"Rough Justice" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was the third single released from their self-titled second album in 1984.

The song is one of several composed by Bananarama at the time which lyrically addressed "serious" topics, in this case societal injustices towards children, poverty, starvation and innocent bystanders who are given "no time to smile before they die". Although the music was upbeat, the heavy lyrical content did not prove to be as successful as their prior single ("Robert De Niro's Waiting"). It peaked at number twenty-three in the UK singles chart. In Australia, the song failed to chart and it was not released as a single in the United States.

"Rough Justice" was remixed slightly from its album version when released as a single, most notably in the track's introduction.

The music video features the girls preparing for an appearance on a show at a TV studio. Their plans change when they spontaneously interrupt the broadcast of a different show in order to get their message out to the public.

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Chart (1984)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	23

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Studio albums	Deep Sea Skiving • Bananarama • True Confessions • Wow! • Pop Life • Please Yourself • Ultra Violet / I Found Love • Exotica • Drama

Compilations	Greatest Hits Collection • Greatest Remixes Collection • Bunch of Hits • Master Series • The Essentials • The Very Best of Bananarama • Venus and Other Hits • Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection • The Twelve Inches of Bananarama • Greatest Hits and More More More • The Works

Singles	"Aie a Mwana" • "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" • "Really Saying Something" • "Shy Boy" • "Cheers Then" • "He's Got Tact" • "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" • "Cruel Summer" • "Robert DeNiro's Waiting" • "Rough Justice" • "King of the Jungle" • "Hot Line to Heaven" • "The Wild Life" • "Do Not Disturb" • "Venus" • "More Than Physical" • "A Trick of the Night" • "Set on You" • "I Heard a Rumour" • "Love in the First Degree" • "I Can't Help It" • "I Want You Back" • "The Bananarama Mega-Mix" • "Love, Truth and Honesty" • "Nathan Jones" • "Help!" • "Cruel Summer '89" • "Megarama '89" • "Only Your Love" • "Preacher Man" • "Long Train Running" • "Tripping on Your Love" • "Movin' On" • "Last Thing on My Mind" • "More, More, More" • "I Found Love" • "Every Shade of Blue" • "Take Me to Your Heart" • "Careless Whisper" • "If" • "Really Saying Something (Solasso Remix)" • "Move in My Direction" • "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)

Video compilations	And That's Not All... • Video Singles • The Greatest Hits Collection

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