What's New? – Recent Updates & Additions
September 19, 2026
Personal Observations
You may be very interested (I certainly am!) in the new music video by singer Miley (the mononym by which Miley Cyrus now prefers to be known) for her song "Let's Get Married." It's very obviously strongly influenced by—and probably an outright intentional homage to—the Pet Shop Boys' classic video for "Being Boring." The parallels between the two are striking and numerous: black-and-white footage, bubble baths, male nudes, shaving, partying, a bicycle, etc. I even initially suspected it may have been directed by Bruce Weber (despite his now advanced age), but it turns out the director is fellow fashion photographer Mert Alaş. Thanks so much to site visitor Handerson Oliveira, who told me about this new video.
September 18, 2026
Breaking News!
The Pet Shop Boys have debuted a brand new song online titled "A Top Secret Washing Machine." It's obviously a renamed version of a song they had originally composed in late 2022, "Putin's Underpants," which they had previously talked about in the German magazine Musikexpress. I've now shared my early observations on a new page devoted to this song (accessible via its link above). But please note that these are indeed just my initial comments; chances are good I'll be expanding on them later on.
Incidentally, thanks to Dave F. for making a suggestion about this song's line "Knowing he got to the root of the problem" that nudged me into making an annotation about it that I had already been contemplating. Sometimes all it takes is a little push.
Mixes/Versions
Thanks to Soti Dimadis for telling me about a new "Pet Shop Boys Instrumental Mix" of the Hidden Cameras' "Colour of a Man" that has just surfaced online, such as on YouTube. I've therefore added it to my list of mixes/versions for that track.
September 17, 2026
Films That Have Featured PSB Songs
PSB Songs That Have Been Used in Films and "Non-musical" TV ShowsThe Pet Shop Boys' "Paninaro" twice serves as ironic commentary in relevant scenes of the 2026 film Rosebush Pruning, a fact that I've now noted in my two relevent lists: films that have featured PSB songs and its "flipside," PSB songs that have been used in films and non-musical TV shows. I'm indebted to a recent thread started by "psbnyc" on the Pet Shop Boys Community Forum for bringing this fact to my attention. As it so happens, "psbnyc" is Jens Birk, who already holds a spot on my Thank You page. Thanks so much, Jens!
Updates/Corrections
Thanks to eagle-eyed Raymond Merkh for catching a typo, now corrected, right here on this page.
September 15, 2026
On This Day in Pet Shop Boys History
Thanks so much to Stevie (DJ Boy) Nicholl of PSBPlease for catching and reporting a longstanding error on my "On This Day in Pet Shop Boys History" page. For goodness knows how long, I had listed there for September 15 that the Pet Shop Boys performed live at the MTV Music Awards in 1986. Stevie told me, however, that it was September 5, 1986, not September 15. Having confirmed that he was correct, I removed that item from today's page. But when I then went to put it on the September 5 page, I discovered that it was already there! In other words, for years I've listed the fact that the Boys performed at the MTV Music Awards on both September 5 and 15, 1986. This redundancy is now eliminated. Thanks again, Stevie Boy!
September 12, 2026
Updates/Corrections
Thanks to Andrew Shaw for letting me know that the full-length Pet Shop Boys remix of Louis Dunford's "Angel (North London Forever)" can now be heard on YouTube. I've updated my entry for that track accordingly. UPDATE: After initially being viewable by anyone, that YouTube video has (very curiously) been rendered "Private," meaning you now need to submit a password to watch it. I have no idea why.
September 8, 2026
Albums and Songs
Thanks to Rafael Moretti for suggesting an improvement to my "Albums and Songs" page—namely, to group together assorted songs that appeared on various EPs. I agreed that this would be an improvement, so I've gone ahead and done that. These songs still appear in the "miscellaneous" section that follows all the albums, but the EP songs are now batched together at the top of that section. Please note, however, that I do not group together such miscellaneous tracks in any other way, such as by single b-side batches and the like. Only the formally recognized EPs get this special treatment.
