Respectable (Mel and Kim song)

For other uses, see Respectable (disambiguation).
"Respectable"
Single by Mel and Kim
from the album F.L.M.
B-side From A Whisper To A Scream
Released 23 February 1987
Format 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded 1987
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:21
Label Supreme
Atlantic (U.S.)
Writer(s) Stock/Aitken/Waterman
Producer(s) Stock/Aitken/Waterman
Mel and Kim singles chronology
"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"
(1986)		 "Respectable"
(1987)		 "F.L.M."
(1987)

"Respectable" is a Mel and Kim song written and produced by Stock/Aitken/Waterman that became a UK number one single for one week in March 1987.[1] It was the second UK number one single produced by Stock/Aitken/Waterman, following Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" in 1985, and the first UK number one single that Stock/Aitken/Waterman had written themselves. The single also topped the charts in Germany,[2] Switzerland,[3] the Netherlands,[4] Belgium,[5] Finland,[6] Australia[7] and New Zealand[8] in 1987.

UK releases

7" (SUPE 111)
  1. "Respectable"
  2. "Respectable" (instrumental)
12" (SUPE T 111 / RCA PT 41220)
  1. "Respectable" (Club/Extended mix)
  2. "Respectable" (7” version)
  3. "Respectable" (Extra Beats version [vocal])
12" picture disc (SUPE TP 111)
  1. "Respectable" (The Tabloid mix)
  2. "Respectable" (7” version)
  3. "Respectable" (Extra Beats version [vocal])
12" remix (SUPE TX 111)
  1. "Respectable" (The Tabloid mix)
  2. "Respectable" (7” version)
  3. "Respectable" (Extra Beats version [vocal])
12" remix (SUPE TZ 111)
  1. "Respectable" (Shop mix)
  2. "Respectable" (7” version)
  3. "Respectable" (Extra Beats version [vocal])

Official mixes

A promo release of Respectable

Cover versions

Girl band Girls@Play released a cover version of "Respectable" in 2001 which peaked at number 29 in the UK.[9]

Sampling

The song was sampled in Pop Will Eat Itself's song, "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" on their 1987 album Box Frenzy.

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[10] 7
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart (Ultratop)[5] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[4] 1
Finnish Singles Chart[6] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[11] 14
German Singles Chart[2] 1
Irish Singles Chart[12] 2
Italy (FIMI)[13] 3
New Zealand (RIANZ Singles Chart)[8] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[14] 2
South African Singles Chart[15] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[16] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 1
UK Singles Chart[1] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[17] 1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1987) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 5
Dutch Top 40[18] 13
Swiss Singles Chart[19] 15

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Netherlands[20] Gold 1987 40,000
UK[21] Gold 1 April 1987 500,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
by Aretha Franklin and George Michael		 Dutch Top 40 number-one single
21 March 1987 – 4 April 1987 		Succeeded by
"Sailing Home" by Piet Veerman
Preceded by
"Everything I Own" by Boy George		 UK number-one single
28 March 1987 		Succeeded by
"Let It Be" by Ferry Aid
Preceded by
"Reality" by Richard Sanderson		 Swiss number-one single
5 April 1987 – 26 April 1987
Preceded by
"Stay" by Pierre Cosso and Bonnie Bianco		 German number-one single
10 April 1987 – 17 April 1987 		Succeeded by
"You're the Voice" by John Farnham
Preceded by
"Diamonds" by Herb Alpert		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
4 July 1987 		Succeeded by
"In Love with Love" by Debbie Harry
Preceded by
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
by Whitney Houston		 Australian (ARIA) number-one single
20 July 1987 		Succeeded by
"He's Gonna Step On You Again" by The Party Boys
New Zealand RIANZ number-one single
24 July 1987 – 21 August 1987 		Succeeded by
"La Bamba" by Los Lobos

References

  1. 1 2 "Official Charts > Mel & Kim". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  2. 1 2 "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mel & Kim - Respectable (single) (in German)". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  3. 1 2 "hitparade.ch > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  4. 1 2 "dutchcharts.nl > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  5. 1 2 "ultratop.be > Mel & Kim - Resectable (in Dutch)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  6. 1 2 Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  7. 1 2 3 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 197. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  8. 1 2 "charts.org.nz > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  9. ↑ "Official Charts > Girls At Play". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  10. ↑ "austriancharts.at > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  11. ↑ "lescharts.com > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  12. ↑ "Screen shot of search results for 'Mel and Kim' from http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2015-11-25. External link in |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "I singoli più venduti del 1987 (in Italian)". HitParadeItalia. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  14. ↑ "norwegianchats.com > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  15. ↑ http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(M).html Retrieved 15 May 2015
  16. ↑ "swedishcharts.com > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  17. ↑ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  18. ↑ "Single top 100 over 1987" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  19. ↑ "Scweizer Jahrehitparade 1987(in German)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  20. ↑ Dutch certifications nvpi.nl (Retrieved 9 December 2008)
  21. ↑ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved 7 September 2008)
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