What Have I Done to Deserve This?

Infobox Single
Name = What Have I Done to Deserve This?


Caption =
Artist = Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield
from Album = Actually
B-side = "A New Life"
Released = August 10, 1987
Format = 7", 12", cassette, CD
Recorded =
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 4:19
Label = Parlophone - R 6163
Writer = Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Allee Willis
Producer = Stephen Hague
Chronology = Pet Shop Boys singles
Last single = "It's a Sin"
(1987)
This single = "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
(1987)
Next single = "Rent"
(1987)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Dusty Springfield singles
Type = Single
Last single = "Something in Your Eyes"
(1987)
This single = "What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
(1987)
Next single = "Nothing Has Been Proved"
(1989)

"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" is a 1987 collaboration between two UK recording artists, Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield.

When released as a single in late 1987, it peaked at number two in the UK charts and at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the fourth Top Ten hit for Pet Shop Boys as well as the biggest hit of Springfield's career in the U.S.

The song's success helped revive Springfield's career and led to a resurgence of interest in her music. Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield mimed a performance of the song for the 1988 BRIT Awards. Following the duet the Pet Shop Boys wrote and produced the singles "Nothing Has Been Proved" and "In Private" for Springfield, both included on her 1990 album "Reputation".

Track listing

7": Parlophone / R 6163 (UK)

# "What have I done to deserve this?" - 4:19
# "A new life" - 4:55

12": Parlophone / 12 R 6163 (UK)

# "What have I done to deserve this?" (Extended Mix) - 6:53
# "A new life" - 4:55
# "What have I done to deserve this?" (Disco Mix) - 8:13

* also available on CD (Parlophone / CD R 6163)

Chart performance