September 7, 2026
Song Annotations
Thanks to a new site visitor, Lizzie M, who has suggested a reasonable alternate source (Aldous Huxley's 1928 novel Point Counter Point) for the character of Lucy in the Pet Shop Boys' song "Bright Young Things," which I describe and explain in an expansion on my first bullet-point annotation to my commentary on that song. In appreciation, I've now added Lizzie to my Thank You page.
Thanks also to Andrew Shaw for pointing out that the line "Frankly, my dear, I don't need the grief" in "No Excuse" may be a conscious takeoff on the famous climactic line in the classic film Gone with the Wind, "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." I've added this speculation as a new annotation to that song.
And thanks to Matteo for suggesting an alternate interpretation for the title phrase of the song "Blue on Blue," which I've described in a new third bullet-point annotation to that track. (Matteo notes that he's not alone in this interpretation—that fan "petshopgrrl" on the Pet Shop Boys Community Forum has made this observation as well.)
Mixes/Versions
Thanks to Nick Birch for pointing me to some additional information about the authorized but officially unreleased Andy Gray remixes of "Go West," which the Boys themselves talk about in Issue 22 of their old fan publication Literally (April 2000). I've made the appropriate updates to my page devoted to that song.
September 6, 2026
Updates/Corrections
Thanks to Alison C. for catching a typo, now corrected, on my page for A Man from the Future.
September 4, 2026
Breaking News!
The Pet Shop Boys' website has just announced the release on October 9 of A Man from the Future in various formats: CD, vinyl, Blu-ray audio, and digitally. Pre-orders are now being accepted.
September 3, 2026
Updates/Corrections
As it turns out, I had misunderstood what Stu was suggesting to me (see September 2, just below), and Stu had apparently misinterpreted the chronological relationship between "New York City Boy" and Modern Talking's "Last Exit to Brooklyn" as I had already described it here on my website. So with those mutual misunderstandings cleared up, I've made one final small adjustment to what I write about these two tracks in my final annotation to the PSB song, indicating that the possible "cross-pollination" I write about there is just that—possible, but by no means definite. In other words, the "cross-pollination" may be entirely coincidental, although there's little if any doubt that the Boys had indeed influenced Modern Talking in the first place.
Meanwhile, thanks to Jeff Schapira for catching and reporting a longstanding typo, now corrected, on my home page. I always find it remarkable how typos can go unnoticed for years and then suddenly "get caught."
September 2, 2026
Song Annotations
Thanks to Stu S. for pointing out a bit of apparent musical cross-pollination, so to speak, in the Pet Shop Boys' recent live renditions of "New York City Boy." As I've long observed in one of my annotations to that song, the 2001 track "Last Exit to Brooklyn" by Modern Talking seems to borrow somewhat from that PSB classic. And, as Stu has noticed, the PSB Dreamworld performances of "New York City Boy" seem to borrow a bit from the Modern Talking track, specifically in their extended "Party up!" chanting sequences. So I've expanded my pre-existing annotation on this subject to mention this apparent fact.
August 28, 2026
Breaking News!
The Pet Shop Boys' website has announced this morning that their new recording of the revised A Man from the Future will be broadcast twice on Sunday, October 4, first on BBC Radio 6 and later on BBC Radio 3. No official word yet on its physical release (at least on CD but probably on other formats as well), but that seems very likely in the near future, ideally in time for the holidays.
On much the same subject, the Pet Shop Boys' appearance on BBC television this morning to talk about this is now available on YouTube.
August 26, 2026
Updates/Corrections
Thanks to Javier Richarte for pointing out a chronology discrepancy that demonstrates how a poor televised performance of "Tonight Is Forever" could not have been what prevented that song from becoming the follow-up single to "West End Girls," something I had already discounted in my list of "singles that weren't" but which I had nevertheless (based on a statement by Neil himself to a journalist) suggested in my first annotation to the former song. I've made the appropriate modification to eliminate this discrepancy.
