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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. It was generally well received by ...
"Go West" is a song by American disco group Village People, ... The Swedish PSB cover band West End Girls released their version of the song in January 2006.
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 ...
Their record company initially wanted them to use Stock Aitken Waterman, [11] but Pet Shop Boys were allowed to record "West End Girls" with Hague as a trial. Hague suggested slowing the song down and making it moodier, with more focus on the story and a filmic intro of street sounds. [13] "West End Girls" was released in October, and the ...
Demo of a song recorded by Shirley Bassey. [14] "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
The duo's debut single, "West End Girls", was first released in 1984 but failed to chart in most regions. However, the song was entirely re-recorded in late 1985, and this newly recorded version became their first number-one single, topping the UK Singles Chart, Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Singles Chart.
Very is the fifth studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 27 September 1993 by Parlophone, nearly three years after the duo's previous studio album, Behaviour, and following the compilation album Discography: The Complete Singles Collection.
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.