Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results

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

Yes, thanks Billy! Great job!

damn

if anything, this track sounds a bit too perfect. Did they have help in the songwriting?

thanks Billy!

50-1 for your pleasure, note the points for #1, not that it makes much difference.

1 What Have I Done To Deserve This? Actually 634 23 3
2 Rent Actually 617 23 4
3 Being Boring Behaviour 607 22 4
4 West End Girls Please 541 20 4
5 Always On My Mind Standalone 525 20 1
6 Left To My Own Devices Introspective 411 15 2
7 King's Cross Actually 409 15 2
8 Paninaro B-side 398 17 2
9 Love Comes Quickly Please 355 14 0
10 It's A Sin Actually 296 14 0
11 This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave Behaviour 287 13 0
12 Heart Actually 272 10 0
13 Two Divided By Zero Please 266 11 1
14 Can You Forgive Her? Very 253 12 0
15 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) Please 237 11 0
16 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk Nightlife 235 10 1
17 So Hard Behaviour 231 11 0
18 Go West Very 223 10 1
19 Home and Dry Release 216 10 0
20 Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is) Bilingual 215 9 1
21 Suburbia Please 205 9 0
22 I'm Not Scared B-side 195 8 0
23 Domino Dancing Introspective 195 10 0
24 Young Offender Very 194 7 1
25 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing Very 189 9 1
26 I Want A Dog Introspective 169 7 0
27 I Want To Wake Up Actually 162 6 1
28 Flamboyant Standalone 161 7 1
29 Jealousy Behaviour 158 9 0
30 In The Night B-side 157 7 0
31 We All Feel Better In The Dark B-side 138 6 1
32 Try It (I'm In Love With A Married Man) Disco 3 136 5 0
33 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore Nightlife 129 6 0
34 Your Funny Uncle B-side 124 6 0
35 One More Chance B-side 123 5 0
36 The Truck Driver and his Mate B-side 120 6 0
37 It's Alright Introspective 118 4 0
38 My October Symphony Behaviour 116 5 0
39 Losing My Mind (Liza Minelli) Collaboration 109 6 0
40 Miserabilism B-side 106 6 0
41 It Couldn't Happen Here Actually 105 5 0
42 It Must Be Obvious B-side 98 5 0
43 Some Speculation B-side 98 4 0
44 Love Etc Yes 94 5 0
45 Where The Streets Have No Name(I Can't Take My Eyes Off of You) Standalone 87 4 0
46 A Red Letter Day Bilingual 83 4 0
47 Liberation Very 81 4 0
48 To Face The Truth Behaviour 77 3 0
49 Do I Have To? B-Side 76 4 0
50 I'm Not Scared (Eighth Wonder) Collaboration 69 4 0

fancied it for top 5 but not ftw. was my 13, Rent ws 3.

My favorite poll yet. Thanks, guys!

Yeah, great job Billy. I've had an absolute blast.

Did they have help in the songwriting?

Yes, Allee Willis is credited as co-writer. She wrote the 'Since you went away...' part.

Great poll. Every song a hit. Thanks Billy. Phew.

Thanks for the kind words. It was a blast doing it, rediscovered my love for them and discovered a lot of new stuff. If no one has any objection I'll post a link to the google spreadsheet.

no objection :)

nice work billy. 17 0f my 20 charted, canonical boring taste obv. think so many are absolute gold that they simply had to be there tho. shame about The Way It Used To Be.

Go for it, I want to see if Battleship Potemkin got any other votes.

'The Way It Used To Be' nearly made it:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqP5CgmgGL00dC13Wm5pSkI3TF9qNGhqajhiMEhYWVE&hl=en_US#gid=0

Wow kind of unexpected no? It's a great song though. Thanks Billy, that was fun!

14 of mine charted. The fallen six: in private, bet she's not your girlfriend, one of the crowd, that's my impression, on my mind/in my house, and fugitive.

2 Rent Actually 617 23 4
7 King's Cross Actually 409 15 2
8 Paninaro B-side 398 17 2
9 Love Comes Quickly Please 355 14 0
13 Two Divided By Zero Please 266 11 1
19 Home and Dry Release 216 10 0
25 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing Very 189 9 1
26 I Want A Dog Introspective 169 7 0
30 In The Night B-side 157 7 0
31 We All Feel Better In The Dark B-side 138 6 1
35 One More Chance B-side 123 5 0
42 It Must Be Obvious B-side 98 5 0
43 Some Speculation B-side 98 4 0

songs I voted for

saddest about "Don Juan", "You Know Where You Went Wrong", "Jack The Lad", "Why Don't We Live Together?" and "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" not making it

So nothing from Fundamental... and only 4 tracks from the 00s. Still think Fugitive should have been top 50.

Thomas, I hadn't heard that version of 'In Private' before, a really great collaboration with Elton John. Sadly not available on youtube, otherwise I'd have linked it.

(my other two tracks were "For Your Own Good" and "One and One Make Five"

I don't really mind but there are people's real names on that spreadsheet. Just thought I should mention it.

I voted for 11 of the top 13. And yes, every Battleship Potemkin vote was mine.