Pet Shop Boys – Go West
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"Pet Shop Boys – Go West" is a 1993 synth-pop cover of the Village People song, notable for its anthemic arrangement and iconic, Soviet-inspired music video.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Go West (Pet Shop Boys music video) | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music video
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWith | football terrace chants ⓘ |
| basedOn | Go West (Village People song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Shameless NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionEurochartHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionFinland | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionGermany | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIreland | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionSwitzerland | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 2 ⓘ |
| composer | Jacques Morali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Howard Greenhalgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ |
| genre |
dance-pop
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Go West (Pet Shop Boys music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRemix |
Go West (Farley & Heller Fire Island mix)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Go West (Mark Stent mix) NERFINISHED ⓘ Go West (Mings Gone West – First and Second Movement) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Very (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | B-flat major ⓘ |
| keyboardist | Chris Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | Parlophone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length |
4:20 (single edit)
ⓘ
5:04 (album version) ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Henri Belolo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victor Willis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | anthemic, football-chant-style arrangement ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | Village People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Pet Shop Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Pet Shop Boys
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stephen Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1992 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1993-09-06 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| singleFrom | Very (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | slow-to-mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme | utopian migration to the West ⓘ |
| usedAs | unofficial football anthem in Europe ⓘ |
| usesMotif | Pachelbel’s Canon-like chord progression ⓘ |
| visualStyle | Soviet-inspired imagery ⓘ |
| vocalist | Neil Tennant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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