Song for Whoever

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script 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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Certifications

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References

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  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Song for Whoever". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 33, 1989" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Script error: No such module "WLink".&titel=Script error: No such module "WLink".&cat=s The Beautiful South – Song for Whoever" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  10. ↑ Template:Digits/7501/ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Beautiful South – Song for Whoever" Template:In lang. GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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