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Released: June 1989
UK chart position: 19

Cruel Summer was remixed and re-issued in 1989 to coincide with Bananarama's World Tour. The single first entered the UK charts on the 10-Jun-89 peaking at #19 in England and spent six weeks in the charts. The 1989 re-release version is unique as the seven inch version features two additional lyric lines that were not previously incorporated in the original song version: "Who can I find while I am trapped here inside these four walls". These extra lyrics were added after the instrumental break, and perhaps reinforces the message of claustrophobia that Siobhan had so miserably failed to communicate in the original lyrics. These extra lyrics only feature on the seven inch version, and for some unknown reason are not included in the extended twelve inch 1989 mix.

Written by: Sarah Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
1983 Produced by: Jolley, Swain
1989 Produced by: Stock, Aitken, Waterman
2001 Produced by: Krysty Music Ltd.
Published by: In A Bunch, J & S Music
Copyright owned by: London Records 1983, London Records 1989, Krysty Music Ltd 2001.
Featured on: Cruel Summer Single, Bananarama, The Greatest Hits Collection, Exotica, The Very Best Of Bananarama
Chart Peak: UK #8 | Australia #32 | Canada #17 | USA #9 | New Zealand #32 (2 weeks)
1989 Re-Issue Chart Peak: UK #19

The 1989 remixes by Aitkens, Aitkens, & Trottman were released in three forms. The standard mix is the swing beat version that appears on the Cruel Summer '89 seven inch and CD single (3:27) which features additional lyrics. The twelve inch single features the similarly titled Swing Beat Dub (5:18) that was also released on the bonus CD on the double Please Yourself CD. The third mix, is also called the Swing Beat Dub (4:56) and was exlusively released on the very rare UK DJ-only promo twelve inch record called DUBS. This version is entirely an instrumental (or dub version) and unlike the other two mixes is actually a dub mix. Bananarama also included Cruel Summer on their World Tour and the unreleased Live At Wembley Arena version that was recorded and remastered at PWL studios is 4:14.

1989 Remixes
1. Cruel Summer '89 (Seven Inch Version / Swing Beat Version - edit) 3:27
2. Cruel Summer '89 (Twelve Inch Version / Swing Beat Dub) 5:18
3. Cruel Summer '89 (Swing Beat Dub - instrumental) 4:56