west end girls west end girls song british pop duo pet shop boys written song released twice single song influenced hip hop music lyrics concerned class pressures inner city life inspired partly poem waste land generally received contemporary music critics frequently cited highlight duo career version song produced released imprint april club hit united_states european countries duo signed emi song recorded producer studio album october new version released reaching number united_kingdom united_states song won best single brit awards years release song awarded song decade years song voted british public nation 12th favourite 1980s number poll itv song performed pet shop boys summer olympics closing ceremony included soundtrack game non stop pop radio station background recording production met producer assignment new_york interviewing listening demos orlando offered produce duo duo recorded songs orlando new_york west end girls opportunities let lots money chance want lover man arrested excited divided zero rent sin pet shop boys later orlando played instruments west end girls including jazz riff end played chord bassline included drum lifted michael_jackson jean arrangement involving called chords orlando thrilled song production idea rap record british accent april west end girls released club hit los_angeles san_francisco minor dance hit belgium france available united_kingdom import march long negotiations cut contractual ties orlando hired manager signed emi recorded west end girls producer released song late topping charts interview synth programme video youtube explains role new sampling technology track single sound came newly introduced keyboard music lyrics west end girls song influenced hip hop music song socially conscious streak bass line derives protest rap song message created obsessive rhythm punch music replacing song previously sparse beats minimal keyboard lines started write song staying cousin house nottingham watching gangster film going sleep came lines better dead gun hand pointing head lyrics inspired poem waste land particularly use different narrative voices references song lyrics largely concerned class inner city pressure later said listeners assumed song referred prostitutes actually rough boys getting bit lyric finland station refers train route taken smuggled germans russia world war pivotal event russian revolution highly likely lyric inspired book finland station famous work history revolutionary thought socialism heard read student bobby orlando produced version single included line stopping starting think removed version critical reception west end girls generally received music critics stephen_thomas_erlewine allmusic review album called song hypnotic adding classic dance single classic pop single review group second studio album actually rolling_stone_magazine commented west end girls catchy radio praising bass line synth riffs felt spoken cryptic duo lyrics review live album concrete musicomh said west end girls songs round collection feels long adding goes way installing national treasures pitchfork_media review compilation album pet shop boys hits commented song meet singer speaker adding verses like star like stranger alongside pointing sights west end girls won best single gave west end girls award song decade years music video video directed consists shots duo london beginning video noises city heard camera passes street focus vintage dolls shop window appears sequence quick cuts shots city different sub cultures video cuts walk street lane market stand red garage door dressed long coat white shirt dark directly addressing camera standing blank expression filmed double exposure appears shots walks follows master apprentice video shows shots station chorus starts slow motion camera shop station duo walk past cuts brief shot red double bus showing destination advertising stage black white shots tower bridge westminster clock tower sky duo poses river thames image background camera shows shots young women passes arcades cinemas leicester square camera passes showing anti video cuts singing chorus purple neon sign passing face end camera passes leicester square people queue desperately seeking susan video nominated video mtv_video_music_awards lost chart performance west end girls released april writer producer label song club hit united_states european countries belgium debuted number chart july peaking weeks later canada west end girls entered rpm singles chart april reaching peak position june having signed emi group released major label single opportunities let lots money failed attract attention decided record west end girls issue new version single producer helmed new recorded version west end girls recorded version west end girls released united_kingdom october debuting singles chart number weeks release reached chart maintained number position weeks received gold certification british_phonographic_industry bpi january europe west end girls topped singles chart norway peaking belgium germany ireland netherlands sweden switzerland canada original recording west end girls minor hit recorded version issued single early recorded song entered chart march peaking number week united_states west end girls debuted billboard hot number reaching number position remained chart weeks song peaked number billboard chart weeks formats track listings credits personnel vocals lyrics keyboards artwork design additional vocals producer release producer release engineer release engineer photography charts certifications chart positions year end charts certifications east version east covered west end girls album limited chart success track listings west end girls faces posters mix west end girls kicking chairs charts
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