Background and Recording
Following the commercial success of her debut album Kylie in 1988, Minogue began recording her second album with Stock, Aitken and Waterman at PWL Studios in London, England in February 1989. Recording sessions also took place in April and July 1989, with the cover version of "Tears on My Pillow" being one of the final songs recorded for the album after Minogue had heard the original version of the song while dining at Pete Waterman's house. The album directly continues where Kylie left-off, but with more upbeat pop tunes and uplifting party anthems than on her debut which contained a few ballads. "Never Too Late" was scheduled to be the second single after "Hand On Your Heart", however, Pete Waterman liked newly-recorded "Wouldn't Change a Thing" more and decided to release it as the lead into the release of Enjoy Yourself instead. The UK release was issued with a free fold-out poster of Kylie.
Enjoy Yourself was released in the UK with the track listing on the album sleeve confusingly not corresponding to the actual running order of the album. This was because the track listing was changed at the very last minute by Pete Waterman, allegedly due to the unexpected failure of "Wouldn't Change a Thing" to top the UK chart after it was widely expected to do so - therefore, he did not want the song to open Kylie's new album, resulting in a complete re-shuffle of all ten songs, placing "Hand On Your Heart" (which did reach number 1) as the album opener. As there was a reluctance to push back the release date, there was not time to re-print the album sleeve, therefore, it was released with the original artwork showing the original track listing. The error was corrected everywhere else, with artwork listing the revised running order.
The third single originally scheduled to be released was actually the album's title track; the house-influenced, dancefloor anthem "Enjoy Yourself". According to the original track listing, it was also meant to be the third song on the album as well. However, after "Wouldn't Change a Thing" became the second single, the idea was shelved. "Never Too Late" was originally planned to be the second single and became the third instead, so "Enjoy Yourself" was never released as a single in any territory. This was much to Kylie's disappointment, as she personally liked the song and felt it could have been a big hit. The dance-infused sound of "Enjoy Yourself" was however carried over to Kylie's next album, Rhythm of Love, especially with the songs "Better The Devil You Know" and "What Do I Have To Do".
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