They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song)

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"They Don't Know"
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Single by Tracey Ullman
from the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places
B-side(s) "You Broke My Heart in 17 Places"
Released 1983
Format 7" single
Length 3:02
Label MCA/Stiff
Writer(s) Kirsty MacColl
Chart positions
Tracey Ullman singles chronology
"Breakaway"
(1983)
"They Don't Know"
(1983)
"Move Over Darling"
(1983)

"They Don't Know" is a song written by Kirsty MacColl. MacColl recorded it in 1979. It became popular on radio in the United Kingdom; however, complications prevented the single from being shipped and promoted properly, and it failed to chart.

The song's lyrics explain how the singer is in love and plans to stay with her man, even though several other people have expressed the opinion that he is not worth it.

In 1983, Tracey Ullman included a version on her debut album, You Broke My Heart in 17 Places, which was composed entirely of remakes. This song was the album's most successful single, charting in the top ten of various national charts.