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The song is notable in both a 1964 version by American Motown girl group the Velvelettes, and a 1982 hit version (with the title altered to "Really Saying Something") by British girl group Bananarama.
Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection is one of several greatest hits collections by British girl group Bananarama, released in 2005. It was the second hits package released by Warner Music Group, the parent company of Bananarama's label London Records. (The first was The Very Best of Bananarama in 2001.)
Bananarama are an English pop group formed in London in 1980. The group, originally a trio, consisted of friends Sara Dallin , Siobhan Fahey , and Keren Woodward . [ 2 ] Fahey left the group in 1988 and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan until 1991, when the trio became a duo.
In Bananarama's 2017 reunion interview with The Guardian, original group member Siobhan Fahey explained the song's meaning: "The thing I'm proudest of [...] is that we made quirky pop. The lyrics were much darker than you'd imagine. 'Robert De Niro's Waiting' is about date rape." Keren Woodward added, "You'll listen to it with new ears now."
"Really Saying Something" – with Fun Boy Three "Shy Boy" "Robert De Niro’s Waiting" ”Cruel Summer" "It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It" – with Fun Boy Three "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)” "Rough Justice" CD. As noted above, many variants of the album exist on CD depending on region and edition.
The collaboration on "Venus" led Bananarama and SAW to work together on the group's follow-up album, Wow!, the following year. A new mix of the song appeared as the B-side to the 1989 limited release "Megarama '89" in Germany and France. Bananarama has since re-recorded "Venus" for their eighth album Exotica (2001).
Also available from CD the albums The Works, Now That's What I Call Music 15 and Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection. "Venus" (The Greatest Remix Edit) 3:42 Remixed by Phil Harding & Ian Curnow "I Heard a Rumour" (Corporation of Bananarama Remix) 5:44 Remixed by Freddy Bastone; Japanese 3-inch CD single
And That's Not All... is a Bananarama videos compilation from 1984, which features the music videos that were to the singles from the Deep Sea Skiving and Bananarama albums. . The video also featured two extra tracks, The Wild Life, a non-UK released single was as well as the "Bananarama" album track, "State I'm In", which was slated for a single release but was later cancell