I was obsessed with this song when it was in the charts. In the pre internet era I taped it off the radio and one day I paused the tape after every line so I could write down all the lyrics.
@@user-ln4qe1sh8i Before her you had LuLu, Alison Moyet, Annie Lennox, Sade, Lisa Stansfield, Mica Paris and Joss Stone to name just a few...the UK always had great female singers...
Colaboration between the Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield brought wonderful fruits. I love the 3 songs they made together: 1. What have I done to deserve it 2. In privite 3. Nothing has been proved What a nostalgia for those beautiful times. This song is my favourite among these 3.
Neil Tenant has said that he and Chris saw George in Ibiza once and George had high praise for this record. It is indeed classic: which is more impressive considering how specifically topical and wordy it is. You can hear how Dusty manages wordy songs (which she always did so well): she sings it in syllables and with great musicality.
Secondeded. It's a monstrous shame she didn't get to live a long life with peace of mind - but the boys gave her a chance to do wonderful, widely appreciated work again. This was a fine, fine thing - they should be proud.
My copy is a S. Korean disc that plays on North American players. It's in English, but has Korean subtitles, but all you have to do is choose "no subtitles", Got it last year, should still be available for a reasonable price. Check Amazon marketplace.
Saw it quite some time ago and recall the tragic - and quite depressing - ending. It mentions MacMillan's conservative party ultimately collapsed due to scandal.
This song and the movie are still among my favorite things every. Rip Dusty, Steven Ward, and Christine Keeler. And if you don't get chills at 3:26, you aren't alive.
❤Also released 35 years ago today, on 13 February 1989, was another classic tune from another classic diva - Dusty Springfield’s “Nothing Has Been Proved”. Written for her by Pet Shop Boys it also featured in the movie “Scandal” which was all about the 1963 sex scandal in British politics. The single hit #16 and the original PSB demo of it was released in 2001. RIP Dusty.❤
Haunting and beautiful song. Saw the movie when it came out. This song has stuck with me since. Takes me back immediately. Feelings of a vague longing. Have come back several times to hear it, listen a couple times in a row....I'll be back yet another time down the road.
Inspired choice to sing this song… she was just starting out on her solo career when the Profumo scandal was breaking. Just brilliant. Dusty is a massive loss to the music industry. RIP lovely lady.👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️
Still stunning - both her voice in the verse and at the climax. Her voice? Unheard of. Took me 20 years to find this gem again, by Dusty Springfield. Regards and Respect! from Sweden.
Can't imagine anyone else singing this song. Dusty's makeup is beautiful. RIP. This so called scandal is nothing compared to today. Waste of lives. Haunting.
Great Song, Great Film, You were Proud to be British Then, Not Anymore, The Lunatics Took Over The Asylum in The Year 2000, Britain Now A 3rd World Country, It Breaks My Heart to Think We were Once Looked Up to.
Great artists sparking off each other. Dusty Springfield and the Pet Shop Boys achieved timeless perfection together. Like all great art it was destined to happen. That voice, that performance. It had to come into this world one way or another. Eternally grateful.
Yes, we did love her and we continue to do so, we will never forget her. She so held onto life despite her illness. You are both an icon and a piece of history.Rest in Peace Dusty, great lady.
Hypnotic & mesmerizing Dusty classic is great on so many different levels, probably one of the many classic Dusty moments leading to Rock & Roll Hall A Fame induction, one of the greatest ever and what a ride this awesome video is...
This song has been haunting me all day, I just had to get up (04:25) to watch and listen to it or I know I'll get no sleep at all. It's still as brilliant and fresh as I remembered, thanks to PSB for giving Dusty this. Good night all. x
Ah Dusty! We love her..... The pet Shop Boys were great fans. I heard they were quite in awe of her when they developed this song for her. Even then she had to give it a bit of 'her magic' (hear it at 3:25 onwards) - she improvised that section - yet it absolutely makes this song....
I remember Neil saying that Dusty was doubting herself. It might have been What have I done to deserve this.?. Even somebody of Dusty's stature. Alot of us are probably our own worse critics. She was a phenomenal artist.
