Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results

hey sound like they want to get it all over and done with so Neil can fit in his X-mas shopping."

how is this a bad thing?

What? Was not expecting that at all!

re WEG

More proof that I'm out of touch: "King's Cross" is great, I voted for it, but I had no expectation of it being that high.

xpost: A full three songs did better than WEG! Also surprising.

gonna be boring when "Being Boring" wins this but yay "Rent" getting top 3

not sure how you can leave this out of the top 20 PSB songs but #4 is still a high placement.

I said it before, but having been pretty tired of that track for a number of years, I heard it again this past week and it is just too unfuckwithable not to vote for.

maybe not surprised West End Girls wasn't top as some seem tired of it now. i never could be, it was the first and it'll be the last, my number 1.

lol I didn't vote for WEG even though I love it

that's just contrarianism gone mad.

I didn't vote for it either.

(a) I'm not that wowed by it (b) 98% of voters would have voted for it anyway.

Next up the top 3 and there's not a lot in it.

WEG is a great song but I can absolutely name 20 PSB songs I like more, especially when you factor in Alternative.

I would have picked "Opportunities" before I picked WEG (though in practice I picked neither; did vote for "Love Comes Quickly" tho)

Genuinely quite excited. Come on Rent.

Now I'm rooting for WHIDTDT to beat "Rent" though it probably won't happe

hope Rent wins now yeah.

nonono come on WHIDTDT?, "Rent" should be #2

(since it's a given "Being Boring" is #1)

I didn't vote for WEG either and now I feel I should have really.

I feel more of you should have voted for "Don Juan"

I dunno, i find "Rent" a little bland tbh. Great track and all but not a top 3 for me.

still hoping "Comrades!" might sneak in ftw

I've got this sinking feeling
I'm not dreaming
We'll be sorry soon

3. Being Boring. (1990, Behaviour, 607 points, 22 votes, 4 number ones)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnvFOaBoieE

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/6K7uuzEC4I4BCEDNIcS8ky

RIF:Originally started as an attempt to write a Stock, Aitken and Waterman style pop song.

wait WAHT

omg I love you guys

So I see what's happened here. A lot of people didn't bother with WEG assuming it wouldn't need any more votes. See what you've done?

Originally started as an attempt to write a Stock, Aitken and Waterman style pop song.

Wow, did not know that, It doesn't sound like SAW at all!

Genuine shock here.

RENT FOR #1

I now feel like anything is possible

i don't get this mentality of not voting for something because you assume others will. it's a poll!

I didn't vote for Rent, and WHIDTDT was my number one so am buzzin' right now.

Being Shocking

Pretty sure "What Keeps Mankind Alive?" won't make it at this point.

Think of it like voting in a safe liberal district.

I lost some of my love for "WHIDTDT" over time so I didn't vote for it. "Rent" was my #3.

and look what happens. xp.

oops, at work and forgot that video has a bunch of naked guys in it.

"Rent" was my highest single; I had 3 b-sides and an album track above it

Struggled for a moment to remember what this other contender was besides "Rent"? What's this "WHIDTDT"? Oh yes, that... Didn't even occur to me to vote for it. You know, hating fun as I do.

Are you ready for the top 2? There was virtually nothing in it with the top spot swapping a number of times.

Cue...Sound of the atom splitting.

2. Rent. (1987, Actually, 617 points, 23 votes, 4 number ones)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d0GARTk_Nk

An infamous appearance on UK TV from 1987:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6HIsJg2wGY

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/112ksLSxzrJ3yZoVfWaA5s

RIF: Covered by Liza Minelli and less successfully Carter USM

1. What Have I Done To Deserve This? (1987, Actually, 624 points, 23 votes, 3 number ones)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn9E5i7l-Eg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8nN7Ecrj7E

Spotify:http://open.spotify.com/track/3noCRXN06iyXDyWL3MhW3T

RIF: Originally Parlophone wanted Tina Turner to do the duet.

Deserve is a total jam, deserved #1.

YES!

Ah, so close! Can't complain though - great work Billy, many thanks!

<3 that performance at the Brits. Neil looks really nervous.

DAMMIT A FEW PLACES UP AND RENT WOULD HAVE BEEN #1

I wouldn't have bumped any of the songs above it tho