Fairytale of New York Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of "Always on My Mind". MacGowan was reported to have said "We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine". MacColl later said that she did not feel they were really in competition with the Pet Shop Boys as they were doing a completely different kind of music. The song was re-released by the Pogues in the UK in 1991 (reaching #36), and again in the UK and Ireland for Christmas 2005, reaching number three in the UK. All proceeds from the latter release were donated towards a mixture of
They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song) 2013 documentary about U.S. President Richard Nixon. Although it has been alleged that Ullman's version of "They Don't Know" utilizes the backing track of the Kirsty MacColl original version, Ullman's recording - produced by Peter Collins- was in fact brand-new in all respects, noticeably differing from MacColl's recording (produced by Liam Sternberg by being in a different key, and featuring a slightly faster tempo, a distinctly different arrangement and a guitar solo that differs substantially from the one played on MacColl's version, which was. The confusion may stem from the fact that Ullman did use a previously-existing MacColl backing track