Song · Bananarama
“I Heard a Rumour” by Bananarama
From the album Wow! (1987)
“I Heard a Rumour” by Bananarama appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1987 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album Wow!. Its best result is #57 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #173 alternative song of 1987 and #7,044 alternative song of all time.
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Bananarama came out swinging in 1987 with "I Heard a Rumour", the lead single from Wow!, their fourth album, cut hand in glove with the Stock Aitken Waterman hit factory. The writing credit runs six deep, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward splitting it with Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, and the production is shameless SAW gloss: the synth riff is borrowed straight from the team's own "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" for Samantha Fox.
Sharp ears caught a family likeness to Michael Fortunati's 1986 track "Give Me Up"; Stock brushed that off, saying they were simply riding the Europop current of the day. It stalled at 14 in Britain but went top five in the States and top ten in Canada, and Andy Morahan's video brought back the dressing-up games of "Venus".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 57 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 447 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 2023 | 773 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
Also listed as: I Heard a Rumor.
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