What Have I Done to Deserve This?

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“What Have I Done to Deserve This?”
Single by Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield from the album Actually
B-side	"A New Life"
Released	August 10, 1987
Format	7", 12", cassette, CD
Genre	Synthpop
Length	4:19
Label	Parlophone - R 6163
Writer(s)	Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Allee Willis
Producer	Stephen Hague
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"It's a Sin" (1987) "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" (1987) "Rent" (1987)

"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" is a 1987 collaboration between two UK recording artists, Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield.

When released as a single in late 1987, it peaked at number two in the UK charts and at the same position on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the fourth Top Ten hit for Pet Shop Boys as well as the biggest hit of Springfield's career in the U.S.

The song's success helped revive Springfield's career and led to a resurgence of interest in her music. Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield mimed a performance of the song for the 1987 BRIT Awards. Following the duet the Pet Shop Boys wrote and produced the singles "Nothing Has Been Proved" and "In Private" for Springfield, both included on her 1990 album Reputation.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 7": Parlophone / R 6163 (UK) 1.2 12": Parlophone / 12 R 6163 (UK) 2 Chart performance

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 7": Parlophone / R 6163 (UK)

1. "What have I done to deserve this?" - 4:19
2. "A new life" - 4:55

[edit] 12": Parlophone / 12 R 6163 (UK)

1. "What have I done to deserve this?" (Extended Mix) - 6:53
2. "A new life" - 4:55
3. "What have I done to deserve this?" (Disco Mix) - 8:13

• also available on CD (Parlophone / CD R 6163)

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
United Kingdom	2
United States	2
Sweden	2
Germany	4
Switzerland	5
Norway	9
Austria	11
Australia	22

Preceded by "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single January 23, 1988

Succeeded by "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson

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