Mel & Kim - Respectable [high quality]

1987 single charting at #1 in the UK, #1 in Australia, #1 in Germany, #1 in New Zealand, #1 in Switzerland, #1 in Netherlands, #2 in Norway, #5 in Sweden, #7 in Austria, #14 in France, and #1 on the US dance chart. Written and produced by Stock/Aitken/Waterman. From the album 'FLM'. This single version is available on the 2010 2-CD deluxe edition of the 'FLM' album, released on the Cherry Pop Records label.

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[losttribe]

Their dance moves looked so coordinated and natural, it seems they don't even need a chereographer.

RIP Mel..............

[MelAndKimVideos]

@losttribe Agreed. They choreographed the 'Showing Out' video dance themselves.

[CardSharksMan2009]

Mel's cancer, is that one of the reasons why Mel and her partner, Kim, wore hats in their videos?

[MelAndKimVideos]

@CardSharksMan2009 No, if you watch the 2005 Kim Appleby interview on the Trisha Goddard show (uploaded to my channel), Kim explains that the hats came about because Mel's extensions went funny after she made the mistake of washing them. They didn't know what to do, so they wore hats to a record company function. Their manager liked the hats so much that it became their image.

[Ellectrika1]

Remembering, watching & listening to Mel & Kim always puts a smile on my face

I'll never forget the day Mel died - I was so young. Knowing an idol of mine had died really affected me. Their music, even to this day, continues to inspire & lighten my life & mind.

I still collect their memorabilia & it's almost like stepping back in time. Time steals so many magic moments but they are captured forever within memories.

[wizenhiemr]

I must admit, the natural jiggling breasts are quite refreshing, as dirty as that sounds...lol.

[julienadao]

Boobs without silicone, that moves and without complex send back to me in 1985 :)

[Blackhawk680]

I was hopelessly in love with Mel, even had photo's in my bedroom of her. I remember i was devastated when she died. Awesome to see this clip again tho. I forgot how young and full of live they looked.

RIP Mel.

[LaurelVentura]

The video portrays the girls as both anti-authority streetwise urchins but also high fashion, classy models. Perhaps we may even say there is a respectable/unrespectable duality happening here. The medium of change appears to be through an advertisement (for Florida holidays/orange juice?).

Childhood into adulthood, the loss of innocence via exposure to an aspirational life?

Change of image through marketing?

No matter what change in presentation money may enable, you can't deny your roots?

[MrCriticOfAll]

Fizzed nipples?

[ScorpiousMagnus]

OMG!!! In 1987 this song and video was EVERYWHERE lol!!! Mel and Kim were the perfect artists 4 Stock/Aitken?Waterman at this time. Brilliant!!!

[fricogna]

beautiful dancing boobs...

[Bwatsz]

80'S-90'S <3

[KatherineExe]

Love this!

[AmberlaMaderia]

Kim's black/white shirt combined with the blue skinny jeans is totally awesome and looks really french :D