Please Yourself


Please Yourself is the sixth studio album by British girl group Bananarama. It was released in 1993 by London Records, the last release the group had on this label. It is also the first album from Bananarama as a duo – with original members Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward continuing after the departure of Jacquie O'Sullivan in 1991 and the last to feature both Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward to play bass guitar on some tracks on the album until Viva. Please Yourself also reunites Bananarama with two-thirds of the Stock Aitken Waterman production team. Musician Gary Miller was brought in to do keyboards and guitar and would be Bananarama's next collaborator on their next album Ultra Violet. The concept of the album was first suggested by Pete Waterman as 'ABBA-Banana', a record that would feature pop songs in the style of ABBA, but updated for the 1990s.
Please Yourself features songs in a Europop style. It is the first Bananarama album not to get a release in the United States, and upon its release in the UK, it was panned by critics and charted at a low number forty-six. There was a limited double CD edition featuring 12" remix of former hit singles. Dallin and Woodward have later admitted in interviews that they are not fond of this album. Two of the songs on the album would later be recycled by Pete Waterman over five years later for use with the band Steps- "Last Thing on My Mind" would be their second single and the track "Movin' On" would be included on their second album Steptacular.

Track listing

All songs written by Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward, Mike Stock and Pete Waterman, except where noted.
CD and cassette versions
  1. "Movin' On" – 4:38
  2. "Last Thing on My Mind" – 3:35
  3. "Let Me Love You One More Time" – 3:39
  4. "More, More, More" – 3:08
  5. "Is She Good to You" – 3:44
  6. "Only Time Will Tell" – 3:35
  7. "Give It All Up for Love" – 3:57
  8. "You'll Never Know What It Means" – 4:36
  9. "You're Never Satisfied" – 3:32
  10. "I Could Be Persuaded" – 5:09
Limited 2-CD edition with Classic 12" Collection
  1. "Venus" – 9:18
  2. "I Want You Back" – 7:54
  3. "Love in the First Degree" – 6:03
  4. "Cruel Summer '89" – 5:16
  5. "Really Saying Something" – 5:40
  6. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" – 4:53
Japanese CD version
  1. "Movin' On" – 4:38
  2. "Last Thing on My Mind" – 3:35
  3. "Let Me Love You One More Time" – 3:39
  4. "More, More, More" – 3:08
  5. "Is She Good to You" – 3:44
  6. "Only Time Will Tell" – 3:35
  7. "Give It All Up for Love" – 3:57
  8. "You'll Never Know What It Means" – 4:36
  9. "You're Never Satisfied" – 3:32
  10. "I Could Be Persuaded" – 5:09
  11. "Movin' On" – 6:16
  12. "Last Thing on My Mind" – 5:59
  13. "Venus" – 7:23
2007 CD re-issue plus bonus tracks
  1. "Movin' On" - 4:37
  2. "Last Thing on My Mind" - 3:34
  3. "Let Me Love You One More Time" - 3:38
  4. "More, More, More" - 3:07
  5. "Is She Good to You" - 3:42
  6. "Only Time Will Tell" - 3:34
  7. "Give It All Up for Love" - 3:57
  8. "You'll Never Know What It Means" - 4:33
  9. "You're Never Satisfied" - 3:28
  10. "I Could Be Persuaded" - 5:08
  11. "Movin' On" - 3:32
  12. "Another Lover" - 3:32
  13. "Last Thing on My Mind" - 3:35
  14. "Treat Me Right" - 4:42
  15. "More, More, More" - 3:21
2013 Deluxe Edition 2CD/DVD re-issue
Disc 1
  1. "Movin' On" - 4.32
  2. "Last Thing on My Mind" - 3.35
  3. "Let Me Love You One More Time" - 3.36
  4. "More, More, More" - 3.05
  5. "Is She Good To You?" - 3.38
  6. "Only Time Will Tell" - 3.31
  7. "Give It All Up For Love" - 3.54
  8. "You’ll Never Know What It Means" - 4.28
  9. "You’re Never Satisfied" - 3.25
  10. "I Could Be Persuaded" - 5.04
  11. "Another Lover" - 3.30
  12. "Treat Me Right" - 4.40
  13. "More, More, More" - 3.23
  14. "Movin' On" - 6.13
  15. "Last Thing on My Mind" - 5.58
  16. "More, More, More" - 5.16
  17. "Nueva Dirección" - 3.36
  18. "Last Thing on My Mind" - 5.40
Disc 2
  1. "Movin' On" - 8.50
  2. "Is She Good To You? " - 3.18
  3. "More, More, More" - 7.09
  4. "Only Time Will Tell " - 4.39*
  5. "Movin' On" - 7.33
  6. "Is She Good To You? " - 5.50
  7. "More, More, More" - 5.04
  8. "Movin' On" - 5.20
  9. "Last Thing on My Mind" - 5.29
  10. "More, More, More" - 5.48
  11. "Movin' On" - 6.18
  12. "Last Thing on My Mind" - 8.18
  13. "More, More, More" - 5.06
DVD
  1. "Movin' On"
  2. "Last Thing on My Mind"
  3. "More, More, More"
  4. "Movin' On"
  5. "Last Thing on My Mind"
Unreleased songs and demos
  1. "Changes"
  2. "She's in Love with You"
  3. "What Took You So Long?"

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Personnel

Bananarama
Musicians
Additional personnel