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 (Like a Record)" 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" (SUPE 111)
 * 1) "Respectable"
 * 2) "Respectable" (instrumental)


 * 12" (SUPE T 111 / RCA PT 41220)
 * 1) "Respectable" (Club/Extended mix)
 * 2) "Respectable" (7" version)
 * 3) "Respectable" (Extra Beats version [vocal])


 * 12" picture disc (SUPE TP 111)
 * 1) "Respectable" (The Tabloid mix)
 * 2) "Respectable" (7" version)
 * 3) "Respectable" (Extra Beats version [vocal])


 * 12" remix (SUPE TX 111)
 * 1) "Respectable" (The Tabloid mix)
 * 2) "Respectable" (7" version)
 * 3) "Respectable" (Extra Beats version [vocal])


 * 12" remix (SUPE TZ 111)
 * 1) "Respectable" (Shop mix)
 * 2) "Respectable" (7" version)
 * 3) "Respectable" (Extra Beats version [vocal])

Official mixes

 * Album version 5:41
 * 7" version 3:22
 * Instrumental 4:05
 * Club/Extended mix 6:15
 * The Tabloid mix 7:53
 * Extra Beats version [vocal] 8:08
 * Extra Beats version [instrumental] 6:11
 * Shop mix
 * Remixable 6:41 – by Peter Slaghuis for DMC 1987
 * Bonus Beats 8:10

Cover versions
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" on their 1987 album Box Frenzy.