DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – Nothing Has Been Proved ******
A song about Christine Keeler, Mandy Rice-Davies the Profumo Affair & the 1960s cold war. Read more…
The song was the second collaboration between Springfield and Pet Shop Boys, following their UK #2 and US #2 hit duet “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” in 1987. “Nothing Has Been Proved” prominently features an orchestral arrangement by Angelo Badalamenti and a soprano saxophone solo by Courtney Pine.
Produced by Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, and Julian Mendelsohn for the soundtrack of the film Scandal.
[Verse 1: Dusty Springfield]
Mandy’s in the papers ’cause she tried to go to Spain
She’ll soon be in the dock and in the papers once again
Vicki’s got her story about the mirror and the cane
It may be false, it may be true
But nothing has been proved
[Verse 2: Dusty Springfield]
Stephen’s in his dressing-gown now, breakfasting alone
Too sick to eat, he’s on his feet and to the telephone
The police inspector soothes him with his sympathetic tone
It may be false, it may be true
But nothing has been proved
[Verse 3: Dusty Springfield]
In the house a resignation, guilty faces every one
Christine’s fallen out with Lucky, Johnny’s got a gun
“Please Please Me”‘s number one
[Spoken Interlude: Neil Tennant]
It’s a scandal! It’s a scandal! Such a scandal!
[Verse 4: Dusty Springfield]
Now, Stephen’s in the dock for spending money that was earned
By Christine, and the prosecution says that money burned
A hole in Stephen’s pocket, for expensive sins he yearned
It may be false, it may be true
But nothing has been proved