PSB Songs That Have Been Used in TV Commercials
After some further digging—not to mention a good, strong nudge from Andrew Shaw (thanks!)—I've decided (for reasons that I explain there) to move "Losing My Mind" from the main body of my list of Pet Shop Boys songs used in TV commercials to its concluding "borderline" category. I hope this adjustments settles this matter—unless, of course, some new information emerges to indicate that a remix of the PSB rendition really is being used in that trailer.
August 25, 2026
Breaking News!
Word is quickly spreading online that A Man from the Future will finally be officially released (reportedly on both CD and Blu-ray) on October 9. But I haven't seen or heard anything about it from the Pet Shop Boys' official website or any record company sources. Until I do, I'm taking this news with the proverbial grain of salt. That being said, however, I certainly hope it's true! I've been advocating for this release for a long time. Thanks so much to Michael Fick for first alerting me to this as yet unconfirmed news.
August 24, 2026
PSB Songs That Have Been Used in TV Commercials
Thanks to Drew from Toronto for letting me know that a somewhat stripped-down mix of the chorus of "It's a Sin" is featured in a new commercial for the Italian fashion/cosmetics company Valentino Beauty's fragrance Vendetta. I've therefore noted this fact in the entry for that song at #11 in my list of Pet Shop Boys songs used in TV commercials. And if you would like to see and hear this commercial for yourself, it's available on YouTube.
August 22, 2026
PSB Songs That Have Been Used in TV Commercials
Thanks to Andrew Shaw for bringing to my attention the fact that the version of "Losing My Mind" used in the new trailer for the new Marvel/Disney+ television series VisionQuest is credited not to the Pet Shop Boys but rather to Art d'Ecco. Yet it sure sounds like Neil's vocal. Is this a case of Neil's vocal being sampled in the Art d'Ecco recording, or of the vocalists simply sounding a lot alike? Is this a case Art d'Ecco taking "artist credit" for such a radical remix? I'm going to try to learn more about this matter. In the meantime, I'm going to leave it for the time being in my list of PSB songs that have been used in TV commercials, but with the caveat that I may soon be deleting it depending on what I can learn. If any of you, my site visitors, know anything more about this, please share your knowledge and/or insights. Again, if you would like to see this trailer for yourself, it's available on YouTube.
August 20, 2026
Updates/Corrections
Thanks so much to a new site visitor and, in fact, a brand new Pet Shop Boys fan, Alan Kane, for catching and reporting a very long-standing typo, now corrected, on my "Being Boring" page. I've now added Alan's name to my Thank You page.
August 18, 2026
PSB Songs That Have Been Used in Films and "Non-musical" TV Shows
Thanks to Richard Firth for letting me know that "Monkey Business" could be heard briefly on this evening's edition of BBC1's The Great British Sewing Bee. I've noted this in the entry for that song at #94 in my list of Pet Shop boys tracks used in films and non-musical TV shows.
Specific Songs by Well-known Artists That Are Avowedly Influenced by the Pet Shop Boys
Thanks to Andrew Shaw for telling me about an online clip in which Tim Rice-Oxley of Keane, speaking with bandmate Richard Hughes, talks about influences on their 2006 song "The Frog Prince," among them PSB's "Jealousy." I've therefore added this fact to my list of specific songs by well-known artists that are avowedly influenced by the Pet Shop Boys.
August 16, 2026
A New List - Celebrities Citing PSB Songs Among Their Tracks of My Years Choices
Thanks so much to Zazou2 (Laura C.A. Moloney-Kenny) for informing me that Brandon Flowers, during his appearance as the guest on today's edition of BBC Radio's Tracks of My Years, chose "Domino Dancing" as a song with particular meaning or significance to him. This has inspired me to create and post a brand new list of celebrities citing Pet Shop Boys songs among their Tracks of My Years choices, which therefore becomes something of a "companion" to my already existing list of celebrities who have chosen PSB songs for their Desert island Discs. I hope you like it!
