Respectable (Mel and Kim song)


"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. It was the second UK number one single produced by Stock/Aitken/Waterman, following Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round " in 1985, and the first UK number one single that Stock/Aitken/Waterman had written themselves. The single also topped the charts in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Australia and New Zealand in 1987.

UK releases

; 7"
  1. "Respectable"
  2. "Respectable"
; 12"
  1. "Respectable"
  2. "Respectable"
  3. "Respectable"
; 12" picture disc
  1. "Respectable"
  2. "Respectable"
  3. "Respectable"
; 12" remix
  1. "Respectable"
  2. "Respectable"
  3. "Respectable"
; 12" remix
  1. "Respectable"
  2. "Respectable"
  3. "Respectable"

    Official mixes

Girl band Girls@Play released a cover version of "Respectable" in 2001 which peaked at number 29 in the UK.
Australian Tim Campbell covered the song on his 2018 album Electrifying 80s.

Sampling

The song was sampled in Pop Will Eat Itself's song "Hit the Hi-Tech Groove" from the 1987 album Box Frenzy. The Pop Will Eat Itself song, which skewers Stock/Aiken/Waterman-style manufactured pop, has in its chorus the line "you don't need respectability."

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications