Revelation - Official ILX Pet Shop Boys tracks poll results

5. Always On My Mind. (1987, Standalone, 525 points, 20 votes, 1 number ones)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDe60CbIagg

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/6ZCX3XnzYWsqqQKg9pVts9

RIF: Their best selling single in the UK.

What's left? West End Girls, What Have I Done to Deserve This, Always on My Mind, New York City Boy, Being Boring?

Next, one of the greatest cover versions ever done.

Fixed.

it'll be Rent instead of NYCB.

Love that well over half of us voted for "Paninaro", more than any of the big hits so far.

xpost: except AOMM!

Voted for On my mind/in my house version, in a moment of bravado/lunacy.

Possible controversial placing, which I'll throw open for discussion. Their were two votes and 49 points given to Always On My Mind/In My House, which would have given a total of 574 points and 4th place. However using the same logic for Viva La Vida/Domino Dancing I marked it seperately.

Ewing's take

My number 1.

"In My House" isn't really a song, is it? I would've just counted it as a remix. It doesn't make a big difference anyway.

yeah, I would have counted those votes with Always on My Mind. No biggie though!

My favourite review of AOMM by Tanya Headon.

Speaking of reviews this is what Melody Maker wrote about it:

"The lousiest, most ham-fisted idea that Pet Shop Boys will ever have... they sound like they want to get it all over and done with so Neil can fit in his X-mas shopping."

Anyway, moving on.

4. West End Girls. (1985, Please, 541 points, 20 votes, 4 number ones)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/track/0By5MDC5oK9gYHy8Qe0MZz

RIF:The only UK and US number one to be inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Wasteland'.

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.