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| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]]<ref name="Eames 2023">{{cite web|first= Tom|last= Eames|title= Bananarama's 10 greatest songs, ranked|website= [[Smooth Radio (2014)|Smooth Radio]] |date= August 30, 2023|url= https://www.smoothradio.com/features/top-songs/bananarama-songs-best-ranked/|accessdate= February 5, 2025}}</ref>

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* [[avant-funk]]<ref name="AllMusic Raggett">{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0000200121|title= Bananarama - ''The Greatest Hits Collection'' (1988) Review|last= Raggett|first= Ned|access-date= January 12, 2025}}</ref>

* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref name="AllMusic Kerr">{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0002391580|title= Bananarama - ''30 Years of Bananarama'' (2012) Review|last= Kerr|first= Scott|access-date= January 12, 2025}}</ref>

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In 1982, the British [[girl group]] [[Bananarama]] recorded a [[cover version]] of the song and released it as the first single from their debut album ''[[Deep Sea Skiving]]''. [[Fun Boy Three]] provided background vocals, having had a hit with Bananarama earlier in the year with another cover, "[[T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)]]".

The 1982 single became the second consecutive top-five hit for both Bananarama and Fun Boy Three, peaking at number five in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It also received heavy play on the then-young [[MTV]] network in America. It became the group's third single to chart there, but only became a minor hit, peaking at #108. In Australia, "Really Saying Something" was both groups' second chart entry in Australia, peaking at number seventy-four74.

The B-side, "Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares", has beenwas issued on CD for the first time on the 2007 UK reissue of ''[[Deep Sea Skiving]]'' as one of five bonus tracks. It also became the group's third single to chart in America but only became a minor hit peaking at #108.

In 2004, a remixed version of the"Really songSaying Something" by Solasso was released as a [[promotional single]]. It was later included on Bananarama's album ''[[Drama (Bananarama album)|Drama]]''.

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In late February 2011, Siobhan Fahey's current project, [[Shakespears Sister]] announced that they were releasing their own version of "Really Saying Something", as a special anniversary single, celebrating 30 years since Bananarama recorded their first single. The single was available exclusively on Shakespears Sister's website as a [[Music download|digital download]] and a limited edition [[CD single]].<ref name="store">{{cite web|url=http://shakespearssister.co.uk/shop.html|title=Shop|publisher=Shakespears Sister|access-date=2012-01-06}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Copies of the CD single are no longer in production, and it is now one of Shakespears Sister's rarest collectibles to date. Fahey produced the single with her designer Anthony Walton, in an attempt to promote her forthcoming live releases.

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