Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

May 2026

Latest issue variants

Dork, May 2026 (Ruel cover)

Ruel

Dork, May 2026 (Eric Cantona cover)

Eric Cantona

Dork, May 2026 (Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE cover)

Earl Sweatshirt & MIKE

Advertise|Support|About Dork|Privacy Policy|Genres|Years|Sitemap|RSS

© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hype- THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Upset- DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Mixtape- DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS

Play- DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT

Dork Radio

Live

Live 24/7

Dork Radio

Bananarama – In a Perfect World (1986) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Bananarama
True Confessions
In a Perfect World

TRACK

In a Perfect World

Release date: 14th July 1986

From True Confessions

More on Bananarama

About This Track

"In a Perfect World" is a track by Bananarama, from the album True Confessions, released 14th July 1986. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

In a Perfect World

Love is easy

No complications

In a perfect world

Ooh, la la la la la la ah

Ooh, la la la la la la ah

Ooh, la la la la la la ah

His day is over

It's just another night

The same old faces

Always pass him by

His heart is willing

But the world's so cold

Oh how he longs for

Someone real to hold

She takes the bus home

To her usual place

All kinds of people

But they leave no trace

She knows by now

That dreams are not enough

All she wanted

Was someone real to love

And just as surely as the sun will rise

Each one knows that there'll be no surprise

Yet still each day they live in hope

And try for more

There must be someone

Who's worth dying for

Hmmm

All we need is understanding

Love is easy

When boy meets girl

Maybe tomorrow we'll try again

No complications

In a perfect world

Ooh, la la la la la la ah

Hmmm

All we need is understanding

Love is easy

When boy meets girl

Maybe tomorrow we'll try again

No complications

In a perfect world

In a perfect world

Ooh, la la la la la la ah

She'll sit and wonder

Where it's all gonna end

It's getting harder

For the young to pretend

Their dreams may never see

The light of day

It's not a perfect world

That they have made

Yet still each day they live in hope

And try for more

It's not a perfect world

Their dreams may never see

The light of day

It's not a perfect world

That they have made

It's not a perfect world

Ooh, la la la la la la ah

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

View full lyrics page →

Track details

From True Confessions

1986

Album

True Confessions

Release year

1986

—Riskin' a Romance
—A Cut Above the Rest
—Ghost
—Dance with a Stranger
—Hooked on Love
—In a Perfect World
—Promised Land
—Ready or Not
—Scarlett
—True Confessions
—White Train

Explore

More tracks by Bananarama

Do Not Disturb / Masquerade (remixes)

Robert De Niro’s Waiting / Velvet Lies (Remixes)

Venus (Boys Noize rework)

Cruel Summer (3AM mix)

Forever Young (Lamentis Remix Edit)

Stay Wild (Until Dawn Remix Edit)

Need a Little More Time

Waiting for the Sun to Shine

Let's Go Outside

Running with the Night

Looking for Someone

It's Gonna Be Alright

Got to Get Away

Bananarama Remixed, Vol 1

Stuff Like That (single mix)

Stuff Like That

Baby it's christmas

Heard A Rumour (Corporation Of Bananarama Mix)

The 'Funrama' Theme

Venus (hellfire mix)

Girl About Town (extended)

Really Saying Something (with Fun Boy Three)

Love In The First Degree (Eurobeat Style)

Tempus Fugit Mix

Let me love you one

Na Na Hey Hey (Dub Version)

Gotta Thing For You

Moves Like Jagger

Love Don’t Live Here

Love Don't Live Here

S-S-S-Single Bed

We've Got the Night

Tell Me Tomorrow

The Sound of Silence

Really Saying Something (Solasso Mix)

Rules of Attraction

Don’t Step on My Groove

Your Love Is Like a Drug

Middle of Nowhere

Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)

Prove Your Love

Move in My Direction

Venus (Marc Almond's Hi NRG Showgirls Mix)

Careless Whisper

Got a Thing for You

What You Gonna Do

Take Me to Your Heart

You've Really Got Something

Don't Stop Me Now

Every Shade of Blue

Maybe the Next Time

Let Me Love You One More Time

Only Time Will Tell

You'll Never Know What It Means

Is She Good to You

I Could Be Persuaded

Give It All Up for Love

You're Never Satisfied

Last Thing on My Mind

Movin’ On (7" Mix)

What Colour R the Skies Where U Live

I Can't Let You Go

What Color Are the Skies Where You Live

Is Your Love Strong Enough

Preacher Man (Ramabanana Alternative Mix)

Tripping on Your Love

Long Train Running

Cruel Summer ’89

The Greatest Hits Megamix

I Want You Back

Bananarama Megamix

Love, Truth & Honesty

I Can't Help It

Once In a Lifetime

I Can’t Help It

Clean Cut Boy (Party Size)

