um Easy

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Rhythm Of The Real Thing

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You Know It's You

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Camel Crossing

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Bad

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Big Boy On A Saturday Night

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Closer To God

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Days

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Designer life

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Complainte Pour Ste Catherine

by Kirsty MacColl
Dancing In Limbo

by Kirsty MacColl
CELESTINE

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Children Of The Revolution

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Can't Stop Killing You

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Caroline

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HARD TO BELIEVE

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One Little Lie

by Kirsty MacColl
You Caught Me Out

by Kirsty MacColl
You Broke My Heart In 17 Places

by Kirsty MacColl
You & Me Baby

by Kirsty MacColl
The Real Ripper

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Quietly Alone

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Turn My Motor On

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Until The Night

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Touch Me

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King Kong

by Kirsty MacColl
Libertango

by Kirsty MacColl
I Wanna Be Sedated

by Kirsty MacColl
I Want Out

by Kirsty MacColl
Manhattan Moon

by Kirsty MacColl
People Uniting

by Kirsty MacColl
London Bridge Is Falling Down

by Kirsty MacColl
Man With No Name

by Kirsty MacColl
How Insensitive

by Kirsty MacColl
I Am Afraid

by Kirsty MacColl
Perfect Day

by Kirsty MacColl
No Victims

by Kirsty MacColl
My Way Home

by Kirsty MacColl
My Affair

by Kirsty MacColl
The One and Only

by Kirsty MacColl
The Hardest Word

by Kirsty MacColl
The End Of A Perfect Day

by Kirsty MacColl
Soho Square

by Kirsty MacColl
What Do Pretty Girls Do?

by Kirsty MacColl
Mother's Ruin

by Kirsty MacColl
Miss Otis Regrets

by Kirsty MacColl
Wrong Again

by Kirsty MacColl
Fifteen Minutes

by Kirsty MacColl
You And Me Baby

by Kirsty MacColl
Clubland

by Kirsty MacColl
All The Tears That I Cried

by Kirsty MacColl
Mexican Sofa

by Kirsty MacColl
Berlin

by Kirsty MacColl
Patrick

by Kirsty MacColl
Moving Story

by Kirsty MacColl
Good For Me

by Kirsty MacColl
Other People's Hearts

by Kirsty MacColl
Happy

by Kirsty MacColl
Dear John

by Kirsty MacColl
Last Day of Summer

by Kirsty MacColl
Lying Down

by Kirsty MacColl
Mambo de la Luna

by Kirsty MacColl
Maybe It's Imaginary

by Kirsty MacColl
In These Shoes?

by Kirsty MacColl
Innocence

by Kirsty MacColl
Just Woke Up

by Kirsty MacColl
La Fort De Mimosas

by Kirsty MacColl
Head

by Kirsty MacColl
Here comes that man again

by Kirsty MacColl
I'm Going Out With An 80 Year Old Millionaire

by Kirsty MacColl
Boys

by Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl

by Kirsty MacColl
Clock Goes Round

by Kirsty MacColl
Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!

by Kirsty MacColl
Autumngirlsoup

by Kirsty MacColl
Angel

by Kirsty MacColl
All I Ever Wanted

by Kirsty MacColl
Alegria

by Kirsty MacColl
A New England

by Kirsty MacColl

La For¨ºt De Mimosas

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(Kirsty MacColl)
Chaque journee dans la foret de mimosas
Dans le parking tous les amoureux
Ecoutez bien dans la foret de mimosas
L'air deborde de cris de coeur
Elle ne pensait pas quand ils sont rencontres
Qu'elle commencait la une danse tres dangereuse
Elle a cru qu'ca s'rait bon pour un coeur sensible
D'avoir un reve un amour pas facile
Il a concocte tout seul son idee
Elle est la plus belle qu'il connait
Mail il redoute que les mains etrangeres
Touchent la femme qu'il a decidee sienne
Et chaque journee dans la foret de mimosas
Il l'attend avec une tete explosive
Elle va bientot dans la foret de mimosas
Une fete tragique attend la femme naive
Elle n'adore sa famille que trop
Elle n'est pas devouee comme il le voudrait
Et chaque journee dans la foret de mimosas
Il arrive avec le coeur desespere
Il a attendu son mari chez lui
Mais il n'est jamais revenu
Alors il a pris la route pour le rendez-vous
Il faut qu'il tue quelqu'un, il a pris sa vie
Dans la foret de mimosas
Et les enfants demandent quand est-ce qu'elle revient
Encore novices des films noirs et des passions d'hommes
Maman a disparu, ils ne savent pas ou
Mais elle demeure maintenant dessous
Pour toujours, dans la foret de mimosas
Plus d'aventure, rien n's'y passera
Tout est tranquille dans la foret de mimosas
Mistral est parti mais sa vie s'arrete la

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Stars who deserve an award for the VERY posh personas they've created - from Geri ...

The Daily Mail 02 Apr 2025

She will forever go down in British history for her iconic Union Jack dress ... Her big break then came at an open mic talent show where she met her manager, Jamie Lillywhite, the son of producer Steve Lillywhite and the late singer Kirsty MacColl ... .

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Kim Wilde: 'I don't regret much, I'm really proud I never got into drugs at all'

RTE 19 Mar 2025

She credited the likes of The Pretenders’ singer Chrissie Hynde, Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry and the late Kirsty MacColl for inspiring her when starting out, saying the latter had "a big influence ...

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The Collection

The Stiff Years

The Best of Kirsty MacColl

From Croydon to Cuba: An Anthology

The One and Only

Tropical Brainstorm

What Do Pretty Girls Do?

Galore: The Best of Kirsty MacColl

Titanic Days

The Essential Collection

Kite

Born: 1959-10-10

Died: 2000-12-18

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