List of songs recorded by Pet Shop Boys

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This is a comprehensive list of the Pet Shop Boys' songs that have been officially released. The list includes songs that have been performed by the band. The list consists of mostly studio and BBC recordings; remixes and live recordings are not listed, unless the song has only been released in one of the two formats. Tracks are listed as having been released on their respective albums, unless the single has no associated album. Where a song has appeared on multiple albums, the first appearance is listed.

TitleYear recordedAlbumAuthor(s)Notes
"A Different Point of View"1993 Very Tennant, Lowe
"After the Event"2009Tennant, LoweB-side of Did You See Me Coming?
"All Over the World"2009 Yes Tennant, Lowe
"Always"2002 Release Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "Home and Dry".
"Always on My Mind"1987 Introspective Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James
"A Man Could Get Arrested"1986AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side of "West End Girls". Also appears on Please: Further Listening reissue.
"A New Life"1987AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side to What Have I Done to Deserve This?
"Angelic Thug"2021My Beautiful LaunderetteTennant, LoweRecorded for stage play My Beautiful Launderette
"A Red Letter Day"1996 Bilingual Tennant, LoweFourth single from the album.
"Beautiful Launderette"2021My Beautiful LaunderetteTennant, LoweRecorded for stage play My Beautiful Launderette
"Beautiful People"2009YesTennant, LoweReleased as a single
"Before"1996BilingualTennant, LoweFirst single from the album.
"Being Boring"1990 Behaviour Tennant, LoweReleased as second single from album Behaviour.
"Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend"1990 Behaviour Further Listening Tennant, LoweAlso on bonus disc of Japanese version of the album.
"Between Two Islands"2002Tennant, Lowe, Leon Ware, Arthur "T-Boy" Ross Bonus track on CD1 single of "I Get Along".
"Birthday Boy"2002ReleaseTennant, Lowe
"Boy Strange"1999 Nightlife Tennant, Lowe
"The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On"1996BilingualTennant, LoweBonus track on "A Red Letter Day" CD single. Subsequently, released on Bilingual special edition.
"Break 4 Love"2002ReleaseErique Dial, Robert Gordon, J Grant, Vaughan MasonBonus track on CD2 single of "Home and Dry". Cover of song by Raze.
"Building a Wall"2009YesTennant, Lowe
"Burning the Heather"2020 Hotspot Tennant, Lowe
"The Calm Before the Storm"1996BilingualTennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "Single-Bilingual".
"Can You Forgive Her?"1993VeryTennant, LoweReleased as first single from Very.
"Casanova in Hell"2006 Fundamental Tennant,Lowe
"Casting a Shadow"1999Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD2 single of "New York City Boy".
"Closer to Heaven"1999NightlifeTennant, Lowe
"Confidential"1996BilingualTennant, LoweBonus track on CD2 single of "Single-Bilingual". Written as demo for Tina Turner.
"Cricket Wife"2021Tennant, LoweFan club single which came with book "Annually 2021".
"Delusions of Grandeur"1997BilingualTennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "A Red Letter Day".
"Did You See Me Coming?"2009YesTennant, LoweReleased as second single from Yes.
"Disco Potential"1997Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD2 of "Somewhere".
"Discoteca"1996BilingualTennant, Lowe
"DJ Culture"1990 Discography: The Complete Singles Collection Tennant, LoweAlso on bonus disc of Japanese version of the album and Behaviour: Further Listening.
"Do I Have To?"1987AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side to Always on My Mind.
"Domino Dancing"1988IntrospectiveTennant, LoweSecond single from the album.
"Don Juan"1988AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side of "Domino Dancing".
"Dreaming of the Queen"1993VeryTennant, Lowe
"Dreamland"2019HotspotTennant, Lowe, Alexander First single from Hotspot. Features Years and Years.
"E-Mail"2002ReleaseTennant, Lowe
"The End of the World"1990BehaviourTennant, Lowe
"Footsteps"1999NightlifeTennant, Lowe
"Forever in Love"1993 Very Relentless Tennant, LoweAppears on bonus disc Relentless.
"The Former Enfant Terrible"2009Tennant, LoweB-side of Did You See Me Coming?
"For Your Own Good"1999NightlifeTennant, Lowe
"Friendly Fire"2002Tennant, LoweBonus track on DVD single of "I Get Along".
"Generic Jingle"1990Behaviour Further ListeningTennant, Lowe
"The Ghost of Myself"1999Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "New York City Boy".
"God Willing"2006FundamentalTennant, Lowe
"Go West"1993Very Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Victor Willis Second single from Very. Cover of The Village People 1979 single.
"Happiness Is an Option"1999NightlifeTennant, Lowe, George Clinton
"Happy People"2020HotspotTennant, Lowe
"Heart"1987ActuallyTennant, LoweFourth single from Actually.
"Here"2002ReleaseTennant, Lowe
"Hit and Miss"1996BilingualTennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "Before".