Christine Keeler 1942-2017 depart this earth on 4th Dec 2017 in Farnborough Hospital aged 75. No one villified your side. Always an icon in my eyes. Sleep tight.x
Ashamed to say I have never heard this song until,,, now. Being in my 60's. Listening to it now , her voice is beyond any female voice I have ever heard.! Her moves and motions were also part of her uniqueness!
I just LOVE this song, so hard for anyone to beat this song, Dusty and PSB, this kinda makes me cry every time I listen to this, I don´t know, maybe happy tears, Just perfection! At least to me! Greetings from Finland
I am really proud to be British! 🇬🇧 Growing up in 50s + 60s I loved 🥰 it all….😳😳😂 Sad that many of those featured in this clip/film are no longer with us! RIP ✝️😢😢 this collaboration with PSB + Dusty sure takes some beating!! 🙋♀️🙋♀️🥰🥰❤️🇬🇧🙋♀️ (9th November 2022)
One of my favorite Dusty Springfield songs. It just builds and builds to the ultimate climax. It may be false-it may be true, but nothing has been proved. She soars to the heights at the end.
Christine Keeler has passed away today at the age of 75. In one of her last interviews she stated that she "had betrayed Britain during the Profumo affair" and looking back regretted what she did. It still serves as one of the greatest scandals of the 20th century.
It is nice to know that I am not only one who appreciates such a hauntingly good and INTELLIGENT song! If you enjoy the song but are unfamiliar with that to which it refers you must see the move "Scandal". Dusty is fabulous in this and Neil Tennant and Christopher Low wrote a really great song. I think we ALL on that!!!
First of all I will ask forgiveness of all you TRUE SUPER FANS! I just heard this song for the first time 5 minutes ago, so it is absolutely brand new to me.... It's like finding a long lost Picasso and experiencing brilliance again for the first time. WOW!!!!! I have always loved the combination of Dusty & PSB, even though I never heard of her until them. What an unexpected treasure to find!!!!!! As if I could not love the Pet Shop Boys even more, after 3 decades they can still surprise me with their genius!!!
Welcome, Gil! This song was produced for the 1989 film "Scandal," which starred John Hurt. Joanne Whalley and Sir Ian McKellen and fictionalized 1963's "Profumo Affair" (The movie in turn was based on the 1987 book "Honeytrap" by Anthony Summers). Having Miss Dusty sing this was absolute genius since she was already well-known at the time of the Profumo incident. See it if you get a chance -- it's a great film!
Everything is perfect in this video. The lyrics, the arrangement, Dusty's voice was great! This is silk to my ears, what a song! Dusty looks amazing! Thanks to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) fot what they did to Dusty. She deserved a great come-back and they give it to her! And what a COME-BACK! Once you discover Dusty Springfield, believe me, you can't get enough of her music even though you're not of her generation like me.
Makes me happy that people are still discovering the incredible Dusty Springfield, thanks largely to the PSB. The first time I heard Dusty S. in the mid 60s I was a fan, and it's my turn to be ashamed that I only really started listening to the PSB 6 months ago. When they surfaced in the 80s I was busy having babies, so now I have the pleasure of listening to their great music.
Neil has commented in interviews since that he was stunned by Dusty insisting she record the lyrics a syllable at a time.. especially as there were so many lyrics to the song …but she did exactly that .. and Neil said it worked brilliantly. Dusty was unique …a one off. Looking and sounding fab in this video at 50… in 1989.
Do you remember this? Where are the old good times gone? Dusty's unmistakeable talent together with the Pet Shop Boys....Truly said: I'm glad that I've become (my age) for these songs/female performers don't ever come back again....all of Dusty's songs even with her brothers & not to forget mentioning the "SCANDAL" film are a real pleasure to hear and watch.....R.I.P. dear Dusty and thanks for giving us all this listening pleasures.....THANKS...
After movie was going off and I heard this song while credits were rolling. Have to say, love the song more. The song was more about the original scandal than the film.
Fabulous...and credit to the Pet Shop Boys for resurrecting Dustys career.She was one of the very best best, sadly missed.
She was the best, her name is in the hall of music fame, you don’t get there for no reason
It goes without saying that Dusty Springfield is brilliant, but Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's orchestration is wonderful also.
Totalmente de acuerdo!
Dusty was a true queen. A perfectionist with her craft. Beauty.
RIP Dusty, you’ll live forever in our ears and our hearts, a fabulous professional lady with attitude! !
That voice. What a voice.
Dusty left something good in this planet.
Dusty left a phenomenal body of work spanning four decades
@@bradly2007 The most underrated woman in pop
“Gorgeous little women who kept their mouths shut and just looked gorgeous, and gave the whole thing an air of dignity”
So glad she collaborated with the PSB. She showed here that she still had it.
They kind of saved her from a lot of mental health stuff and brought her back to mainstream fame with their collaborations.
In case you didn't know.
Dusty never lost it.
such a master stroke by The Pet Shop Boys to get Dusty to sing this.
I was obsessed with this song when it was in the charts. In the pre internet era I taped it off the radio and one day I paused the tape after every line so I could write down all the lyrics.
Me to what a film fantastic song still makes my hair stand air she really was someone special ❤
That voice is pure bliss
The best female vocalist ever 💕.......
Both!!!!!
Amy Winehouse ❤
@@user-ln4qe1sh8i Before her you had LuLu, Alison Moyet, Annie Lennox, Sade, Lisa Stansfield, Mica Paris and Joss Stone to name just a few...the UK always had great female singers...
Dusty was too special to leave without these great gifts she earned. Thank you pet shop boys for this ❤️
I actually became interested in learning more about the Profumo scandal after hearing this song.
Colaboration between the Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield brought wonderful fruits. I love the 3 songs they made together:
1. What have I done to deserve it
2. In privite
3. Nothing has been proved
What a nostalgia for those beautiful times. This song is my favourite among these 3.
2020 lets see the likes for this wonderful tune
Totally wonderful and evocative. I was 5 when this “scandal” broke ...
I'II Put 3000 likes on if you like..Mind you I'm 52 and bought the single when it came out.
It is a shame these three did not get together for a few more songs. It would have been brilliant
Been down........way before now
I love love love this song - and Pet Shop Boys!❣️
There best by miles.....and having Dusty on vocals was a masterstroke.
This was their second collaboration
@@curiositypiqued6573 This was actually a present by The Pet Shop Boys to Dusty Springfield...no one could've done it but her...
1989. Who's still getting the chills of this Haunting song in 2017?
89 was a fantastic year for music.
It was he first song I listened to in 2018
Erik Wijnands I will always get chills from this song even if I live to be 100 which will be 2063 😀😀😀
music doesn't need to be new to be effective. in fact I find older music is much more moving.
The whole #MeToo movement... thinking of making a red pilled cover of this one,
Neil Tenant has said that he and Chris saw George in Ibiza once and George had high praise for this record. It is indeed classic: which is more impressive considering how specifically topical and wordy it is. You can hear how Dusty manages wordy songs (which she always did so well): she sings it in syllables and with great musicality.
Such a wonderful track for Dusty. Thank you PetShop Boys for bringing her back to us ♥️♥️
Secondeded. It's a monstrous shame she didn't get to live a long life with peace of mind - but the boys gave her a chance to do wonderful, widely appreciated work again. This was a fine, fine thing - they should be proud.
This song is a masterpiece! What more can I say - I loved it then and I love it now!☀️👍🙏❣️
Dusty looks so damned beautiful and classy here. So missed! 💖
2024 still an awesome song
"Scandal" definitely needs to be reissued on DVD
Have you seen the new miniseries?
I think it is by far the best version of the Profumo affair, but is never on TV.. WHY?
I have it on dvd
My copy is a S. Korean disc that plays on North American players. It's in English, but has Korean subtitles, but all you have to do is choose "no subtitles", Got it last year, should still be available for a reasonable price. Check Amazon marketplace.
Saw it quite some time ago and recall the tragic - and quite depressing - ending. It mentions MacMillan's conservative party ultimately collapsed due to scandal.
One of the most beautifully haunting songs ever made, the world of geniuses :)
This song and the movie are still among my favorite things every. Rip Dusty, Steven Ward, and Christine Keeler.
