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I remember Chicago radio stations WLS and WCFL dubbed “ But DubYou L S rolled me” and “But C F L rolled me” over the phrase “but the radio rolled me” in the chorus when they played that song. I’m sure other stations did that, too.

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Excellent! You can always count on a radio station for some shenanigans.

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Tracey Ullman also did a version of this on her debut album. I was likewise obsessed https://youtu.be/0M53VtjltTc?si=X7qllRXgyTDjLS3S

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Tracey Ullman's pop music career is so interesting to me! Thanks for pointing me to this cover.

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I love this essay *so much* that I don't even want to listen to the actual song. (But I probably eventually will.)

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Haha! Thank you, Matt! It was a delight to realize how much of that talent show performance was still kicking around in my brain.

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