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Pet Shop Boys Feat. Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This

LMLM Posts: 63,505
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn9E5i7l-Eg

Anyone else like this song?

Such a tune and i am not really a fan of The Pet Shop Boys. It features the late and legendary Dusty who at the time scored a big comeback with this song which would sadly be her last.
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    HaydenHayden Posts: 32,949
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    It was nowhere near her last - she released another album 8 years after WHIDTDT in 1995 and also had a further 3 Top 40 hit singles including the sublime 'Nothing Has Been Proved' which was another PSB song.
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    Jason CJason C Posts: 31,336
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    Hayden wrote: »
    ...and also had a further 3 Top 40 hit singles including the sublime 'Nothing Has Been Proved' which was another PSB song.

    ...as was the superb 'In Private'.
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    CloudbusterCloudbuster Posts: 688
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    PSB and Dusty together were pure gold.

    What Have I Done to Deserve This was criminally denied no 1 on both sides of the Atlantic. One of the top songs ever.

    Great thread
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    My Sweet LifeMy Sweet Life Posts: 1,434
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    Great song and I love the lyrics.
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    LaVieEnRoseLaVieEnRose Posts: 12,836
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    Love it.
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    LMLM Posts: 63,505
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    Hayden wrote: »
    It was nowhere near her last - she released another album 8 years after WHIDTDT in 1995 and also had a further 3 Top 40 hit singles including the sublime 'Nothing Has Been Proved' which was another PSB song.

    I am very well aware of what happened afterwards (I am a Dusty fan afterall) but i meant this was her last hit, actually.
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    AKindSoulAKindSoul Posts: 177
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    little-monster wrote: »
    I am very well aware of what happened afterwards (I am a Dusty fan afterall) but i meant this was her last hit, actually.

    But it wasn't her last hit.

    Just admit you messed up, don't compound it!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,179
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    Probably my favourite PSB track, and I love Dusty, such a fantastic voice,
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    Blossom85Blossom85 Posts: 1,717
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    It's such a travesty that it was denied the UK #1 spot by Rick Astley :(
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    Nick_GNick_G Posts: 5,137
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    Yes, it is one of the PSB's best. With Dusty's unmistakeable vocals, it's an amazing combination. One of the best songs of the 80s.
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    LMLM Posts: 63,505
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    AKindSoul wrote: »
    But it wasn't her last hit.

    Just admit you messed up, don't compound it!

    It was

    Don't be rude

    But then again i don't take people with such low post count too seriously. Come back when your near my figure or higher and then try and give me a gobful.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,138
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    WHIDTDT is possibly one of my least favourite psb songs from that era and I'm really not sure as to why. :confused:

    However I do love the other Dusty psb collaborations.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 113
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    little-monster wrote: »
    It was

    Don't be rude

    But then again i don't take people with such low post count too seriously. Come back when your near my figure or higher and then try and give me a gobful.

    Low post count should have nothing to do with it.

    After WHIDTDT Dusty had two hits in 1989, with Nothing Has Been Proved (16) and In Private (14). Reputation was also a single in 1990 and reached number 38.
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    ugglauggla Posts: 1,113
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    A great song from a great album, aint heard it for a long time though had it in my school years.
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    Hound of LoveHound of Love Posts: 80,118
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    Cloudbuster wrote: »
    PSB and Dusty together were pure gold.

    What Have I Done to Deserve This was criminally denied no 1 on both sides of the Atlantic. One of the top songs ever.

    Great thread

    Agreed 100%:D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,382
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    little-monster wrote: »
    It was

    Don't be rude

    But then again i don't take people with such low post count too seriously. Come back when your near my figure or higher and then try and give me a gobful.

    It was not Dusty's last hit as has already been pointed out to you. "In Private" and "Nothing Has Been Proved" were both Top 20 hits for her in 1989.
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    swingalegswingaleg Posts: 103,114
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    From Dusty's colloberation with the PSB I thought 'Nothing has been Proved' was a marvellous track...........

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZip7Y_IDqQ
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    essexpeteessexpete Posts: 9,210
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    Jason C wrote: »
    ...as was the superb 'In Private'.
    my fave Dusty song
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    glyn9799glyn9799 Posts: 7,391
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    I love this track, I love PSB and I love Dusty :D I saw them live a couple of years back and they performed it with a Dusty backdrop. It was pretty amazing and she got massive cheers.

    And yeah, this was not her last hit OP. In Private (another brilliant track!) and Nothing Has Been Proved were both released a couple of years after WHIDTDT - along with the album 'Reputation'. You're wrong :p
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    Dar WDar W Posts: 728
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    Love this song,was the 1st cassette single i ever bought and drove my mum mad by playing it over and over the next day.It had the 7 inch version,A New Life and a long disco mix with the voice of an aeroplane landing at the beginning of it.I think this version also appeared on the 2 disc version of Actually a few years later.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 11,275
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    It's a icon of the 80s mixing two legendary artists together from two different eras. It shouldn't have worked - 60's soulful diva meets 80's electropop duo - but it did.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 456
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    Top tune and still with-stands the test of time..One of their better tunes.
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    DrPepperDrPepper Posts: 2,655
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    Love all he three songs mentioned, yet I never could, and still cant get past that it should be 'Nothing has been PROVEN' - unless she was baking a loaf of course! :-) but grrrr...
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,577
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    Jason C wrote: »
    ...as was the superb 'In Private'.

    I'd say In Private was the best collaboration with the PSB. Best solo Dusty Springfield song would be Goin' Back.
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    gpkgpk Posts: 10,206
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    great song and there other two singles produced by them for her were great too. they have had some amazing collaborations over the years, loved the liza minnelli tracks, losing my mind/love pains especially.

    that period in the 80s was their peak for me, i really liked everything up to `so hard`. after that there have been some gems, but generally their 80`s music was the best.
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