And if you don't get chills at 3:26, you aren't alive.
RIP Stephen Ward.
Smooth and elegant as a cat.
She'd have probably loved your comment. I read she loved and had cats
@@anthonypoole6417 I loved it too.
🐈 💯
For me this is the best thing the lads ever did. Dusty exquisite as ever.
I am a child of the 60s , and Dusty Springfield, has always had the look of love , she's such a force in my life , and she still rocks !!!
from the day it came out.. I loved it.. captured the 60's style of music.. with a story!
What an amazing Pet Shop Boys masterpiece, interpreted by a fascinating woman.
Dusty looks gorgeous here
A classic....
So is Dusty..
She did.
Pet Shop Boys gave Dusty back her dignity before she left us 💔
Fantastic voice, no-one comes close.
This song does justice to what was a tragic story.
listening in jan 2023 still a mega tune i remember it coming out back in the day ❤️ love the psb & dusty’s vocals are class
It seems just like yesterday that it came out. Such a brilliant song. Bring back the eighties please
Me too
This Song is magnificent
@@robertclatworthy1857Absolutely! Production is sophisticated and timeless. Not dated at all. It stood the test of time...
That voice and those eyes....spectacular! We miss you, Dusty!
❤Also released 35 years ago today, on 13 February 1989, was another classic tune from another classic diva - Dusty Springfield’s “Nothing Has Been Proved”. Written for her by Pet Shop Boys it also featured in the movie “Scandal” which was all about the 1963 sex scandal in British politics. The single hit #16 and the original PSB demo of it was released in 2001. RIP Dusty.❤
Haunting and beautiful song. Saw the movie when it came out. This song has stuck with me since. Takes me back immediately. Feelings of a vague longing. Have come back several times to hear it, listen a couple times in a row....I'll be back yet another time down the road.
This track is incredible the music & her vocals 2019 and it still sounds out of this world
A fascinating story... Wonderfully sung by the queen of the velvet voice and brilliantly done by the Pet shop Boys. Fantastic!
The perfect "woman of a certain age with a cigarette" song
Pet Shop Boys plus Dusty's magic = Great piece of pop history.
❤❤❤ Dusty was a legend
Love This song best with Dusty. I am sorry she is gone. RIP
I love this song still in 2019!
Still love it in 2020
@@Tigerxrx Timeless classic, Dusty hauntingly brilliant...
Thank You Candyman Thank You !
The story about Dusty nearly crashing her car when she first heard West End Girls is beautiful
Dusty was a legend way before this song
Dusty at 50. Absolutely gorgeous.
What a voice, rest in peace beautiful lady, love you dusty,
Oh my word! Dusty Springfield.All the way back to the Springfield TV show. What a voice! Nobody comes close to Dusty. R.I.P
A beautiful old song gathers us from all over the world greetings from germany
Inspired choice to sing this song… she was just starting out on her solo career when the Profumo scandal was breaking. Just brilliant. Dusty is a massive loss to the music industry. RIP lovely lady.👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️
Still stunning - both her voice in the verse and at the climax. Her voice? Unheard of. Took me 20 years to find this gem again, by Dusty Springfield. Regards and Respect! from Sweden.
Dusty at her coolest. Brilliant musical production by the Paint Shop Boys.
Whose watching this masterpiece in 2021?
R.I.P John Hurt
Miss him so much.. Such a brilliant actor
Can't imagine anyone else singing this song. Dusty's makeup is beautiful. RIP. This so called scandal is nothing compared to today. Waste of lives. Haunting.
SPEAK TO CHRISTINE HAYWOOD SHE KNOWS
A great song from the Pet Shop Boys in the magical voice of Dusty Springfield. This will remain as a classic pop song forver.
paulo scavullo: Sem dúvida! Concordo e subscrevo o teu bom gosto, como noutras ocasiões e videos...abraço...
Great Song, Great Film, You were Proud to be British Then, Not Anymore, The Lunatics Took Over The Asylum in The Year 2000, Britain Now A 3rd World Country, It Breaks My Heart to Think We were Once Looked Up to.
They churn out monotonous, silly over sexual garbage now. We have nothing left to be proud of in the Country.
