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=== 1980s === In 1980, Springfield sang "Bits and Pieces", the theme song from the movie ''[[The Stunt Man]]''. She signed a US deal with [[20th Century Records]], which resulted in the single "[[It Goes Like It Goes]]", a cover of the Oscar-winning song from the film ''[[Norma Rae]]''. Springfield was uncharacteristically proud of her 1982 album ''[[White Heat (Dusty Springfield album)|White Heat]]'', which was influenced by [[new wave music]].<ref name=musicianguide /> She tried to revive her career in 1985 by returning to the UK and signing to [[Peter Stringfellow]]'s Hippodrome Records label. This resulted in the single "Sometimes Like Butterflies" and an appearance on [[Terry Wogan]]'s TV chat show ''[[Wogan]]''. None of Springfield's singles from 1971 to 1986 charted on the UK Top 40 or ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name=everyhit /><ref name=allmusic2 /> In 1987, she accepted an invitation from [[Pet Shop Boys]] to duet with their lead singer, [[Neil Tennant]], on the single "[[What Have I Done to Deserve This? (song)|What Have I Done to Deserve This?]]".<ref name="Gulla375" /><ref name="AMGPet">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/what-have-i-done-to-deserve-this-mt0004830409 |title='What Have I Done to Deserve This?' β Pet Shop Boys |first=Ned |last=Raggett |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> Tennant cites ''Dusty in Memphis'' as one of his favourite albums, and he leapt at the suggestion of using Springfield's vocals for "What Have I Done To Deserve This?".<ref name="Sweeting">{{cite web |url=http://www.cpinternet.com/~mbayly/article7.htm |title=Lusty Dusty |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |work=The Guardian |publisher=Woman of Repute |date=7 June 1990 |access-date=4 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306144706/http://www.cpinternet.com/~mbayly/article7.htm |archive-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> She also appeared on the promotional video. The single rose to no. 2 on both the US and UK charts.<ref name=everyhit /><ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Feldman |editor-first=Christopher G. |title=The Billboard Book of Number Two Singles |date=1 January 2000 |page=288 |publisher=Billboard Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LgXlQnsDK4C&q=dusty%20springfield&pg=PA213 |isbn=0-8230-7695-4 |access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref> It appeared on the Pet Shop Boys album ''[[Actually (album)|Actually]]'',<ref name="AMGPet" /> and on both artists' greatest-hits collections. Springfield sang lead vocals on the [[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]] song "[[Something in Your Eyes (Richard Carpenter song)|Something in Your Eyes]]". "Something in Your Eyes" was featured on Carpenter's first solo album, ''[[Time (Richard Carpenter album)|Time]]'' (October 1987); released as a single, it became a US no. 12 [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] hit.<ref name="AMGSomething">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/time-mw0000192657/awards |title=''Time'' β Richard Carpenter |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |access-date=3 July 2012}}</ref> Springfield recorded a duet with [[B. J. Thomas]], "As Long as We Got Each Other", which was used as the opening theme for the US sitcom ''[[Growing Pains]]'' in season 4 (1988β89). (Thomas had collaborated with [[Jennifer Warnes]] on the original version, which was neither re-recorded with Warnes nor released as a single.) It was issued as a single and reached no. 7 on the Adult Contemporary Singles Chart. In 1988, a new compilation, ''[[Dusty β The Silver Collection|The Silver Collection]]'', was issued. Springfield returned to the studio with the Pet Shop Boys, who produced her recording of their song "[[Nothing Has Been Proved]]", commissioned for the soundtrack of the 1989 drama film ''[[Scandal (1989 film)|Scandal]]''. Released as a single in February 1989, it gave Springfield her fifteenth UK Top 20 hit.<ref name="everyhit" /> In November its follow-up, the upbeat "[[In Private]]", also written and produced by Pet Shop Boys, peaked at no. 14.<ref name="everyhit" />
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