Kylie and Jason are a bit like salt and pepper, you can't have one without the other, especially not in a jukebox where we are having a whole section of Stock, Aitken and Waterman (SAW) acts. Too many broken hearts was Jason Donovan's first solo UK number single from his album Ten good reasons. Following his co-star into the pop world, Jason Donovan signed with SAW in the late 1980s. His first single, Nothing can divide us was a top ten single, but this was followed up with Especially for You, his duet with Kylie Minogue, that went straight to number one in January 1989. It probably reached number 1 as most Kylie and Jason's fans were caught up in the hype of whether they were a couple in real life.
At the time any relationship between them was played down but years later it was confirmed that some of the pictures used in the video had been taken from their own personal album. I remember having a pop-poster of the two of them released to promote their single on my wall and I think the nine year kid still inside of me was absolutely delighted when it was confirmed they had been lovers.
The success of Especially for you (which is the most commercially successful song written by SAW), probably guaranteed Too many broken hearts would be number 1 when released in March 1989. Donovan followed this up with his album Ten Good Reasons, which also topped the top spot in the album chart and became the biggest selling album of the year. I know I had a copy on tape.
Like all SAW hits, there is a bubble gum pop element to it, and, again, I think there were probably critics who thought that Jason Donovan was just cashing in on his fame through Neighbours. But I think it is important to remember that, like Kylie, Jason Donovan, since his days with SAW, has become a international star of musical theatre. I know that I was lucky enough to see Jason perform in The King's Speech, when the play toured Edinburgh last year. Seeing my school idol perform the part of the Australian Speech Therapist, Lionel Logue, was superb and I heard him sing! It was very different to the Scott Robinson character I had loved in Neighbours but still I had never believed I would have seen him perform live.
To relive the Australian Blond Bombshell's first number one:
Too many broken hearts
Kylie and Jason's Duet
Especially for you
Written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman
Release: March 1989
Album: 10 Good Reasons
Like all SAW hits, there is a bubble gum pop element to it, and, again, I think there were probably critics who thought that Jason Donovan was just cashing in on his fame through Neighbours. But I think it is important to remember that, like Kylie, Jason Donovan, since his days with SAW, has become a international star of musical theatre. I know that I was lucky enough to see Jason perform in The King's Speech, when the play toured Edinburgh last year. Seeing my school idol perform the part of the Australian Speech Therapist, Lionel Logue, was superb and I heard him sing! It was very different to the Scott Robinson character I had loved in Neighbours but still I had never believed I would have seen him perform live.
To relive the Australian Blond Bombshell's first number one:
Too many broken hearts
Kylie and Jason's Duet
Especially for you
Written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman
Release: March 1989
Album: 10 Good Reasons
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