And Courtney Pine on clarinet, just to add an extra touch of fabulousness to an already immaculate song (and video).
BBC 1 are doing the Christine Keeler scandal on TV January 2020.. That brought me here..I remember this song from 1989.. Good song by Dusty.
I totally enjoyed it. If Sophie Cookson doesn't win multiple awards then the world has truly gone to the dogs.....
@@markcf83 I agree. James Norton deserves a BAFTA for best actor, Cookson for best actress and Emilia Fox for supporting actress.
Stephen Roberts Watched it recently, good production.
It's not as good as Scandal, with John Hurt, wish they would put it on TV sometimes.
Great song still, and great composition from the Pet Shop boys, timeless.
Great artists sparking off each other. Dusty Springfield and the Pet Shop Boys achieved timeless perfection together. Like all great art it was destined to happen. That voice, that performance. It had to come into this world one way or another. Eternally grateful.
She was one professional classy lady RIP Dusty
She was just about the best. What a voice. And what soul!!
What A Magnificent piece of music
Thank you Pet shop boys and Dusty Springfield
Beautyful:.)
One of the best songs Pet Sop Boys have written and a masterful vocal performance from Dusty
Yes, we did love her and we continue to do so, we will never forget her. She so held onto life despite her illness. You are both an icon and a piece of history.Rest in Peace Dusty, great lady.
Couldnt agree more garry.. what a wonderful Lady beautiful and what a singer..God must have some concerts in Heaven..
Thank You !!!
I love this song of Dusty Springfield with PSB!!! Forever Dusty ♥♥♥♥♥
3:26 the build up Dusty's voice and the music so powerful. Still love it in 2020
Hypnotic & mesmerizing Dusty classic is great on so many different levels, probably one of the many classic Dusty moments leading to Rock & Roll Hall A Fame induction, one of the greatest ever and what a ride this awesome video is...
Not only great at storytelling and preforming with a amazing voice..
Miss her still
This song has been haunting me all day, I just had to get up (04:25) to watch and listen to it or I know I'll get no sleep at all. It's still as brilliant and fresh as I remembered, thanks to PSB for giving Dusty this. Good night all. x
Dusty has certainly left her mark What a voice
Excellent tune. Here in 2022 still listening to this . I remember when it first came out
Love and light to everybody
Namaste
❤❤❤Dusty❤❤❤ One of her best. She was the best singer Britain will ever have and has ever had.
Ah Dusty! We love her..... The pet Shop Boys were great fans. I heard they were quite in awe of her when they developed this song for her. Even then she had to give it a bit of 'her magic' (hear it at 3:25 onwards) - she improvised that section - yet it absolutely makes this song....
yorkschris Yes it is the best bit in all it's wonder, and a total Dusty Springfield crescendo.
that same bit is in PSB's original demo. ua-cam.com/video/I3GBdX3elhI/v-deo.html
But clearly Dusty zhooshed it up a fair bit.
I remember Neil saying that Dusty was doubting herself. It might have been What have I done to deserve this.?. Even somebody of Dusty's stature. Alot of us are probably our own worse critics. She was a phenomenal artist.
RIP DUSTY SPRINGFIELD 😥👼🏻✝
Christine Keeler 1942-2017 depart this earth on 4th Dec 2017 in Farnborough Hospital aged 75. No one villified your side. Always an icon in my eyes. Sleep tight.x
Ashamed to say I have never heard this song until,,, now. Being in my 60's. Listening to it now , her voice is beyond any female voice I have ever heard.! Her moves and motions were also part of her uniqueness!
one of the best solo artist of all time my choice
I just LOVE this song, so hard for anyone to beat this song, Dusty and PSB, this kinda makes me cry every time I listen to this, I don´t know, maybe happy tears, Just perfection! At least to me! Greetings from Finland
I love this song it's sort of haunting to me brings the early sixties up to the present day and the story behind it was a scandal indeed.
That was sheer perfection.