"Hit Music"1987ActuallyTennant, Lowe
"Home and Dry"2002ReleaseTennant, LoweFirst single from the album.
"Hoping for a Miracle"2020HotspotTennant, Lowe
"How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"1990BehaviourTennant, LoweReleased as third single from album Behaviour.
"I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More"1999NightlifeTennant, LoweFirst single from the album.
"I Don't Wanna"2020HotspotTennant, Lowe
"I Get Along"2002ReleaseTennant, LoweSecond single from the album.
"I Made My Excuses and Left"2006FundamentalTennant
"I'm in Love with a German Film Star"2008 The Passions Single by Sam Taylor-Wood, produced by the Pet Shop Boys. Cover of song by The Passions.
"I'm Not Scared"1988IntrospectiveTennant, LoweOriginally recorded by Eighth Wonder.
"I'm With Stupid"2006FundamentalTennant, LoweFirst single from Fundamental.
"In Denial"1999NightlifeTennant, LoweDuet with Kylie Minogue.
"In My House"1988IntrospectiveTennant, LowePart of medley with "Always on My Mind".
"Indefinite Leave to Remain"2006FundamentalTennant
"Integral"2006FundamentalTennant, Lowe
"In the Night"1986 Disco Tennant, LoweOriginally released as B-side to "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)". Subsequently, an instrumental version was used as the theme to BBC fashion programme The Clothes Show from 1987. Also appears on Please: Further Listening reissue.
"I Want a Lover"1986 Please Tennant, Lowe
"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"1993VeryTennant, LoweReleased as third single from Very.
"It Always Comes as a Surprise"1996BilingualTennant, Lowe
"It Couldn't Happen Here"1987ActuallyTennant, Lowe, Ennio Morricone
"It's Alright"1988IntrospectiveSterling Void
"It's a Sin"1987 Actually Tennant, LoweReleased as first single from Actually.
"I Want a Dog"1988IntrospectiveTennant, LoweOriginally recorded by Eighth Wonder.
"I Want To Wake Up"1987ActuallyTennant, Lowe
"Jack the Lad"1986AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side of "Suburbia". Appears on Please: Further Listening .
"Jealousy"1990BehaviourTennant, LoweReleased as fourth single from album Behaviour.
"Je t'aime... moi non plus"1998 Serge Gainsbourg Bonus track on CD2 single of "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More". Originally released on compilation album Ambassadors – We Love You, features Sam Taylor-Wood on vocals.
"Johnny’s Dark Side"2021My Beautiful LaunderetteTennant, LoweRecorded for stage play My Beautiful Launderette
"Johnny’s Theme"2021My Beautiful LaunderetteTennant, LoweRecorded for stage play My Beautiful Launderette
"KDX 125"1993 Very Relentless Tennant, LoweAppears on bonus disc Relentless.
"King of Rome"2009YesTennant, Lowe
"King's Cross"1987ActuallyTennant, Lowe
"Later Tonight"1986PleaseTennant, Lowe
"Leaving"2012ElysiumTennant, Lowe
"Left to My Own Devices"1988IntrospectiveTennant, LoweThird single from the album.
"Legacy"2009YesTennant, Lowe
"Liberation"1993VeryTennant, LoweReleased as fourth single from Very.
"Lies"1999NightlifeTennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk".
"London"2002ReleaseTennant, LoweThird single from the album.
"Love Etc."2009YesTennant, Lowe, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Tim Powell, Owen ParkerReleased as first single from Yes.
"Love Is a Catastrophe"2002ReleaseTennant, Lowe
"Love Comes Quickly"1986PleaseTennant, Lowe, Stephen Hague Released as single
"Luna Park"2006FundamentalTennant, Lowe
"The Man Who Has Everything"1993 Very Relentless Tennant, LoweAppears on bonus disc Relentless.
"Metamorphosis"1996BilingualTennant, Lowe
"I Made My Excuses and Left"2006FundamentalTennant
"Minimal"2006FundamentalTennant, LoweSecond single from Fundamental.
"Monkey Business"2020HotspotTennant, Lowe, Stuart Price
"More Than a Dream"2009YesTennant, Lowe, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Jason Resch, Kieron Jones
"My Head Is Spinning"1993 Very Relentless Tennant, LoweAppears on bonus disc Relentless.
"My October Symphony"1990BehaviourTennant, Lowe
"Nervously"1990BehaviourTennant, Lowe
"New York City Boy"1999NightlifeTennant, Lowe, Morales Second single from the album
"The Night I Fell in Love"2002ReleaseTennant, Lowe
"Night Sings (Popa’s Theme)"2021My Beautiful LaunderetteTennant, LoweRecorded for stage play My Beautiful Launderette
"No Boundaries"2021My Beautiful LaunderetteTennant, LoweRecorded for stage play My Beautiful Launderette
"Numb"2006Fundamental Diane Warren Third single from Fundamental.
