"Song for Whoever" is a song by The Beautiful South, written by band members Paul Heaton, and David Rotheray The first and highest charting single from the debut album Welcome to the Beautiful South it peaked at number 2 in the UK charts in 1989 Considered typical of the band's gently subversive, self-reflexive signature style, it is sung from the point of view of a cynical songwriter who romances women solely to get material for love songs.