Integral (song)

"Integral"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Disco 4
Released	8 October 2007 (2007-10-08)
Genre	Pop [1]
Length	3:55 (on Fundamental ) 7:23 (on Disco 4)
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Producer(s)	Trevor Horn
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"She's Madonna" (2007) "Integral" (2007) "Love Etc." (2009)
Music video
"Integral" on YouTube

"Integral" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their ninth studio album, Fundamental (2006). A remixed version of the song was released on 8 October 2007 as a download-only single to promote the duo's fourth remix album, Disco 4 (2007). ^[2] The single peaked at number 197 on the UK Singles Chart.

The artwork for the single is a QR code, which, when scanned, gives a link to the Pet Shop Boys' website.

Composition

The single criticises the Identity Cards Act 2006. A statement from the band cited the issue as the reason that Neil Tennant ceased his well-publicized support of Tony Blair's Labour party. ^[3] Some wording, such as 'sterile, immaculate', is drawn from Yevgeny Zamyatin's dystopian novel We , although Tennant hadn't read it when he wrote the lyrics. ^[4] In the book, the inhabitants of the future One State try to build The Integral, a glass spaceship, in order to solve the cosmic equation and resolve all the problems in their One State.

Track listing

• Digital single ^[5]

1. "Integral" (PSB Perfect Immaculate mix) – 7:16
2. "Integral" (Dave Spoon mix) – 7:10

Charts

Chart performance for "Integral"

Chart (2007)	Peak position
Romania (Romanian Top 100) [6]	81
UK Singles (OCC) [7]	197

External links

Lyrics: Integral

References

1. Abebe, Nitsuh (30 May 2006). "Pet Shop Boys: Fundamental". Pitchfork . Retrieved 30 January 2017.
2. "Integral – Pet Shop Boys – Product". PetShopBoys.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
3. "Pet Shop Boys protest at ID cards". BBC News. 1 March 2006.
4. Heath, Chris (2017). Fundamental: Further Listening 2005-2007 (booklet). Pet Shop Boys. Parlophone Records. p. 21. 0190295921170.
5. "Integral – EP by Pet Shop Boys". Apple Music . United Kingdom. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
6. "Romanian Top 100 – Issue nr: 47/2007 (03 Decembrie – 09 Decembrie 2007)" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
7. "Chart Log UK (1994–2010): Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 10 August 2012.