F.L.M. (song)


"F.L.M." is a 1987 hit song that became the third single released by British pop duo Mel and Kim. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, and peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The song was the title track to F.L.M., their debut album.
The song title is an acronym for "fun, love and money", but was actually a play on the sisters' frequent use of the expression "fucking lovely mate" during the recording sessions for the album.
Due to Mel being diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer in June 1987, the duo did not appear in the promotional music video for the song. Instead, a clip was compiled using footage of the sisters' live performance of "F.L.M", the music videos for "Showing Out " and "Respectable", a male actor playing the role of a detective, and string puppets resembling the duo. "F.L.M." would be the penultimate single released by the duo.

UK releases

; 7"
  1. "F.L.M."
  2. "F.L.M."
; 12"
  1. "F.L.M."
  2. "F.L.M."
  3. "F.L.M."
; 12" picture disc
  1. "F.L.M."
  2. "F.L.M."
  3. "F.L.M."
; 12" remix
  1. "F.L.M."
  2. "F.L.M."
; Cassette single
  1. "F.L.M."
  2. "Showing Out/Respectable" Megamix
  3. "F.L.M."

    Official mixes

Parody

In their 1988 song parodying the formulaic music of Stock Aitken Waterman, "This Is the Chorus", Morris Minor and the Majors joked that "F.L.M." stood for "fun, love, and monotony."