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Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls - 1984
" 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 contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo's career.
The first version of the song was produced by Bobby Orlando and was released on Columbia Records ' Bobcat Records imprint in April 1984, becoming a club hit in the United States and some European countries. After the duo signed with EMI , the song was re-recorded with producer Stephen Hague for their first studio album, Please . In October 1985, the new version was released, reaching number one in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1986.
In 1987, the song won Best Single at the Brit Awards and Best International Hit at the Ivor Novello Awards . In 2005, 20 years after its release, the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters awarded “West End Girls” the accolade Song of The Decade between the years 1985 and 1994. A critic's poll in 2020 by The Guardian selected the song as the greatest UK number-one single.
The Pet Shop Boys performed the song at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony . – source
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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 contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo's career.
The first version of the song was produced by Bobby Orlando and was released on Columbia Records ' Bobcat Records imprint in April 1984, becoming a club hit in the United States and some European countries. After the duo signed with EMI , the song was re-recorded with producer Stephen Hague for their first studio album, Please . In October 1985, the new version was released, reaching number one in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1986.
In 1987, the song won Best Single at the Brit Awards and Best International Hit at the Ivor Novello Awards . In 2005, 20 years after its release, the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters awarded “West End Girls” the accolade Song of The Decade between the years 1985 and 1994. A critic's poll in 2020 by The Guardian selected the song as the greatest UK number-one single.
The Pet Shop Boys performed the song at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony . – source
#music #charttoppers #tangled
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