I Heard a Rumour

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"I Heard a Rumour"
Single by Bananarama
from the album Wow!
B-side"Clean Cut Boy"
Released22 June 1987[1]
RecordedAugust 1986
Genre
Length3:25
LabelLondon
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Bananarama singles chronology
"Set on You"
(1987)
"I Heard a Rumour"
(1987)
"Love in the First Degree"
(1987)
Music video
"I Heard a Rumour" at YouTube

"I Heard a Rumor" is a 1987 song by Bananarama and was taken from their fourth studio album Wow! and 1987 movie Disorderlies. It went to number 2 in Canada, number 4 in the United States, number 8 in New Zealand, number 9 in Ireland, number 10 in Finland, Sweden and Switzerland, number 14 in the United Kingdom and number 16 in the Netherlands.

Track listings[change | change source]

  • 7-inch single
  1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Album Version) – 3:25
  2. "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) – 4:22
    S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/I. Curnow
  • 12-inch single
  1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Horoscope Mix) – 5:57
    Available on the CD album The Twelve Inches of Bananarama
  2. "I Heard a Rumour" (Dub) – 5:06
  3. "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) – 4:22
    S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/I. Curnow
  • 2nd 12-inch single
  1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Miami Mix) – 7:13
    Also available for the first time on the CD album The Greatest Remixes Collection and the limited edition 2-cd version of The Very Best of Bananarama
    Remixed by Phil Harding
  2. "I Heard a Rumour" (House Mix) – 7:22
    Remixed by Phil Harding
  3. "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) – 4:22
  • US 12-inch maxi single / cassette
  1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Horoscope Mix) – 5:57
  2. "I Heard a Rumour" (Miami Mix) – 7:13
  3. "I Heard a Rumour" (House Mix) – 7:22
  4. "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) – 4:22
  • Other versions
  1. "I Heard a Rumour" (Corporation Of Bananarama Mix) – 5:40
    From the single "Megarama '89" and "Cruel Summer '89"
    Remixed by Freddie Bastone
  2. "I Heard a Rumour" (Corporation Dub)
    Remixed by Freddie Bastone
  3. "I Heard a Rumour" (2001 Version)
    Taken from the album Exotica

References[change | change source]

  1. "Index". Record Mirror. 20 June 1987. p. 3. ISSN 0144-5804.