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"F.L.M." is a 1987 hit song that became the third single released by British pop duo Mel and Kim. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The song was the title track to F.L.M., their debut album, and was remixed for its single release.

"F.L.M."
Single by Mel and Kim
from the album F.L.M.
Released29 June 1987
Recorded1987
GenreDance-pop
LabelSupreme
Songwriter(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Mel and Kim singles chronology
"Respectable"
(1987)		 "F.L.M."
(1987)		 "That's the Way It Is"
(1988)
Music video
"F.L.M." on YouTube

The song title is an acronym for "fun, love and money", but was actually a play on the sisters' frequent use of the expression "fucking lovely mate" during the recording sessions for the album.[2]

Due to Mel being diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer in June 1987, the duo did not appear in the promotional music video for the song. Instead, a number of versions of the clip were compiled, variously using footage of the sisters' live performance of "F.L.M" and the music videos for "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" and "Respectable", with all cuts featuring a male actor playing the role of a detective, and string puppets resembling the duo.[3]

Kim Appleby said she was "devastated" by the finished video, having not been consulted on its contents, and only seeing it for the first time when it was aired on TV.[4] Kim, who said that her sister Mel was equally dissatisfied with the video, added that she would have preferred that no video was released at all.[4] Supreme Records head Nick East described the video as a "mistake."[4]

"F.L.M." would be the penultimate international single released by the duo.


UK releases


7" (SUPE 113)
  1. "F.L.M."
  2. "F.L.M." (instrumental/Senza Voce)
12" (SUPE T 113)
  1. "F.L.M." (Extended mix)
  2. "F.L.M." (Club mix)
  3. "F.L.M." ([original] Dub mix)
12" picture disc (SUPE TP 113)
  1. "F.L.M." (Extended mix)
  2. "F.L.M." (Club mix)
  3. "F.L.M." ([original] Dub mix)
12" remix (SUPE TX 113)
  1. "F.L.M." (Two Grooves Under One Nation remix/Chic Le Freak mix)
  2. "F.L.M." ([Two Grooves Under One Nation] Dub mix)
Cassette single (CSUPE113)
  1. "F.L.M." (Auto Mix)
  2. "Showing Out/Respectable" Megamix
  3. "F.L.M." (7" version)

Official mixes



Chart positions


Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australia (Australian Music Report)[5][6] 19
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 7
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 12
Denmark (IFPI)[9] 10
Germany (GfK Entertainment Charts)[10] 17
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 11
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 7
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade)[14] 16
UK (Official Charts Company)[1] 7

Parody


In their 1988 song parodying the formulaic music of Stock Aitken Waterman, "This Is the Chorus", Morris Minor and the Majors joked that "F.L.M." stood for "fun, love, and monotony."[15]


References


  1. "Official Charts > Mel and Kim". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. "Mel & Kim segment on The Story of 1987". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. "Mel & Kim – F.L.M". YouTube. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 24: Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now to F.L.M. on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. "Australian Top 50 Singles Chart Week Ending 27th September, 1987". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 9 February 2019. N.B. The Australian Music Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 197. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. "Ultratop > Zoeken naar: Mel & Kim" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  8. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Mel & Kim". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 168. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  9. Danish Singles Chart 14 August 1987
  10. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Mel & Kim – F.L.M. (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  11. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Mel and Kim' (from irischarts.ie)". Imgur.com (original source published by Fireball Media). Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  12. "dutchcharts.nl > Zoeken naar: Mel & Kim" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  13. "charts.nz > Mel & Kim in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  14. "hitparade.ch > Suche nach: Mel & Kim (songs)" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  15. "Morris Minor and The Majors – This Is the Chorus". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2019.


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