Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (1984)

West End Girls" is a song by British pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single. It is a synthpop song, influenced by hip hop music. The lyrics focus on class, and inner-city pressure, and were inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land. It was generally well received by contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo's career.
The first version of the song was produced by Bobby Orlando and was released on his label in the United States in April 1984, becoming a club hit in the there and some European countries. After the duo signed with EMI, the song was re-recorded with producer Stephen Hague, for their first studio album, Please. The group then released their first major label single "Opportunities (Lets Make Lots Of Money)", but it failed to attract attention. The Pet Shop Boys then decided to release "West End Girls" for the second time. Producer Steven Hague then reworked the song and the single was re-released in late 1985,  reaching number one in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1986. In 1987, the song won for Best Single at The BRIT Awards, and Best International Hit at the Ivor Novello Awards. In Canada, "West End Girls" first entered the RPM singles chart in April 1985, reaching a peak position of 81 in June 1985. In March 1986, the song re-entered the chart, peaking at number one for one week on 17 May 1986. In the United States, "West End Girls" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100at number 71, reaching the number one position on 10 May 1986, and remained on the chart for 20 weeks. The song also peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart for two weeks.
 In 2005, 20 years later after its release, the song was awarded Song of The Decade between the years 1985 and 1994, by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. A cover was released by East 17 in 1993.

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