"West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys
"West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys
About: “West End Girls” is a synth-pop record featuring Neil Tennant’s ‘spoken lyrics’ influenced by rap music. The first version was released in April 1984, produced by American producer Bobby Orlando. It became a club hit in the United States, but failed to make an impression in the UK charts. A more commercial re-recorded version was released in October 1985, reaching number one in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The song is one of the 80’s most iconic tracks and has won several music awards. In 2020, The Guardian selected "West End Girls" as number one in a critics' poll of the 100 greatest UK number-one singles. The artwork references the themes and imagery of the song with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe standing at the entrance to a London Underground station.
Details: Archival inks on 310 gsm cotton matt textured fine art paper from Hahnemuhle
Edition Size: 20 Hand signed and numbered by artist
Unframed: 50x50cm, 60x60cm or 70x70cm print with 5cm border
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED]
West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys) Lyrics:
Sometimes you’re better off dead
There’s a gun in your hand and it’s pointing at your head
You think you’re mad, too unstable
kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
in a restaurant in a West End town
Call the police! There’s a madman around
Running down underground
to a dive bar in a West End town
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
West End girls
Too many shadows, whispering voices
faces on posters, too many choices
If? When? Why? What?
How much have you got?
Have you got it? Do you get it?
If so, how often?
Which do you choose
a hard or soft option?
(How much do you need?)
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
West End girls
West End girls
(How much do you need?)
In a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
A West End town, a dead end world
East End boys, West End girls
West End girls
You got a heart of glass or a heart of stone?
Just you wait ’til I get you home
We’ve got no future, we’ve got no past
Here today, built to last
In every city, in every nation
from Lake Geneva to the Finland station
(How far have you been?)
And a West End town, a dead end world
the East End boys and West End girls
A West End town, a dead end world
East End Boys, West End girls
West End girls
Written by: Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe