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->''And I'll see you baby when the clans rise again,\\
Women and children united by a struggle going down,\\
You've got to walk into the water with your sister and your daughter,\\
In this free world.''
-->"Free World"

Kirsty Anna [=MacColl=] (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was a British singer-songwriter known for humorous lyrics and a tendency toward GenreRoulette.

Discography:
* ''Desperate Character'' (1981) -- given an UpdatedRerelease as ''Kirsty [=MacColl=]'' in 1985
* ''Real'' (recorded 1983, released 2023)
* ''Kite'' (1989)
* ''Electric Landlady'' (1991)
* ''Titanic Days'' (1993)
* ''Tropical Brainstorm'' (2000)
* Also a number of significant non-album singles, including "A New England" (her biggest solo hit, from 1985) and the million-selling collaboration with Music/ThePogues, "Fairytale of New York" (1987, and included on their album but not hers).

!!Tropes asociated with Kirsty [=MacColl=]:

* DoubleMeaningTitle: "My Affair" - meaning both "a romantic fling I am involved in" ''and'' "mind your own business".
* ElvisImpersonator[=/=]ElvisLives: "There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis". Of course, [[BlatantLies he's lying]].
* DearJohnLetter: The subject of the song "Dear John". It was considered too much of a tearjerker even for the gloomy ''Titanic Days'' album and was given to Eddi Reader instead, who had a minor hit with it.
* [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Everything Sounds Sexier In Spanish]]: First invoked in "My Affair" on ''Electric Landlady'', and later on the ''Tropical Brainstorm'' album.
* GenreRoulette: Even her small number of hit singles are all quite diferent in style, encompassing rockabilly, pop, balladry and hip-hop. That's before getting into the rock and Cuban influences evident on her albums.
* GoldDigger: "I'm Going Out With An Eighty Year Old Millionaire" is pretty self-explanatory.
-->There's one thing that's better than an old millionaire
-->That's a young millionairess, and I'm almost there!
* GreatestHitsAlbum: The first, "Galore", was released in 1995 and is her biggest-selling album. Since her death, a new one comes out every couple of years or so. Even with the expanded reissues of her proper albums, a Kirsty collection still requires at least one Greatest Hits Album to cover key non-album tracks like "They Don't Know" and "A New England".
* HeroicSacrifice: She died saving one of her sons from an oncoming boat.
* HypocriticalHumor: In "England 2 Colombia 0", the narrator calls out a date for not mentioning he has children... then notes that she didn't mention ''she'' has kids either. [[note]]but she ''is'' free and single, while he's a lying git![[/note]]
* OopsIForgotIWasMarried: The guy in "England 2, Colombia Nil", who "forgot he had three children, he forgot he had a wife".
* PunBasedTitle: ''Electric Landlady'', a twist on Music/JimiHendrix' ''Electric Ladyland''. It was suggested by Johnny Marr, who was renting a room from [=MacColl=] at the time.
* QuestioningTitle: "In These Shoes?", "Closer To God?"
* SecondaryCharacterTitle: "There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" isn't actually about the guy who works down the chip shop, he's just someone the real protagonist gets compared to.
* SelfBackingVocalist: She used this technique regularly throughout her career. Her multitracked harmonies are often compared to Music/TheBeachBoys.
* AWildRapperAppears: in "Walking Down Madison".
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: "Don't Come The Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim" is essentially telling the addressee of the song that he might think he's "supposed" to act like an asshole, but he isn't and he's not.
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