"I Heard a Rumour" is a song by English girl group Bananarama from their fourth studio album, Wow! (1987). It was released on 29th June 1987, as the album's lead single. It was also featured in the 1987 comedy film Disorderlies and is included on its soundtrack. "I Heard a Rumour" peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart,. It was one of Bananarama's highest-charting singles in the United States – it reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became their third and final top ten hit. It was also their last top 40 hit on that chart. It was also successful in nightclubs, reaching number three on the Billboard Dance Club Songs. The track bears notable similarities in part to Michael Fortunati's "Give Me Up", which was released in early 1986. However, producer Mike Stock denied the track was based excessively on that record, insisting "I Heard A Rumour" was simply broadly inspired by Europop trends at the time. "We didn't do sampling... There's no similarity in the lyric, there's no actual similarity in terms of note-for-noteness in the tune," he said. "We were doing Europop." Music video The music video, directed by Andy Morahan, features a dress-up theme, in a similar vein as their video for "Venus". Group members Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, and Keren Woodward are seen emulating various film stars, projected on screens behind them. One scene projected is the Dodge Twins dressed in jail stripped costumes performing the Lock Step. Each member dresses up in costumes, including a cowgirl and Carmen Miranda, backed up by topless male dancers. When the group is dressed in French can-can dresses, they bend over to "moon" the camera and expose the letters W-O-W (a reference to their album title) on their rears. They also appear in sequined red dresses on a rotating platform, surrounded by their dancers. Bloopers of the girls making mistakes in the dance routine are intercut with other footage. Track listings 7-inch single "I Heard a Rumour" (Album Version) – 3:25 "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) – 4:22 S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/I. Curnow 12-inch single "I Heard a Rumour" (Horoscope Mix) – 5:57 Available on the CD album The Twelve Inches of Bananarama "I Heard a Rumour" (Dub) – 5:06 "Clean Cut Boy" (Party Size) – 4:22 S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/I. Curnow 2nd 12-inch single "I Heard a Rumour" (Miami Mix) – 7:13