"Omar’s Theme"2021My Beautiful LaunderetteTennant, LoweRecorded for stage play My Beautiful Launderette
"One in a Million"1993VeryTennant, Lowe
"One More Chance"1987ActuallyTennant, Lowe, Bobby Orlando
"One of the Crowd"1988AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side of "It's Alright"
"One Thing Leads to Another"1993 Very Relentless Tennant, LoweAppears on bonus disc Relentless.
"The Only One"1999NightlifeTennant, Lowe
"Only the Dark"2020HotspotTennant, Lowe
"Only the Wind"1990BehaviourTennant, Lowe
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"1986PleaseTennant, LoweReleased as a single
"Pandemonium"2009YesTennant, Lowe
"Paninaro"1986DiscoTennant, Lowe
"Positive Role Model"2002Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "London".
"Psychological"2006 Fundamental Tennant,Lowe
"Radiophonic"1999NightlifeTennant, Lowe
"Rent"1987ActuallyTennant, Lowe
"Sail Away"1999 Noël Coward Bonus track on CD2 single of "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk".
"The Samurai in Autumn"2002ReleaseTennant, Lowe
"Saturday Night Forever"1996BilingualTennant, Lowe
"Screaming"1999Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More".
"Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"1996BilingualTennant, LoweSecond single from the album.
"Searching for the Face of Jesus"2002Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "I Get Along".
"Sexy Northerner"2002ReleaseTennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "Home and Dry".
"Shameless"1993AlternativeTennant, LoweB-Side of "Go West" single, also on Very: Further Listening 1992-1994.
"Shopping"1987 Actually Tennant, Lowe
"Silver Age"1999Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of "I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More".
"Single"1996BilingualTennant, LoweThird single from the album.
"The Sodom & Gomorrah Show"2006 Fundamental Tennant
"So Hard"1990BehaviourTennant, LoweReleased as first single from album Behaviour.
"Somewhere"1997Bilingual Bernstein, Sondheim Released as single. Subsequently, released on special edition of Bilingual.
"The Sound of the Atom Splitting"1988IntrospectiveTennant, LoweB-side of "Left to My Own Devices".
"Suburbia"1986PleaseTennant, LoweRemixed for Disco
"The Survivors"1996BilingualTennant, Lowe
"That's My Impression"1986AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side of "West End Girls". Also appears on Please: Further Listening.
"The Theatre"1993VeryTennant, Lowe
"This Must Be the Place I Waited Years to Leave"1990BehaviourTennant, Lowe
"This Used to Be the Future"2009YesTennant, LoweReleased on bonus disc from Yes. Features Philip Oakey on vocals.
"To Face the Truth"1990BehaviourTennant, Lowe'
"Tonight Is Forever"1986Please Tennant, Bobby Orlando
"To Speak Is a Sin"1993VeryTennant, Lowe
"To Step Aside"1996BilingualTennant, Lowe
"The Truck Driver and His Mate"1996Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 single of Before
"Two Divided by Zero"1984PleaseTennant, Lowe
"Twentieth Century"2006FundamentalTennant, Lowe
"Up Against It"1996BilingualTennant, Lowe
"Up and Down"2009Tennant, LoweB-side to "Did You See Me Coming?"
"Vampires"1999NightlifeTennant, Lowe
"The View from Your Balcony"1997Tennant, LoweBonus track on CD1 of "Somewhere".
"Violence"1986PleaseTennant, Lowe
"Vulnerable"2009YesTennant, Lowe
"Was It Worth It?"1990Discography: The Complete Singles CollectionTennant, LoweAlso appears on Behaviour: Further Listening.
"Was That What It Was?"1986AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side of "Love Comes Quickly". Also appears on Please: Further Listening
"The Way It Used to Be"2009YesTennant, Lowe, Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Nick Coler
"We Came from Outer Space"1993 Very Relentless Tennant, LoweAppears on bonus disc Relentless.
"Wedding in Berlin"2020HotspotTennant, Lowe
"West End Girls"1984PleaseTennant, LoweOriginally released as single in 1984, remixed and reissued in 1985
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"1987ActuallyTennant, Lowe, Allee WillisFeatures Dusty Springfield on vocals.
"Why Don't We Live Together?"1986PleaseTennant, Lowe
"Will-o-the-Wisp"2020HotspotTennant, Lowe
"Yesterday, When I Was Mad"1993VeryTennant, LoweReleased as fifth single from Very.
"You Choose"2002ReleaseTennant, Lowe
"West End Girls"1984PleaseTennant, LoweOriginally released as single in 1984, remixed and reissued in 1985
"You Are The One"2020HotspotTennant, Lowe
"You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"1999NightlifeTennant, LoweThird single from the album.
"Young Offender"1993VeryTennant, Lowe
"Your Funny Uncle"1988AlternativeTennant, LoweB-side of "It's Alright".

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