- In Private
Infobox Single
Name = In Private
Artist =Dusty Springfield
from Album = "Reputation"
B-side = "In Private" (Instrumental)
Released = 1990
Format = 7", 12"Vinyl ,CD Single
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:18
Label =Parlophone /EMI Music
Writer =Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer =Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Julian Mendelsohn
Certification =
Chart position = #14 UK
Last single = "Nothing Has Been Proved " (1989)
This single = "In Private" (1990)
Next single = "Reputation" (1990)
Misc = Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = Dusty Springfield - In Private.ogg "In Private" was the third single in a row to be a charting success for British singerDusty Springfield , after nearly two decades of little if any chart success. Both "In Private" and Springfield's previous single, "Nothing Has Been Proved " were produced byPet Shop Boys , who helped return Springfield to prominence with their 1987 hit collaboration "What Have I Done to Deserve This? ". Both Springfield singles were included on her1990 British album "Reputation"."In Private" peaked at #14 in the British charts. Though not released as a single in the America, it proved to be popular with club DJs on both coasts.
The song was later re-recorded and released in 2006 on "Fundamentalism", the limited edition second disc released with the Pet Shop Boys' own album "Fundamental". It is performed as a duet between
Neil Tennant andElton John . The fact that both of these are openly gay men makes the song's subject of a hidden relationship that one of the participants is ashamed to admit to all the more pointed, especially on the following lines: Neil: "What you gonna say when you run back to your wife?" /Elton: "I guess it's just the story of my life...!" /Both: "What are you gonna say...?"This song was also recorded by the Swedish pop group, Nouveau Riche as a hidden track on their 2007 album "Pink Trash"
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