８０年代英國女子天團〔芭娜娜拉瑪／香蕉女皇〕──流行舞曲──絢麗的〔I Heard A Rumour〕

〔I Heard A Rumour〕
Who needs friends who never show
Ill tell you what you wanna know
I could have saved a broken heart
If Id found out long ago

Chorus 1:
Im just thinking about
Those lonely nights
When I waited for your call
Til I found out
All my friends were right, ooh, ooh
I didnt know you at all

Chorus 2:
I heard a rumour
Ooh, ooh, I heard a rumour
They say you got a broken heart
I heard a rumour
Ooh, ooh, yes I did, boy
I heard a rumour, ooh

Now it seems theyre telling me
Youve changed your wicked ways
But should I give you a second chance
Baby, Im too afraid

So you realize what hurt you made
And the love you threw away
How can I forgive or soon forget
Its never gonna be the same

(repeat chorus 2 twice)

(repeat chorus 1)

(repeat chorus 2, 3 times to fade)

是首旋律討好　且充滿歡樂氣息的Dance-Pop
此曲在Billboard流行榜得到三週＃４　舞廳播放＃３　舞曲銷售＃７

成為芭娜娜拉瑪在美國成績僅次於〔Venus〕的暢銷曲

至於故鄉英國成績略差　拿到＃１４

國際市場方面成績不錯　分別是加拿大亞軍　紐西蘭＃８　瑞士＃１０

澳洲＃３２　德國＃３７

MV是一貫的芭娜娜拉瑪風格：
五花八門的花俏照型　健壯的男性舞者　與精彩的舞蹈
這三個女孩就在鏡頭前展示她們亮麗的外表與迷人肢體動作
比較好奇的是MV中充當綠葉的男性
雖然Bananarama並不是什麼女性主義者
可是從這些舞者令人暇思的穿著與只負責跳舞及展示健美肉體的作用看來
不知社會學者是否可以解讀出她們的MV有物化男性的潛意識存在
或許這也順應出在８０年代以後　男人就跟女人一樣被當成視覺意淫對象的風潮愈來愈盛行了吧

Anyway, 〔I Heard A Rumour〕是支精彩的MV
Bananaram除了穿著法國康康舞服飾外

也模仿巴西歌舞紅星卡門米蘭達（Carmen Miranda，１９０９－１９５５）著名的熱帶水果帽子造型（舞台後面的電視牆就放映著卡門４０年代的歌舞片）

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-DZQ80vEVI

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKDdXroWeug

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUhAS2t5uW4

Extended Remix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXwlOjBTxfk

TOTP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XnokrDyQhc

卡門．米蘭達（Carmen Miranda，１９０９－１９５５）