"Megarama '89" is a megamix

Megamix

A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. There may also be some elements of bastard pop in some, though not as much as a mashup...

 of songs by English girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 Bananarama

Bananarama

Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...

. It was released as a single in 1989 in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

. The French single differs from the version released in Germany and Japan.

The megamix does not appear on any of Bananarama's albums and has not been included on any of the group's greatest hits packages. The single had its greatest success in France, where it peaked at number seventeen.

Bananarama recordings which are sampled

Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

 on this track include:

• "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
  Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
  "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
  
  "
• "Cruel Summer
  Cruel Summer
  "Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
  
  "
• "Love in the First Degree
  Love in the First Degree
  "Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
  
  "
• "I Heard a Rumour
  I Heard a Rumour
  "I Heard a Rumour" is a 1987 song recorded by English girl group Bananarama, featured on their Wow! album. It was also featured in the film Disorderlies and included on its soundtrack....
  
  "
• "Shy Boy
  Shy Boy
  "Shy Boy" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It appears on their 1983 debut album Deep Sea Skiving and was released as its second single...
  
  "
• "Venus"
• "Robert De Niro's Waiting..."
• "Help!
  Help! (song)
  "Help!" is a song by The Beatles that served as the title song for both the 1965 film and its soundtrack album. It was also released as a single, and was number one for three weeks in both the United States and the United Kingdom....
  
  "
• "Love in the Factory"

"Love in the Factory" was the B-side to the charity single "Help!", which was recorded by Bananarama and Lananeeneenoonoo

French & Saunders

French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....

. It was a parody of Bananarama's "Love in the First Degree".

Track listings

CD5 French release [London Records 886 791-2]

1. "Megarama '89" (Edit) - (3:52)

   Featuring "Cruel Summer" / "Na Na Hey Hey" / "Love in the First Degree" / "Venus"
   Produced by Swain + Jolley / Stock, Aitken + Waterman
   Megamix and additional production by Alan Coulthard for DMC (UK)

2. "Megarama '89" (Full Length Version) - (8:40)

   Featuring "Na Na Hey Hey" / "Cruel Summer" / "Love in the First Degree" / "I Heard a Rumour" / "Shy Boy" / "Venus" / "Robert De Niro's Waiting" / "Help!"
   Produced by Swain + Jolley / Stock, Aitken + Waterman
   Megamix and additional production by Dimitri

3. "Venus" (The Greatest Remix Edit) - (3:40)

   Produced by Stock / Aitken / Waterman
   Remixed by Phil Harding & Ian Curnow

CD5 German release [London Records 886 755-2]

1. "Megarama '89" (Full Length Version) - (8:37)

   Produced by Swaine + Jolley / Stock, Aitken + Waterman
   Megamix and additional production by Alan Coulthard for DMC (UK)

2. "I Heard a Rumour" (Corporation Of Bananarama Remix) - (5:40)

   Remixed by Freddy Bastone

3. "Venus" (The Greatest Remix) - (7:43)

   Produced by Stock / Aitken / Waterman
   Remixed by Phil Harding & Ian Curnow