Fairytale of New York undergoing rewrites and aborted attempts at recording, and losing its original female vocalist along the way, before finally being completed in August 1987. Although the single never reached the coveted UK Christmas number one, being kept at number two on its original release in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys' cover version of "Always on My Mind", it has proved enduringly popular with both music critics and the public: to date the song has reached the UK Top 20 on fifteen separate occasions since its original release in 1987, including every year since 2005, and was certified double platinum in
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