I was a nothing kid. Not particularly good. Not particularly bad.

By 1988 Springfield had left California and other than when recording tracks for Reputation Dusty Springfield returned to the UK to live. The single rose to No. In December 1964 Springfield's tour of South Africa was controversially terminated and Dusty Springfield was deported after Dusty Springfield performed for an integrated audience at a theatre near Cape Town which was against the then government's segregation policy.

She is a member of both the US Rock and Roll and UK Music Halls of Fame. The album was also awarded a spot in the Grammy Hall of Fame. With her distinctive sensual sound Dusty Springfield was an important blue-eyed soul singer and at her peak was one of the most successful British female performers with six top 20 singles on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and sixteen on the United Kingdom Singles Chart from 1963 to 1989.