Music, Fashion, Culture - Set List

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

"West End Girls"

Background - 
Reflects class and inner-city life
Released twice as a single -
April 1984 (Columbia Records' Bobcat Records imprint)
- Club hit in the U.S. and some European countries
October 1985 (EMI)
- No. 1 in the UK and the U.S. in 1986
- re-recorded for debut studio album, Please 

Success -
Brit Award for Best Single (1987)
Ivor Novello Award for Best International Hit

Point of interest -
"West End Girls" was performed at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.

Certifications -
Gold in Canada and the UK


English synth-pop duo formed in 1981 - 
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
(Follow the link above for a full history, honors, and awards.)

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