"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group

Girl group

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 Bananarama

Bananarama

Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...

, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies

Disorderlies

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(starring The Fat Boys

The Fat Boys

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) and included on its soundtrack

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.

"I Heard a Rumour" became one of Bananarama's biggest singles, hitting #14 in their native UK, and climbing to #4 in the U.S., #2 in Canada and #8 in New Zealand. It was also a hit in nightclubs, prompting a top-five placing on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

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 chart.

Songwriter and music producer Pete Waterman

Pete Waterman

Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...

 names "I Heard A Rumour", as one of his favorite songs.

The chords and general structure are the same as those of Michael Fortunati's hit "Give Me Up".

The song is included in the PlayStation

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 karaoke

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 game SingStar Anthems.

Music video

The music video

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, directed by Andy Morahan, is an expansion on the dress-up theme of Bananarama's "Venus".

Group members Sara Dallin

Sara Dallin

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, Siobhan Fahey

Siobhan Fahey

Siobhan Fahey is an Irish musician and founding member of the 1980s British girl group Bananarama, and later formed the BRIT Award and Ivor Novello award winning musical outfit Shakespears Sister.-Career:Fahey was born the eldest of three daughters to Helen and...

, and Keren Woodward

Keren Woodward

Keren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter of British girl group Bananarama, co-founded by her long time school friend Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey....

 are seen emulating various film stars, projected on screens behind them, by dressing up in various costumes, such as a cowgirl or Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

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. Bananarama's trademark silliness is interspersed throughout.

At one point the group, dressed in French can-can dresses, bend over to 'moon' the camera and expose the letters W-O-W (a reference to their album title) on their rears.

Bloopers, of the girls making mistakes in the dance routine, are intercut with other footage.

Track Listings

7" single

1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Album Version) 3:25
2. "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) 4:22

   S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/I. Curnow

12" single

1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Horoscope Mix) 5:57

   Available on the CD album The Twelve Inches of Bananarama

   The Twelve Inches of Bananarama

   The Twelve Inches of Bananarama is a compilation album by English girl group Bananarama, released on October 2, 2006 by Warner Bros. Records. The collection contains twelve remixes of Bananarama songs, spanning the years 1982 to 1991, many of which are appearing on compact disc for the first time...

   
   

2. "I Heard a Rumour" (Dub) 5:06
3. "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) 4:22

   S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/I. Curnow

2nd 12" single

1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Miami Mix) 7:13

   Also available for the first time on the CD album The Greatest Remixes Collection and the limited edition 2-cd version of The Very Best Of Bananarama

   The Very Best of Bananarama

   The Very Best of Bananarama is one of several greatest hits collections by English girl group Bananarama.Released by Warner Music Group, parent company of Bananarama's label London Records, this set is the "official" hits package released to celebrate the group's twentieth anniversary...

   
   

   Remixed by Phil Harding

2. "I Heard a Rumour" (House Mix) 7:22

   Remixed by Phil Harding

3. "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) 4:22

US 12" maxi-single / Cassette

1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Horoscope Mix) 5:57
2. "I Heard a Rumour" (Miami Mix) 7:13
3. "I Heard a Rumour" (House Mix) 7:22
4. "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) 4:22

Other versions

1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Corporation Of Bananarama Mix) 5:40

   From the single "Megarama '89

   Megarama '89

   "Megarama '89" is a megamix of songs by English girl group Bananarama. It was released as a single in 1989 in Germany, Japan and France. The French single differs from the version released in Germany and Japan....

   
   " and "Cruel Summer

   Cruel Summer

   "Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...

   
    '89"

   Remixed by Freddie Bastone

2. "I Heard a Rumour" (Corporation Dub)

   Remixed by Freddie Bastone

3. "I Heard a Rumour" (2001 Version)

   Taken from the album Exotica

   Exotica

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Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	4
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	3
Canada singles	2
Australia ARIA singles	32
New Zealand singles	8
Switzerland singles chart	10
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