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Absolutely Fabulous Lyrics
[Intro: Edina Monsoon]
"Lights! Models! Guestlist! Just do your best, darling."
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Absolutely fabulous
We're absolutely fabulous
[Verse 1: Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
"Darling..."
"Mmm?"
"...you are a fabulous, wonderful individual..."
"Oh, thank you, darling."
"...and remember, I've known you longer than your daughter."
"Champers all right for you, Pats?"
"Lovely, Sweetie."
"Shall we finish off the beluga or shall we have some smoked salmon and nibbly things?"
"Oh, whatever, Sweetie."
"All right, we'll finish off the beluga."
"Dull, soulless dance music."
"Bip-bip-bip, bop-bop-bop."
"Dull, soulless dance music."
"Ride on time, ride on time. Techno, techno, bloody techno, darling!"
[Chorus: Neil Tennant, Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
Absolutely fabulous
("That's fabulous, darling.")
We're absolutely fabulous
("That's fabulous.")
("Good.")
"Lights! Models! Guestlist! Just do your best, darling."
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Absolutely fabulous
We're absolutely fabulous
[Verse 1: Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
"Darling..."
"Mmm?"
"...you are a fabulous, wonderful individual..."
"Oh, thank you, darling."
"...and remember, I've known you longer than your daughter."
"Champers all right for you, Pats?"
"Lovely, Sweetie."
"Shall we finish off the beluga or shall we have some smoked salmon and nibbly things?"
"Oh, whatever, Sweetie."
"All right, we'll finish off the beluga."
"Dull, soulless dance music."
"Bip-bip-bip, bop-bop-bop."
"Dull, soulless dance music."
"Ride on time, ride on time. Techno, techno, bloody techno, darling!"
[Chorus: Neil Tennant, Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
Absolutely fabulous
("That's fabulous, darling.")
We're absolutely fabulous
("That's fabulous.")
("Good.")
[Verse 2: Edina Monsoon]
"Chanel, Dior, Lagerfeld, Givenchy, Gaultier, darling. Names, names, names! Harper's, Tatler, English Vogue, American Vogue, French Vogue, bloody Aby-bloody-ssinian bloody Vogue, darling!"
[Pre-Chorus: Edina Monsoon]
"Lacroix, Sweetie, Lacroix."
"Lacroix, Sweetie, Lacroix."
"Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie!"
[Chorus: Neil Tennant, Edina Monsoon]
Absolutely fabulous
("Pump up the volume!")
We're absolutely fabulous
("Just put the needle on the record")
Absolutely fabulous
("Pump up the volume!")
We're absolutely fabulous
("Are you ready for this, Sweetie?")
[Bridge: Edina Monsson]
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"I'm chanting as we speak, bye, bye, darling."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
" Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie!"
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"I'm chanting as we speak, bye, bye, darling."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Champers all right for you, Pats?"
"Chanel, Dior, Lagerfeld, Givenchy, Gaultier, darling. Names, names, names! Harper's, Tatler, English Vogue, American Vogue, French Vogue, bloody Aby-bloody-ssinian bloody Vogue, darling!"
[Pre-Chorus: Edina Monsoon]
"Lacroix, Sweetie, Lacroix."
"Lacroix, Sweetie, Lacroix."
"Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie!"
[Chorus: Neil Tennant, Edina Monsoon]
Absolutely fabulous
("Pump up the volume!")
We're absolutely fabulous
("Just put the needle on the record")
Absolutely fabulous
("Pump up the volume!")
We're absolutely fabulous
("Are you ready for this, Sweetie?")
[Bridge: Edina Monsson]
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"I'm chanting as we speak, bye, bye, darling."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
" Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie!"
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"I'm chanting as we speak, bye, bye, darling."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Champers all right for you, Pats?"
[Pre-Chorus: Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
"Oh, he was just a windscreen washer I picked up at the traffic lights. Bum so tight he was bouncing off the walls."
"Bye, Pats."
"Lacroix, Sweetie."
"Lacroix, Sweetie."
"Lacroix, Sweetie."
"La-La-La-Lacroix."
[Chorus: Neil Tennant, Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
Absolutely fabulous
("Let the music lift you up, darling!")
We're absolutely fabulous
("Dull, soulless dance music.")
Absolutely fabulous
("It's the bloody Pet Shop Boys, Sweetie.")
We're absolutely fabulous
("Are you ready for this, Sweetie?")
[Outro: Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"I'm chanting as we speak, bye, bye, darling."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
" Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie!"
"It's fabulous."
"Good. Thank you."
"Oh, he was just a windscreen washer I picked up at the traffic lights. Bum so tight he was bouncing off the walls."
"Bye, Pats."
"Lacroix, Sweetie."
"Lacroix, Sweetie."
"Lacroix, Sweetie."
"La-La-La-Lacroix."
[Chorus: Neil Tennant, Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
Absolutely fabulous
("Let the music lift you up, darling!")
We're absolutely fabulous
("Dull, soulless dance music.")
Absolutely fabulous
("It's the bloody Pet Shop Boys, Sweetie.")
We're absolutely fabulous
("Are you ready for this, Sweetie?")
[Outro: Edina Monsoon, Patsy Stone]
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"I'm chanting as we speak, bye, bye, darling."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
"Ong, plong, kerplinky, plong."
" Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie! Sweetie!"
"It's fabulous."
"Good. Thank you."
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Genius Annotation
Not the official theme song of British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. Instead, it is a Pet Shop Boys recording featuring soundbites from the show, and was released for Comic Relief 1994, reaching number 6 on the UK singles chart.
In the music video, the two main characters of the show, Edina (Jennifer Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), dance around the Pet Shop Boys, while clips from Absolutely Fabulous are interspersed.
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SARM West Studios, London, UK; Angel Recording Studios, London, UK; The Power Station, New York City, New York, USA
Release Date
May 31, 1994
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