Kirsty MacColl was a highly respected English singer-songwriter known for her work with The Pogues on the Christmas classic .
: Ullman did eventually release her own version, which reached #81 in the UK—pipping Kirsty's original by just one chart position.
: The video features actor and comedian Ade Edmondson (famed for The Young Ones ) as the rejected boyfriend who gets Kirsty back after "fighting off" his rival.
: The lyrics describe the singer breaking up with a boyfriend by bragging about her new man, Terry, who is "as tough as Marlon Brando" and knows karate.