Song for Whoever
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". "Song for Whoever" is a song by English music group the Beautiful South, written by band members Paul Heaton and David Rotheray. The first and highest-charting single from their debut album, Welcome to the Beautiful South, it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in July 1989 and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in August 2024. Considered typical of the band's gently subversive, self-reflexive signature style,[1] it is sung from the point of view of a cynical songwriter who romances women solely to get material for love songs.
Music video
The music video for the song features a blancmange as the main character. Heaton said, "The blancmange is probably the best thing that's happened to the band so far. The idea is that there's this conveyor belt and all these pop stars come down it and get rejected by the record company people that then choose a blancmange. The blancmange goes on to be a big star but it all pretty much ends up in blancmange misery."[2]
Track listings
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Charts
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References
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- 1989 debut singles
- 1989 songs
- The Beautiful South songs
- Go! Discs singles
- List songs
- Pop ballads
- Satirical songs
- Song recordings produced by Mike Hedges
- Songs written by David Rotheray
- Songs written by Paul Heaton