Respectable (Mel and Kim song)

"Respectable"
Single by Mel and Kim
from the album F.L.M.
B-side "From A Whisper To A Scream"
Released 18 February 1987[1]
Format 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded 1987
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:21
Label Supreme
Atlantic (U.S.)
Songwriter(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)

"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.[2] 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,[3] Switzerland,[4] the Netherlands,[5] Belgium,[6] Finland,[7] Australia[8] and New Zealand[9] 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.[10]

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)[8] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[11] 7
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart (Ultratop)[6] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[5] 1
Finnish Singles Chart[7] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[12] 14
German Singles Chart[3] 1
Irish Singles Chart[13] 2
Italy (FIMI)[14] 3
New Zealand (RIANZ Singles Chart)[9] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[15] 2
South African Singles Chart[16] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[17] 5
Swiss Singles Chart[4] 1
UK Singles Chart[2] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[18] 1

End of year charts

End of year chart (1987) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 5
Dutch Top 40[19] 13
Swiss Singles Chart[20] 15

Certifications

Country Certification Sales certified
Netherlands[21] Gold 40,000
UK[22] Gold 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. ↑ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Mel & Kim". Imgur.com (original source published by British Phonographic Industry). Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  2. 1 2 "Official Charts > Mel & Kim". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  3. 1 2 "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mel & Kim - Respectable (single) (in German)". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  4. 1 2 "hitparade.ch > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  5. 1 2 "dutchcharts.nl > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  6. 1 2 "ultratop.be > Mel & Kim - Resectable (in Dutch)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  7. 1 2 Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  8. 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.
  9. 1 2 "charts.org.nz > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  10. ↑ "Official Charts > Girls At Play". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  11. ↑ "austriancharts.at > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  12. ↑ "lescharts.com > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  13. ↑ "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)
  14. ↑ "I singoli più venduti del 1987 (in Italian)". HitParadeItalia. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  15. ↑ "norwegianchats.com > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  16. ↑ http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(M).html Retrieved 15 May 2015
  17. ↑ "swedishcharts.com > Mel & Kim - Respectable (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  18. ↑ Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  19. ↑ "Single top 100 over 1987" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
  20. ↑ "Scweizer Jahrehitparade 1987(in German)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  21. ↑ Dutch certifications nvpi.nl (Retrieved 9 December 2008)
  22. ↑ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk Archived 24 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved 7 September 2008)
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