Profumo Affair - The Profumo Affair in Popular Music

The Profumo Affair in Popular Music

  • The Song "Christine" by "Miss X" (a pseudonym of Joyce Blair) in 1963 is said to be about Christine Keeler and the Profumo Affair.
  • Adam Ant referenced the Profumo scandal in a song called "High Heels In High Places".
  • American folk singer Phil Ochs wrote and recorded a song about the affair, "Christine Keeler", in 1963. It is available on The Broadside Tapes 1, released in 1989.
  • The Jamaican band The Skatalites recorded an instrumental song called "Christine Keeler" in 1964.
  • Billy Joel's song We Didn't Start the Fire depicts this affair in the line "British Politician Sex."
  • Christine Keeler is mentioned in the song "Post World War Two Blues" from the album Past, Present and Future (1973), written and performed by Al Stewart, and the Ray Davies song "Where Are They Now?" from the Kinks album Preservation: Act 1.
  • The British post-punk group Glaxo Babies released a 7-inch single in 1979 entitled "Christine Keeler" that included a song of the same name.
  • The affair is central to the hit songs "Nothing Has Been Proved" and "In Private", performed by Dusty Springfield and written by Pet Shop Boys. These songs were used over the opening and closing titles of the 1989 film Scandal.
  • The Lewis Morley image of Christine Keeler is used on the cover of The Charlatans 1997 single release "Telling Stories".
  • The Clash's 1980 album Sandinista! references the events of the Profumo affair in the song The Leader.

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