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"Rent" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their second studio album, Actually (1987). It was released as the album's third single on 12 October 1987. It was released as the album's third single on 12 October 1987.
This is a comprehensive list of songs recorded by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys.The list includes officially released songs that have been performed by the band. The list consists of mostly studio and BBC recordings; remixes and live recordings are not listed, unless the song has only been released in one of the two formats.
The Pet Shop Boys remix of the David Bowie song "Hallo Spaceboy" featured Tennant on backing vocals and was released in the UK on 19 February 1996. [74] Pet Shop Boys then joined Bowie during his performance of the song at the 1996 Brit Awards ceremony, as well as an appearance on the Top of the Pops television programme.
The Pet Shop Boys also received the BPI's award for "Outstanding Contribution to British Music", at the 2009 Brit Awards ceremony. [7] In December 2009, they released an EP of covers, remixes, and new material, titled Christmas .
During this period Pet Shop Boys also completed a full-length motion picture called It Couldn't Happen Here. [27] Featuring songs by the duo, it was most famous for containing the video for "Always on My Mind" (starring Joss Ackland as a blind priest), which—while not on Actually—was released as a single during this period. [28]
Although many of the album's songs were released in other forms, this compilation only features the seven-inch single versions. Pet Shop Boys also released a companion video compilation, Videography, consisting of the music videos for each of the songs on Discography, arranged in a slightly different order.
“The music is fantastic. It’s got a great theme song, really melancholic,” Flint tells SPIN. ... It kind of sounds like Human League, but also like Pet Shop Boys,” Cheon remembers thinking ...
For the Pet Shop Boys' first tour in 1989, filmmaker Derek Jarman created video projections to be shown during the performance of different songs, including "King's Cross". Some of the footage came from the 1987 music video for " Rent ", featuring Chris Lowe disembarking from a train at King's Cross.