“Absolutely Fabulous” by Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys made "Absolutely Fabulous" for Comic Relief in 1994, and it went out under a different name entirely: Parlophone and Spaghetti issued it that May with the artist credited as Absolutely Fabulous. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe wrote the music together, Tennant the words, and the whole thing is based on Jennifer Saunders's BBC sitcom, which shares its title, with sound bites lifted from the show's first series.

It's camp dancefloor fun with its tongue jammed firmly in its cheek, and it did serious business, reaching six in the UK and seven on the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart. Australia and New Zealand loved it most, sending it to number two in both; it remains the duo's highest-charting single in Australia and their last top-10 hit in either country. Howard Greenhalgh and Bob Spiers directed the video.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.