Nathan Jones (Single Version)

Ecstasy (Wild Style)

I Heard a Rumour

Love in the First Degree

Riskin' a RomanceTrue Confessions

A Trick of the Night (The Number One Mix)

ScarlettTrue Confessions

Promised LandTrue Confessions

Ready or NotTrue Confessions

Hooked on LoveTrue Confessions

True ConfessionsTrue Confessions

Dance with a StrangerTrue Confessions

A Cut Above the RestTrue Confessions

Venus (Extended Version)

More Than Physical / Venus

A Trick of the Night - 7" Version

More Than Physical

A Trick of the Night

White TrainTrue Confessions

GhostTrue Confessions

King of the Jungle

Through a Child's Eyes

Robert De Niro’s Waiting…

Hot Line to Heaven

Robert De Niro's Waiting...

Rough Justice (7" Version)

Hey Young London

Really Sayin’ Somethin’

What a Shambles

Wish You Were Here

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Tell Tale Signs

T’Aint What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)

It Aint What You Do

Shy Boy / Really Sayin' Somethin

Really Sayin’ Somethin’ / Aie a Mwana

Really Saying Something

Girl About Town

Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares

Bananarama — Do Not Disturb / Masquerade (remixes)
Bananarama — Supernova
Bananarama — Robert De Niro’s Waiting / Velvet Lies (Remixes)
Bananarama — Feel The Love
Bananarama — Venus (Boys Noize rework)
Bananarama — Cruel Summer (3AM mix)
Bananarama — Forever Young (Lamentis Remix Edit)
Bananarama — Stay Wild (Until Dawn Remix Edit)
Bananarama — Bad Love
Bananarama — Forever Young
Bananarama — Need a Little More Time
Bananarama — Waiting for the Sun to Shine
Bananarama — Brand New
Bananarama — Let's Go Outside
Bananarama — Running with the Night
Bananarama — Stay Wild
Bananarama — Velvet Lies
Bananarama — Masquerade
Bananarama — Favourite
Bananarama — Looking for Someone
Bananarama — On Your Own
Bananarama — I'm on Fire
Bananarama — It's Gonna Be Alright
Bananarama — Intoxicated
Bananarama — Got to Get Away
Bananarama — Tonight
Bananarama — Love in Stereo
Bananarama — Bananarama Remixed, Vol 1
Bananarama — Stuff Like That (single mix)
Bananarama — Stuff Like That
Bananarama — Dance Music
Bananarama — In a Bunch…
Bananarama — Baby it's christmas
Bananarama — Heard A Rumour (Corporation Of Bananarama Mix)
Bananarama — The 'Funrama' Theme
Bananarama — Venus (hellfire mix)
Bananarama — Girl About Town (extended)
Bananarama — Really Saying Something (with Fun Boy Three)
Bananarama — I don't care
Bananarama — Love In The First Degree (Eurobeat Style)
Bananarama — Tempus Fugit Mix
Bananarama — Let me love you one
Bananarama — Ecstasy
Bananarama — Na Na Hey Hey (Dub Version)
Bananarama — Gotta Thing For You
Bananarama — Moves Like Jagger
Bananarama — La La Love
Bananarama — Now or Never
Bananarama — Love Don’t Live Here
Bananarama — Twisting
Bananarama — Extraordinary
Bananarama — Love Don't Live Here
Bananarama — Run to You
Bananarama — S-S-S-Single Bed
Bananarama — Rapture
Bananarama — We've Got the Night
Bananarama — The Runner
Bananarama — Dum Dum Boy
Bananarama — Tell Me Tomorrow
Bananarama — Seventeen
Bananarama — The Sound of Silence
Bananarama — Love Comes
Bananarama — Really Saying Something (Solasso Mix)
Bananarama — Rules of Attraction
Bananarama — Don’t Step on My Groove
Bananarama — Feel for You
Bananarama — Frequency
Bananarama — Lovebite
Bananarama — I Love the Way
Bananarama — Your Love Is Like a Drug
Bananarama — Middle of Nowhere
Bananarama — Waterfall
Bananarama — Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
Bananarama — Prove Your Love
Bananarama — Move in My Direction
Bananarama — Venus (Marc Almond's Hi NRG Showgirls Mix)
Bananarama — Crazy
Bananarama — Careless Whisper
Bananarama — Starz
Bananarama — Boom
Bananarama — Got a Thing for You
Bananarama — Sleep
Bananarama — If
Bananarama — What You Gonna Do
Bananarama — Waterloo
Bananarama — Take Me to Your Heart
Bananarama — I Found Love
Bananarama — You've Really Got Something
Bananarama — System
Bananarama — Don't Stop Me Now
Bananarama — Rhythm of Life
Bananarama — Take Me Away
Bananarama — Every Shade of Blue
Bananarama — Maybe the Next Time
Bananarama — Give In to Me
Bananarama — Time Out
Bananarama — More More More
Bananarama — Let Me Love You One More Time
Bananarama — Only Time Will Tell
