Respectable (Mel and Kim song)
- Respectable (Mel and Kim song)
:"For other uses see Respectable (disambiguation)."Infobox Single
Name = Respectable
Artist = Mel and Kim
Album = F.L.M.
A-side =
B-side = Instrumental
Released = 1987
Format = 7" single
12" maxi
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Dance-pop
Length = 3:2&
Label = Supreme
Writer = Stock Aitken Waterman
Producer = Stock Aitken Waterman
Certification =
Last single = "Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)" (1986)
This single = "Respectable" (1987)
Next single =
Misc =
"Respectable" was a UK number one single for one week in March 1987 for Mel and Kim. Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman it was the team's second number one. It was also number one in New Zealand for five weeks spanning July and August, and in Germany, Switzerland, and The Netherlands. The song was sampled in Pop Will Eat Itself's song, "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" on their 1987 album "Box Frenzy".
A memorable feature of the song is the electronically-created "stutter" on the first line of the chorus, "Tay-tay-tay-ay-tay-ay, T-t-t-t-t-tay-ay-ta-ay, Take or leave us...".
Track listings
; 7" single
# "Respectable" — 3:21
# "Respectable" (instrumental) — 4:05 ; 12" maxi
# "Respectable" (the tabloid mix) — 7:53
# "Respectable" (7" version) — 3:20
# "Respectable" (extra beats version) — 8:08
Other 12" versions were subtitled "Club Mix" and "Shop Mix", each of which had the same 7" and extra beats versions on their respective B sides. The "tabloid mix" focused not on the familiar "Tay tay" hook but on repeating the line "give us the the music".
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