Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield – What Have I Done To Deserve This? (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1988

“What Have I Done to Deserve This?” is a song by English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys, featuring singer Dusty Springfield.

When released as a single in late 1987, it peaked at number 2 in the UK and also at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the fourth top ten hit for Pet Shop Boys as well as the biggest hit of Springfield’s career in the US. It was kept from the top spot by “Seasons Change” by Expose and “Father Figure” by their fellow British singer George Michael on that chart. The single made it to number 1 on the Irish singles chart, where it was Pet Shop Boys’ second number 1 hit in the space of just six weeks.

The song’s success helped revive Springfield’s career and led to a resurgence of interest in her music. Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield performed the song for the 1988 BRIT Awards. Following the duet the Pet Shop Boys wrote and produced the singles “Nothing Has Been Proved” and “In Private” for Springfield, both included on her 1990 album Reputation.

The music video was filmed in a music hall, featuring a female chorus line and male members of the pit orchestra. It made significant use of the theater drapes and stage curtains for dramatic effect. Like all of the singles taken from the Actually album, the song also appears on the film It Couldn’t Happen Here, where it is briefly played in instrumental form, without vocals.

In North America the 12″ single included alternate Shep Pettibone remixes with “Rent” and “I Want A Dog” as the b-side tracks.

SIDE A:
What Have I Done To Deserve This? (The Shep Pettibone Remix) 8:30
Edited By – Junior Vasquez, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix] – Bob Rosa
Producer – Stephen Hague
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Stephen Hague
Written-By – Allee Willis, Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant*

What Have I Done To Deserve This? (Dub Mix) 6:50
Edited By – Junior Vasquez, Shep Pettibone
Engineer [Remix] – Bob Rosa
Producer – Stephen Hague
Remix, Producer [Additional Production] – Stephen Hague
Written-By – Allee Willis, Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant*

SIDE B:
Rent (The François Kevorkian Remix) 7:02
Keyboards [Fairlight] – Andy Richards
Producer, Engineer – Julian Mendelsohn
Remix – François Kevorkian, Michael Hutchinson
Written-By – Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe*

I Want A Dog 4:57
Engineer – David Jacob, Mike Nielson*
Producer – Pet Shop Boys
ysWritten-By – Neil Tennant Chris Lowe*

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year Single Chart Position
1988 What Have I Done To Deserve This? U.S. Billboard Hot 100 #2
1988 What Have I Done To Deserve This? U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary #14
1988 What Have I Done To Deserve This? U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1

 

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: EMI-Manhattan Records ‎– V-56080
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Composed By – Willis* (tracks: A1, A2), Tennant/Lowe*
Design [Sleeve] – Mark Farrow At (3)*, Pet Shop Boys
Photography By – Eric Watson (3)
Photography By [Dusty Springfield] – Val Wilmer*

NOTES:
Printed in the U.S.A

Find the 12″ on DISCOGS

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
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Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
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SOFTWARE USED:
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Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
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RESTORATION NOTES:
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Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Alfie
Alfie
July 28, 2022 1:34 pm

Any chance you could please re-up this? Thank you!

qat
qat
July 14, 2018 7:15 am

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Mike
Mike
August 2, 2017 9:12 pm

Thanks much, Paul. FYI, I believe the beginning of “I Want A Dog” is cut off.

Jasons2
Jasons2
July 21, 2017 10:33 pm

Thank you very much Paul.

Ataru
Ataru
April 24, 2017 9:36 am

Paul, as far i know, in the PSB movie “It Couldn’t Happen Here” there’s a vocal version (near the end, if i remember right), with Neil Tennant and the actress Barbara Windsor (that plays his mother in the movie) singing in lipsync… 😉

Ataru
Ataru
Reply to  Ataru
April 24, 2017 9:42 am

in your defence, there’s a looong instrumental intro. 😀

Ataru
Ataru
Reply to  Ataru
May 6, 2017 2:49 pm

in defence of both of us! 😀

negative1
negative1
April 13, 2017 11:11 am

i hate the normal version of this song, but the remixes make it listenable.

rent is a terrible remix, that just extends the song…

i want a dog is the best thing on the whole single, i love that song.

thanks again for the post.

later
-1

Martin
Martin
April 8, 2017 2:38 pm

Thank you so much for this, another great PSB record.
I think the Rent mix and dub were on the UK CD Single, but neither WHIDTDT were on CD or on the Further Listening discs. Nice to have these two tracks.

Hopefully one-day the 2x 7″ vinyl of Suburbia with Suburbia, Part 2 might be added…
I know it’s part of the sublime Full Horror mix, but on this 7″ it’s it’s own track.

