I Heard a Rumour

"I Heard a Rumour"
Song
B-side	"Clean Cut Boy"

"I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song by recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies (starring The Fat Boys) and included on its soundtrack.

The music video is an expansion on the dress-up theme of Bananarama's "Venus". Group members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward are seen emulating various film stars, projected on screens behind them, by dressing up in various costumes, such as a cowgirl or Carmen Miranda. Bananarama's trademark silliness is interspersed throughout. At one point the group, dressed in French can-can dresses, bend over to 'moon' the camera and expose the letters W-O-W (a reference to their album title) on their rears. Bloopers are also kept in and intercut.

"I Heard a Rumour" became one of Bananarama's biggest singles, hitting the top-twenty in their native UK, and climbing into the top ten in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. It was also a hit in nightclubs, prompting a top-five placing on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart.

The song is included in the PlayStation karaoke game SingStar Anthems.

An identical song was released one year earlier in Italy by italian singer and composer Michael Fortunati, the song was 'Give me up' (Wea catalog number 721838 - published 1986) and it was a typical 80's italo-disco tune. Additionally, an even more obscure song called "You Only You" released by Italian artist Tasha also had a similar melody and bassline with that of Michael Fortunati's "Give Me Up" and Bananarama's "I Heard A Rumour".

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	4
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	3
Canada singles	2
Australia ARIA singles	32
New Zealand singles	8
Switzerland singles chart	10