This Used to Be the Future

E712997
song

"This Used to Be the Future" is a synth-pop track by Pet Shop Boys that reflects on past visions of the future with a mix of nostalgia and irony.

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This Used to Be the Future canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
artist Pet Shop Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaborationWith Philip Oakey NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Chris Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neil Tennant NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuredArtist Philip Oakey NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre electronic music ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasInstrumentation drum machine ⓘ
electronic keyboards ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
hasMood ironic ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle synth-driven arrangement ⓘ
hasSubject contrast between past and present ⓘ
past expectations ⓘ
visions of the future ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
hasWordInTitle Future ⓘ
This ⓘ
Used ⓘ
isInCatalogueOf Pet Shop Boys discography NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Chris Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neil Tennant NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricTheme disillusionment ⓘ
future ⓘ
irony ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
technology ⓘ
utopian visions ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person plural ⓘ
partOf Yes (Pet Shop Boys album) bonus material NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Pet Shop Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
performerNationality British ⓘ
recordingArtist Pet Shop Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDecade 2000s ⓘ
vocalist Chris Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neil Tennant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philip Oakey NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Love etc. → hasBside → This Used to Be the Future ⓘ