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Absolutely Fabulous (song)

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Released
  
30 May 1994

Length
  
3:46

Recorded
  
1994

B-side
  
"Absolutely Dubulous", "This Wheel's on Fire"

Format
  
CD single, cassette single

Genre
  
Electronic, Eurodance, techno

"Absolutely Fabulous" is a song produced by British electronic music group Pet Shop Boys. The song was released as a single for 1994's Comic Relief, under the artist name 'Absolutely Fabulous'. The song is based on the BBC comedy show of the same name and features dialogues taken from that show. The single since peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and number 7 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The single was more successful in Oceania region by debuted and peaked at number 2 in both Australia and New Zealand, which was also the highest peak position ever for the duo in Australian charts. Coincidentally this single is the Pet Shop Boys last top 10 single in both Australia and New Zealand to date.

Contents

UK 4-track CD single: Parlophone

  1. "Absolutely Fabulous" (7" mix)
  2. "Absolutely Fabulous" (Our Tribe Tongue-in-Cheek Mix)
  3. "Absolutely Dubulous"
  4. "Absolutely Fabulous" (Dull Soulless Dance Music Mix)

UK CD single/CDRS 6382

  1. "Absolutely Fabulous" (7" mix)
  2. "Absolutely Fabulous" (Our Tribe Tongue-in-Cheek Mix)
  3. "Absolutely Dubulous"
  4. "This Wheel's on Fire"
  • This CD was withdrawn due to copyright legalities for the song "This Wheel's on Fire"

    • UK cassette single

    1. "Absolutely Fabulous" (7" mix)
    2. "Absolutely Fabulous" (Dull Soulless Dance Music Mix)

    Music video

    The accompany video featured the Pet Shop Boys performing as the stars from the TV series (Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley) are dancing around them. The clips from the first two original series are shown throughout the video as well.

    Releases

    Apart from its release as a single, the song "Absolutely Fabulous" also appears on the "Further Listening" disc that came with the 2001 re-issue of the Pet Shop Boys album Very. The music video clip of the song features on Pet Shop Boys' video compilation Various, available on VHS, as well as on the AbFab DVD collection of series one through three. The Our Tribe Tongue-In-Cheek Mix version of the song features on the band's Disco 2 album.

    References

    Absolutely Fabulous (song) Wikipedia
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