SuperC
SuperC
April 8, 2017 2:25 am

Great rip Paul, Loving the recent rips. 🙂 Thank YOU

musicdivaSF
musicdivaSF
April 8, 2017 1:46 am

I thought the mix sounded new to me so I checked and found that I don’t have this mix at all. Something that may be considered as a classic is, alas, new to me. Thank you for this post. 🙂

John
John
April 7, 2017 8:01 am

Another wonderful post Paul.
Shep Pettibone created many fantastic mixes in the 80’s, my top 3 favourites were Duran Duran’s I Don’t Want Your Love and All She Wants Is mixes and Blondie’s Heart Of Glass (Shep Pettibone Remix).
This PSB/Dusty What Have I Done To Deserve This? (The Shep Pettibone Remix) is another great remix to add to my favourite list.
Thank You!

Dirk
Dirk
April 7, 2017 3:48 am

Rent.
With stylish, chihuahua-torturing golddigging as a professional life, projected on a few young generations already, I dare to say PSB have created the anthem for them and their managers slash partners.
Though I doubt if it is meaned to be ironic..sounds kinda sad to be honest.
So let’s just dance to the music. Darn that handclap, but wait till the song starts…
Kevorkian made it bigger, longer and gave it girth. So I am trying to be hip :
Nice (stretched to 1,9 second.)

Walter C
Walter C
Reply to  Dirk
April 23, 2017 6:25 pm

Dirk, do the calculation again. Album version is 5:07, extended mix is “stretched” to 7:02! (duration differs by 1:55)

Dirk
Dirk
Reply to  Walter C
April 23, 2017 8:58 pm

Oh, okay, right, well, let me rephrase that last bit for your convenience to :
niiiiiccccceeeee(..).

🙂

Dirk
Dirk
Reply to  Dirk
April 23, 2017 9:01 pm

Though a spontaneous out of the blue question pops up in my head, too : do you own a chihuahua?

Junior
Junior
April 7, 2017 1:55 am

Shep Pettibone did some cool versions of this single. Dusty was like the icing on the cake.

Thanks Paul 🙂

Joey
Joey
April 7, 2017 1:14 am

What a week…. So many classic mixes and vinyl only! When this mix was new I didn’t really like it much, but listening to it now, I really like it.
Thanks again Paul. 🙂

MusicMan3
MusicMan3
April 6, 2017 11:00 pm

Thanks for this great one, Paul! Never heard this mix before – only the Disco Mix. LOVE it!

DJVeteran
DJVeteran
April 6, 2017 8:39 pm

Very interesting, I have this same cataloged single on vinyl and yet the mixes that have are different than on this post. Still very good.

Kent H.
Kent H.
April 6, 2017 7:15 pm

Thanks Paul. I have the import CD, this has different mixes.

Thanks alot. 🙂

Walter C
Walter C
April 6, 2017 7:03 pm

Yeah, DjPaulT did it again! It brought us another unobtainable rarity. I can not believe that I am now listening to the extended version of “Rent”!

NKelly
NKelly
April 6, 2017 5:18 pm

The dream week continues!! And a FK of ‘Rent’. Not even sure i’m aware of this. Maybe my crap memory has wiped all knowledge. Of course i had this on UK 7″, 12″ and CD single!

Richard
Richard
April 6, 2017 4:26 pm

Dusty Springfield is definitely one of the finest female vocalists in modern history. What a treat it is to hear this. Thank you!

Martijn van Heeringen
Martijn van Heeringen
April 6, 2017 3:42 pm

Thanks a lot for yet another 80s classic. Dusty Springfield and PSB made a wonderful chemistry and this track is the crown of their collaboration and her comeback. Strangely enough the Kevorkian Remix as well as the Shep Pettibone Remix are still vinyl only (the Shep Pettibone Disco Mix is cd maxi only still) as far as I could find out.
Cherry Red reissued Reputation with some bonus tracks though.

Ken Murphy
Ken Murphy
Reply to  Martijn van Heeringen
April 6, 2017 4:50 pm

There is a UK cd single of “Rent” with the Kevorkian mix along with a dub version as well.

ex15
ex15
April 6, 2017 2:38 pm

Hi Paul,

Really enjoying your last few uploads, PSB can’t do no wrong!

As always thanks for the rip! 🙂

BE.D12''
BE.D12''
April 6, 2017 2:09 pm

Thanks DJPaul!
This remix has always been very hard to find for me.
I’ve the “Disco mix” version of it
and I wonder why Shep did two different remix of this beautiful song.
Do you any reason about it.
RESPECT.

OMAR
OMAR
April 6, 2017 2:06 pm

Thanks Paul a million times. Recently announced by the PSBs is a complete overhaul of their back catalogue. More details coming later this month.

OMAR
OMAR
Reply to  DjPaulT
April 6, 2017 2:45 pm

Thats what i thought too. But now it seems that their entire catalogue is being prepped up. We’ll see.

Marko
Marko
April 6, 2017 1:43 pm

Thanks a lot for any special PSB moment. You know which records are needed by the fans.
😊👍