Multiple Releases
"Dignity" has been officially released as a single three times. It was first released in May 1987 as the lead single before the release of Deacon Blue's first album Raintown. The single failed to chart in the UK, although it did reach the lower region of the charts in the Netherlands, and sales on the album were slow to start. The 12" version of the first release featured a different vocal and alternate lyrics. After the release of two subsequent singles, "Dignity" was re-recorded in November 1987 by Bob Clearmountain and the new mix released in January 1988 as the fourth single (and second release of "Dignity"). The second release charted on the UK singles chart and its success helped increase sales of Raintown.
"Dignity" was released for a third time as the second single from Deacon Blue's first greatest hits compilation Our Town - The Greatest Hits. During the third release, two companion CD singles were released—one with the original version of "Dignity" and one with the Bob Clearmountain remix version.
A retitled and rerecorded version of "Dignity" was used in an advert in 2008 for the assisted suicide organisation Dignitas. In this version, the narrator declares his intention to set up an offshore 'suicide boat' where euthanasia can be performed legally, in order to preserve the 'dignity' of the terminally ill. This version, named "Dignitas", charted at no. 16 in Switzerland. It is unknown whether the principal members of Deacon Blue endorse assisted suicide.
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