Kylie Said to Jason
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"Kylie Said to Jason" was a 1989
single
by The KLF
, "Kylie" and "Jason" being Kylie Minogue
and Jason Donovan
, then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera Neighbours
. Designed for chart success, the single nonetheless failed to enter the UK top 100
. The rarity of the original CD single has led to it becoming a valuable collectors' item.
embarked upon the creation of a road movie
and soundtrack album
, both titled The White Room, funded by the profits from their number one hit single, "Doctorin' the Tardis". The film project was fraught with difficulties and setbacks, including dwindling funds. Ultimately, neither the film nor its soundtrack would be formally released, but one track from the aborted album, "Kylie Said to Jason", saw commercial release.
"Kylie Said to Jason" was intended to be a top 10 record which The KLF — Bill Drummond
and Jimmy Cauty
— were hoping could "rescue them from the jaws of bankruptcy". Instead, it flopped commercially, failing even to make the UK top 100 and forcing the entire film and soundtrack project to be put on hold. The release did peak at number 6 on the UK Indie Singles Chart during August 1989.
and Jason Donovan
("Scott and Charlene
"), then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera, Neighbours
. The lyrics also feature references to Archie Bunker
, Todd Terry
, Rolf Harris
, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
and BBC comedy programmes The Good Life and Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
.
Drummond and Cauty confessed that on "Kylie Said to Jason" they had worn "Pet Shop Boys
infatuations brazenly on [their] sleeves".
called it "Pet Shop Boys-lovely".
on 31 July 1989. The CD single was released on 7 August.
Given the poor sales of the recording, and the subsequent increase in interest in The KLF, the CD single of "Kylie Said to Jason" became a moderately valuable collectors' item, a mint condition copy being worth £
30 in 2000.
Key
1989 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...
single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
by The KLF
The KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
, "Kylie" and "Jason" being Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
and Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
, then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
. Designed for chart success, the single nonetheless failed to enter the UK top 100
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. The rarity of the original CD single has led to it becoming a valuable collectors' item.
Background
In 1989, The KLFThe KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
embarked upon the creation of a road movie
Road movie
A road movie is a film genre in which the main character or characters leave home to travel from place to place. They usually leave home to escape their current lives.-History:...
and soundtrack album
Soundtrack album
A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television program. In some cases, not all the tracks from the movie are included in the album; however there are rare cases of songs in the trailers that do not appear in...
, both titled The White Room, funded by the profits from their number one hit single, "Doctorin' the Tardis". The film project was fraught with difficulties and setbacks, including dwindling funds. Ultimately, neither the film nor its soundtrack would be formally released, but one track from the aborted album, "Kylie Said to Jason", saw commercial release.
"Kylie Said to Jason" was intended to be a top 10 record which The KLF — Bill Drummond
Bill Drummond
William Ernest Drummond is a Scottish artist, musician, writer and record producer. He was the co-founder of late 1980s avant-garde pop group The KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with which he burned a million pounds in 1994...
and Jimmy Cauty
Jimmy Cauty
James Francis Cauty is a British artist and musician born in Liverpool, England, in 1956...
— were hoping could "rescue them from the jaws of bankruptcy". Instead, it flopped commercially, failing even to make the UK top 100 and forcing the entire film and soundtrack project to be put on hold. The release did peak at number 6 on the UK Indie Singles Chart during August 1989.
Composition
"Kylie Said to Jason" is an electropop record whose title and lyrics allude to Kylie MinogueKylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
and Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
("Scott and Charlene
Scott and Charlene
Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell are fictional characters and a supercouple from the Australian daytime drama Neighbours.Scott was portrayed by Jason Donovan, and Charlene Mitchell was portrayed by Kylie Minogue.- Storyline :...
"), then stars in the popular Australian TV soap opera, Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
. The lyrics also feature references to Archie Bunker
Archie Bunker
Archibald "Archie" Bunker is a fictional New Yorker in the 1970s top-rated American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place, played to acclaim by Carroll O'Connor. Bunker is a veteran of World War II, reactionary, bigoted, conservative, blue-collar worker, and...
, Todd Terry
Todd Terry
Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop....
, Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris, CBE, AM is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, painter and television personality.Born in Perth, Western Australia, Harris was a champion swimmer before studying art. He moved to England in 1952, where he started to appear on television programmes on which he drew the...
, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series for children created by John McCallum, produced from 1966–1968, telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, in the Waratah National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney, New South Wales.Ninety-one 30-minute...
and BBC comedy programmes The Good Life and Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was a BBC situation comedy, written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice.The series followed the accident-prone Frank Spencer and his tolerant wife Betty through Frank's various attempts to hold down a job, which frequently end in...
.
Drummond and Cauty confessed that on "Kylie Said to Jason" they had worn "Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
infatuations brazenly on [their] sleeves".
Reviews
Mentioning "Kylie Said to Jason" retrospectively, Q magazine called the song "supremely wry", and NMENME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
called it "Pet Shop Boys-lovely".
Formats and track listings
"Kylie Said to Jason" was first released in the UK by KLF CommunicationsKLF Communications
This discography lists the key British and notable international releases of The KLF and the other pseudonyms of Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty. It also details the other releases on their independent record label, KLF Communications, by KLF-spinoff Disco 2000 and Space...
on 31 July 1989. The CD single was released on 7 August.
Given the poor sales of the recording, and the subsequent increase in interest in The KLF, the CD single of "Kylie Said to Jason" became a moderately valuable collectors' item, a mint condition copy being worth £
Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
30 in 2000.
| Format (and countries) | Track number | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 7" Vinyl: KLF 010 (UK) | KE | KTE | |||
| 12" Vinyl: KLF 010T/010P/PROMO2 (UK) | K | KT | |||
| CD Single: KLF 010CD (UK) | KE | ME | KT | ||
| "The Remixes" 12" Vinyl: KLF 010R (Export) | TKE | KIT | KSH | ||
| "The Remixes" 2x12" Vinyl: KLF 010RR (UK) | TKE | KIT | KSH | KITE | KITER |
| VHS Video: KLFVT 010 (UK; promo) | KE | ||||
Key
- K - "Kylie Said to Jason" (7:04)
- KE - "Kylie Said to Jason (edit)" (3:58-4:01)
- KIT - "Kylie In A Trance" (3:26)
- KITE - "Kylie In A Trance (extended)" (6:56)
- KITER - "Kylie In A Trance (remix)" (6:56)
- KSH - "Kylie Said Harder" (5:24)
- KT - "Kylie Said Trance" (5:58)
- KTE - "Kylie Said Trance (edit)" (3:56-3:58)
- ME - "Madrugada Eterna" (7:52)
- TKE - "Trance Kylie Express" (7:11)