“Robert De Niro's Waiting” by Bananarama

"Robert De Niro's Waiting" was the second single from Bananarama's self-titled second album, out on 20 February 1984, and it hangs a moody new wave daydream on the name of the American actor in its title. Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward wrote it with Steve Jolley and Tony Swain, the production team behind the record.

It climbed to number three at home, one of the English girl group's strongest showings, and even slipped briefly onto the Billboard Hot 100. The 12-inch stretched it into an extended mix, with "Push!" on the flip, and Billboard later put it at 74 on its rundown of the greatest girl group songs. The group clearly never tired of it: they cut it again in 2000 for a G-A-Y compilation, and once more for Exotica, their eighth studio album, in 2001.

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