| "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" | ||||
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| Single by Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield | ||||
| from the album Actually | ||||
| B-side | "A New Life" | |||
| Released | 10 August 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Studio | Sarm West and Advision (London) | |||
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| Length | 4:19 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Hague | |||
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| "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" on YouTube | ||||
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys and soul singer Dusty Springfield, taken from the duo's second studio album, Actually (1987). The song was released as the second single from the album on 10 August 1987.[4]
A commercial success in both the United Kingdom and North America, the song helped revive Springfield's career and led to a resurgence of interest in her music. Following the single, the Pet Shop Boys wrote and produced the singles "Nothing Has Been Proved" and "In Private" for Springfield, both included on her album Reputation (1990).
- ^ Mitchell, Matt (21 July 2023). "The 50 Greatest Synth-Pop Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (16 April 2021). "The Number Ones: Exposé's "Seasons Change". Stereogum. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
The Pet Shop Boys and comeback kid Dusty Springfield's soulfully deadpan synthpop banger "What Have I Done To Deserve This" peaked at #2 behind "Seasons Change
- ^ "You Say It's Your Birthday: Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys". MTV. 3 October 1997. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "Index". Record Mirror. 8 August 1987. p. 2. ISSN 0144-5804.