Rest in heavenly peace
Dusty Springfield ❤❤🎉🎉
I am really proud to be British! 🇬🇧
Growing up in 50s + 60s I loved 🥰 it all….😳😳😂
Sad that many of those featured in this clip/film are
no longer with us! RIP ✝️😢😢 this collaboration
with PSB + Dusty sure takes some beating!! 🙋♀️🙋♀️🥰🥰❤️🇬🇧🙋♀️
(9th November 2022)
One of my favorite Dusty Springfield songs. It just builds and builds to the ultimate climax. It may be false-it may be true, but nothing has been proved. She soars to the heights at the end.
She is my favorite solo artist ever.
Less than 200k views??? Surely deserves better.
Christine Keeler has passed away today at the age of 75. In one of her last interviews she stated that she "had betrayed Britain during the Profumo affair" and looking back regretted what she did. It still serves as one of the greatest scandals of the 20th century.
Brilliant song by the late dusty Springfield and great music by pet shop boys
One of the most beautiful songs ever written. I never tire of it. Love the strings & haunting Emulator 2 sounds etc by the pet shop boys too.
Her voice is gold dust.
Pet shop boys had great way of making haunting music.
It is nice to know that I am not only one who appreciates such a hauntingly good and INTELLIGENT song! If you enjoy the song but are unfamiliar with that to which it refers you must see the move "Scandal". Dusty is fabulous in this and Neil Tennant and Christopher Low wrote a really great song. I think we ALL on that!!!
@Resynth trash
First of all I will ask forgiveness of all you TRUE SUPER FANS! I just heard this song for the first time 5 minutes ago, so it is absolutely brand new to me.... It's like finding a long lost Picasso and experiencing brilliance again for the first time. WOW!!!!! I have always loved the combination of Dusty & PSB, even though I never heard of her until them. What an unexpected treasure to find!!!!!! As if I could not love the Pet Shop Boys even more, after 3 decades they can still surprise me with their genius!!!
Gil Gomez you have nothing to be sorry about, I didn't even know Dusty Springfield and pet shop boys until 2016😅😅
Welcome, Gil!
This song was produced for the 1989 film "Scandal," which starred John Hurt. Joanne Whalley and Sir Ian McKellen and fictionalized 1963's "Profumo Affair" (The movie in turn was based on the 1987 book "Honeytrap" by Anthony Summers). Having Miss Dusty sing this was absolute genius since she was already well-known at the time of the Profumo incident. See it if you get a chance -- it's a great film!
Gil Gomez
Everything is perfect in this video. The lyrics, the arrangement, Dusty's voice was great! This is silk to my ears, what a song! Dusty looks amazing! Thanks to Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe (The Pet Shop Boys) fot what they did to Dusty. She deserved a great come-back and they give it to her! And what a COME-BACK! Once you discover Dusty Springfield, believe me, you can't get enough of her music even though you're not of her generation like me.
Makes me happy that people are still discovering the incredible Dusty Springfield, thanks largely to the PSB. The first time I heard Dusty S. in the mid 60s I was a fan, and it's my turn to be ashamed that I only really started listening to the PSB 6 months ago. When they surfaced in the 80s I was busy having babies, so now I have the pleasure of listening to their great music.
Neil has commented in interviews since that he was stunned by Dusty insisting she record the lyrics a syllable at a time.. especially as there were so many lyrics to the song …but she did exactly that .. and Neil said it worked brilliantly. Dusty was unique …a one off. Looking and sounding fab in this video at 50… in 1989.
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD One of the things that god got right.
Absolutely flawless.
Man I just love this song so much but so sad to see how many have left us
Do you remember this? Where are the old good times gone? Dusty's unmistakeable talent together with the Pet Shop Boys....Truly said: I'm glad that I've become (my age) for these songs/female performers don't ever come back again....all of Dusty's songs even with her brothers & not to forget mentioning the "SCANDAL" film are a real pleasure to hear and watch.....R.I.P. dear Dusty and thanks for giving us all this listening pleasures.....THANKS...
Beachman112 Pandemic, May 12, 2020. Where have all the good times gone?
Uniquely talented singer of her time. The ability to tell a story thur music in an interpretive style. She has been missed
Dusty was a wonderful singer actress xx
After movie was going off and I heard this song while credits were rolling. Have to say, love the song more. The song was more about the original scandal than the film.
Always loved Dusty's voice...one classy Lady