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"West End Girls" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single.The song's lyrics are concerned with class and the pressures of inner-city life in London which were inspired partly by T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land.
After the success of "West End Girls", Pet Shop Boys released a follow-up single, "Love Comes Quickly", on 24 February 1986. The single reached number nineteen on the UK Singles Chart and was followed by their debut album, Please, on 24 March. In June 1986, the band announced a tour of Europe and America; however, their plans for a theatrical ...
"Pet Shop Boys" 1984 Tennant, Lowe, Orlando B-side of the original 1984 single of "West End Girls." [48] "Playing in the Streets" 2017 Nightlife: Further Listening 1996-2000: Tennant, Lowe "The Pop Kids" 2016 Super: Tennant, Lowe First single from the album. "Positive Role Model" 2002 Disco 3: Tennant, Lowe, Barry White, Tony Sepe, Peter Radcliffe
West End Girls are a Swedish tribute synth-pop band performing cover versions of songs by English electronic/pop music act the Pet Shop Boys.Hailing from Stockholm, the duo originally consisted of Isabelle Erkendal and Rosanna Jirebeck, but Jirebeck left the group in 2008 and was replaced by Erkendal's cousin Emmeli Erkendal.
Drake’s song ‘All the Parties’ includes the lyrics: ‘East End boys and West End girls’
Retrospectively, several reviewers have acknowledged the strength of the album as a starting point for the Pet Shop Boys' career. "The debut Pet Shop Boys album does what all good debut albums should do and established the aesthetic of the band which would endure right to the present day," according to Martyn Young in a 2020 Clash feature. [33]
The ninth Pet Shop Boys studio album, Fundamental, came in May 2006, reaching number five in the UK. Also in 2006, Concrete was released, a live album recorded at the Mermaid Theatre , London. Released in UK in March 2009, Yes , was a critical success and hit number four, their highest album chart peak in more than a decade.
It's a Sin" preceded the album's September release on 15 June 1987 and became the Pet Shop Boys' second number one hit in the UK after "West End Girls". It held the top spot for three weeks during its six weeks in the top 10, [ 20 ] and it was the nation's eighth best-selling single of 1987.