Boy George had been off the pop charts for a few years before resurfacing with a Grammy-worthy solo track, recording the title song for 1992's "The Crying Game". The song actually predates the movie by nearly 30 years, written by Geoff Stephens and recorded by Dave Berry in 1964. Country-pop singer Brenda Lee covered it the next year, but no one here otherwise had heard of the song until George managed heavy airplay on MTV and peaked at #15 on the pop chart.
Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys) is heard as a backing vocalist, and, along with PSB partner Chris Lowe, produced the track.
Coincidentally, Dave Berry's 1964 recording is also on the soundtrack, but this fit George's neo-soul sound like a glove.
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