You Broke My Heart in 17 Places

You Broke My Heart in 17 Places is the debut studio album by Tracey Ullman, released in 1983. It peaked at No. 14 on the UK Albums chart and No. 34 in the spring of 1984 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.^[4]

You Broke My Heart in 17 Places
Studio album by Tracey Ullman
Released	25 November 1983^[1]
Recorded	1982 – 1983
Genre	New wave^[2]
Length	28:55
Label	Stiff (United Kingdom) MCA (United States)
Producer	Peter Collins
Tracey Ullman chronology
You Broke My Heart in 17 Places (1983) You Caught Me Out (1984)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

The album consists of cover songs, such as Doris Day's "Move Over Darling" and Blondie's "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear". "They Don't Know"—originally written, recorded and released by singer Kirsty MacColl—became Ullman's biggest hit, reaching No. 8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and No. 2 in the UK. The song's music video included a cameo appearance by Paul McCartney,^[5] whom Ullman would appear with in McCartney's film Give My Regards to Broad Street.^[5]

Track listing

UK Stiff Records LP

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Breakaway"	Jackie DeShannon Sharon Sheeley	2:36
2.	"Long Live Love"	Chris Andrews	2:48
3.	"Shattered"	Wayne Carson Thompson	2:44
4.	"Oh, What a Night"	Marvin Junior Johnny Funches	2:33
5.	"Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"	Norman Dolph	3:18

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Move Over Darling"	Joe Lubin Terry Melcher Hal Kanter	2:32
2.	"Bobby's Girl"	Henry Hoffman Gary Klein	2:58
3.	"They Don't Know"	Kirsty MacColl	2:59
4.	"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence Dear"	Gary Valentine	2:45
5.	"You Broke My Heart in 17 Places"	MacColl	2:52
6.	"I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten"	Clive Westlake	3:30

US MCA Records LP

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Breakaway"	Jackie DeShannon Sharon Sheeley	2:36
2.	"They Don't Know"	Kirsty MacColl	2:59
3.	"Bobby's Girl"	Henry Hoffman Gary Klein	2:58
4.	"Oh, What a Night"	Marvin Junior Johnny Funches	2:33
5.	"Move Over Darling"	Joe Lubin Terry Melcher Hal Kanter	2:32

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten"	Clive Westlake	3:30
2.	"Long Live Love"	Chris Andrews	2:48
3.	"(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence Dear"	Gary Valentine	2:45
4.	"Shattered"	Wayne Carson Thompson	2:44
5.	"You Broke My Heart in 17 Places"	MacColl	2:52
6.	"Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)"	Norman Dolph	3:18

1991 Repertoire Records CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Dancing in the Dark"	Peter Collins Phil Chapman	2:54
13.	"Breakaway (Monitor Mix)"	Jackie DeShannon Shari Sheeley	4:58
14.	"Bobby's Girl (Remix)"	Gary Klein Henry Hoffman	2:58
15.	"Move Over Darling (Extended)"	Hal Kantner Joe Lubin Terry Melcher	4:22
16.	"The B-Side"	Kim Fuller Tracey Ullman	4:36

1992 Rhino Records CD bonus tracks

In 1992, the album was included in its entirety on the Rhino Records compilation The Best of Tracey Ullman: You Broke My Heart in 17 Places, along with nine additional tracks.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"You Caught Me Out"	MacColl Pete Briquette Simon Crowe	3:27
13.	"Baby I Lied"	Deborah Allen Rory Michael Bourke Rafe Van Hoy	4:15
14.	"Terry"	MacColl Gavin Povey	3:49
15.	"Sunglasses"	John D. Loudermilk	3:03
16.	"Helpless"	Holland-Dozier-Holland	2:44
17.	"My Guy"	Mike Barson	3:00
18.	"Falling In and Out of Love"	Mark Kjeldsen Don Snow	3:17
19.	"I Don't Want Our Loving to Die"	Howard Blaikley	3:03
20.	"Dancing in the Dark"	Peter Collins Phil Chapman	2:53

2006 Stiff/Victor CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Dancing in the Dark"	Peter Collins Phil Chapman	2:54
13.	"The B-Side"	Kim Fuller Tracey Ullman	4:36
14.	"Move Over Darling (Extended)"	Hal Kantner Joe Lubin Terry Melcher	4:22
15.	"My Guy"	Mike Barson	3:00
16.	"Thinking of Running Away"	Peter Collins Phil Chapman Tracey Ullman	2:03

Personnel

• Tracey Ullman – vocals
• Kirsty MacColl – backing vocals, producer ("You Broke My Heart in 17 Places")
• The Sapphires – backing vocals
• Flying Pickets – backing vocals
• Rosemary Robinson – backing vocals
• Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
• Clare Torry – backing vocals
• Wealthy Tarts – backing vocals
• Hank Marvin – guitar ("Move Over Darling" and "You Broke My Heart in 17 Places")
• Peter Collins – producer (except "You Broke My Heart in 17 Places" and "Bobby's Girl") for Loose End Productions
• Steve O'Donnell – producer ("Bobby's Girl") for Malpas Productions
• Gavin Povey – producer ("You Broke My Heart in 17 Places")
• Barry Farmer, Gavin Povey, John Burns, Julian Mendelsohn, MD-Wix, Phil Chapman, Phil Harding – engineer

References

1. . Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Rolling Stone Staff (17 September 2014). "100 Best Singles of 1984: Pop's Greatest Year". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 31 August 2023. Her debut album, You Broke My Heart in 17 Places, was a peak moment of new wave's obsession with the girl-group era...
3. "You Broke My Heart in 17 Places". AllMusic.
4. Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Albums, 6th Edition, Record Research, 2006
5. Miller, Ron (26 September 1985). "Actress Has 'Plenty' To Sing About". Chicago Tribune. Knight Ridder.

External links

• You Broke My Heart in 17 Places at Discogs (list of releases)