Bananarama — You'll Never Know What It Means
Bananarama — Is She Good to You
Bananarama — I Could Be Persuaded
Bananarama — Give It All Up for Love
Bananarama — You're Never Satisfied
Bananarama — Movin’ On
Bananarama — Movin' On
Bananarama — Treat Me Right
Bananarama — Another Lover
Bananarama — Last Thing on My Mind
Bananarama — Movin’ On (7" Mix)
Bananarama — Ain't No Cure
Bananarama — What Colour R the Skies Where U Live
Bananarama — Megalomaniac
Bananarama — Outta Sight
Bananarama — I Can't Let You Go
Bananarama — Heartless
Bananarama — What Color Are the Skies Where You Live
Bananarama — Is Your Love Strong Enough
Bananarama — Preacher Man (Ramabanana Alternative Mix)
Bananarama — Tripping on Your Love
Bananarama — Long Train Running
Bananarama — Preacher Man
Bananarama — Only Your Love
Bananarama — Cruel Summer ’89
Bananarama — The Greatest Hits Megamix
Bananarama — Megarama ’89
Bananarama — Help!
Bananarama — Nathan Jones
Bananarama — I Want You Back
Bananarama — Bananarama Megamix
Bananarama — Love, Truth & Honesty
Bananarama — Mr. Sleaze
Bananarama — I Can't Help It
Bananarama — Bad For Me
Bananarama — Strike It Rich
Bananarama — Come Back
Bananarama — Once In a Lifetime
Bananarama — Some Girls
Bananarama — I Can’t Help It
Bananarama — Clean Cut Boy (Party Size)
Bananarama — Nathan Jones (Single Version)
Bananarama — Ecstasy (Wild Style)
Bananarama — I Heard a Rumour
Bananarama — Love in the First Degree
Bananarama — Riskin' a Romance (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — A Trick of the Night (The Number One Mix)
Bananarama — Scarlett (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — Promised Land (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — Ready or Not (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — Hooked on Love (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — True Confessions (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — Dance with a Stranger (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — A Cut Above the Rest (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — Venus
Bananarama — Venus (Extended Version)
Bananarama — More Than Physical / Venus
Bananarama — A Trick of the Night - 7" Version
Bananarama — More Than Physical
Bananarama — A Trick of the Night
Bananarama — White Train (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — Ghost (from True Confessions)
Bananarama — Do Not Disturb
Bananarama — Set on You
Bananarama — Rough Justice
Bananarama — King of the Jungle
Bananarama — Dream Baby
Bananarama — Link
Bananarama — Through a Child's Eyes
Bananarama — State I'm In
Bananarama — Robert De Niro’s Waiting…
Bananarama — Push!
Bananarama — Hot Line to Heaven
Bananarama — Live Now
Bananarama — Robert De Niro's Waiting...
Bananarama — The Wild Life
Bananarama — Rough Justice (7" Version)
Bananarama — Doctor Love
Bananarama — Young at Heart
Bananarama — Boy Trouble
Bananarama — Hey Young London
Bananarama — Really Sayin’ Somethin’
Bananarama — What a Shambles
Bananarama — Wish You Were Here
Bananarama — Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Bananarama — Cairo
Bananarama — Cruel Summer
Bananarama — Tell Tale Signs
Bananarama — T’Aint What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
Bananarama — It Aint What You Do
Bananarama — Cheers Then
Bananarama — Shy Boy / Really Sayin' Somethin
Bananarama — Really Sayin’ Somethin’ / Aie a Mwana
Bananarama — Really Saying Something
Bananarama — Girl About Town
Bananarama — Shy Boy
Bananarama — No Feelings
Bananarama — He's Got Tact
Bananarama — Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares
Bananarama — Aie a Mwana

A Trick of the Night
Aie a Mwana
Cheers Then
Cruel Summer
Cruel Summer ’89
Do Not Disturb
Every Shade of Blue
He's Got Tact
Help!
Hot Line to Heaven

Showing 10 of 199

If you like Bananarama

Samantha Fox

Samantha Fox

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde

Sinitta

Mel & Kim

Mel & Kim

Jason Donovan

Belinda Carlisle

Belinda Carlisle

Sonia

Hazell Dean

Five Star

Exposé

READ MORE ABOUT BANANARAMA

READ MORE ABOUT BANANARAMA

READ MORE ABOUT BANANARAMA

READ MORE ABOUT BANANARAMA

No coverage available for Bananarama yet.

Credits

Credited: Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain