This amazing duet by two equally amazing female voices remains in the Guiness Book of Records as the biggest selling UK single by an all-female duo. Written by Bjorn and Benny of ABBA this song spent 4 weeks at No. 1 in 1985.
Elaine Paige (best known for her West End roles in Evita and Cats) and Barbara Dickson (who starred in Willy Russell's Blood Brothers) sang their roles as the wife and mistress separately but did meet for the video shoot.
The song has been covered numerous times, most famously, by Whitney and Cissy Houston and by Peter Kay (playing his Geraldine McQueen role) and Susan Boyle as a comedy single for the charity Comic Relief but not many people know that West End actor John Barrowman (Miss Saigon and tv's Torchwood) also did a rather "unconventional" version of the duet with Daniel Boys (formerly a contestant in talent contest Any Dream Will Do) ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9F_j3yHhYEo
Have a listen to both and see which one you like better.
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