August 15, 2026
PSB Songs That Have Been Used in TV Commercials
Thanks to Soti Dimadis for letting me know that a greatly modified/remixed version of the Pet Shop Boys' recording of Stephen Sondheim's "Losing My Mind" classic can be heard in the trailer for the new Marvel/Disney+ television series VisionQuest. Hence I've added it at #16 to my list of PSB songs that have been used in TV commercials. And if you would like to see this trailer for yourself, it's available on YouTube. Please note that because it is so greatly modified, it's actually somewhat easy to overlook, although it becomes more obvious toward the end.
August 11, 2026
How PSB Singles Differ (If at All) from the Album Versions
Mixes/VersionsThanks to Jeff Durst (who is extremely knowledgeable about PSB remixes) for further clarifying the confusion surrounding "Love Life" (discussed just below on August 10). To summarize, there apparently really are just two "official" versions, with the difference between the "Demo Version" and the limited-edition single being simply a matter of the latter having a slightly quicker fadeout, which I don't think is truly enough to qualify them as "different" versions. I've therefore once again revised my "Mixes/Versions" list for that song and made a few more adjustments to what I say about it in my list of how PSB singles differ (if at all) from the album versions. And I sincerely hope I've now got it right!
August 10, 2026
Updates/Corrections
Thanks to Jeff Schapira for alerting me to another long-standing typo, this one on my "In Memoriam" page. It, too, is now corrected.
How PSB Singles Differ (If at All) from the Album Versions
Mixes/VersionsThanks to Matteo for raising a concern that ended up bringing to my attention the likelihood that there are at least three different "official" Pet Shop Boys versions of their song "Love Life" as opposed to just two as I've long thought. I'll confess that I still have some uncertainty about this, but at this juncture I believe three are more likely than two. I've therefore made some adjustments to my list of mixes/versions for that song as well as to its entry in my list of how PSB singles differ (if at all) from the album versions. (But please note the further clarification offered above on August 11.)
August 9, 2026
Updates/Corrections
Thanks to Javier Richarte for catching and reporting a long-standing typo, now corrected, on my page for the song "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)."
Personal Observations
It's hard to believe, but it's now been exactly six months since my beloved husband George passed away. I want to take this opportunity (no pun intended in view of just above) to thank everyone who has taken time over the past six months to express their condolences and words of support. I deeply appreciate it. This has been the roughest, most difficult half-year of my life, but thanks to the tremendous support of family and friends, I'm pulling through. Grief never completely goes away, but the most agonizing pain of it does diminish over time.
August 8, 2026
PSB Songs That Have Been Used in Films and "Non-musical" TV Shows
Thanks to Des for informing me that "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" can be heard in Series 1, Episode 4 of the popular 1990s BBC television drama This Life. I've made note of this fact in a new item I've inserted into the entry for that song at #30 in my list of Pet Shop Boys songs that can be heard in films and non-musical TV shows.
August 3, 2026
Mixes/Versions
Thanks to Javier Richarte for letting me know about yet another apparently authorized version of "West End Girls," this one stemming from the 2012 London Olympic Games. I already had one officially released "London Olympics version" listed, but this one is different; for one thing, it's more than 10 seconds longer. Hence, I've noted it in my "mixes/versions" for that song.
July 31, 2026
Updates/Corrections
Although I surely would've caught it myself in short order, I'm grateful to Andrew Shaw for alerting me to a serious typo on my "On This Day in PSB History" page—one that has unfortunately been replicated on the Boys' own "History" page on their official website. I've already made my own correction, and I'll see what I can do about trying to get it repaired on their site as well. Thanks, Andrew!
July 30, 2026
PSB Songs That Have Been Used in Films and "Non-musical" TV Shows
Thanks to Tobias Gadau for letting me know that "Home and Dry" can be heard during a 2003 episode of the popular German crime drama Tatort. I've noted this fact in the entry for that song at #73 in my list of Pet Shop Boys songs used in films and non-musical TV shows. Tobias also reported a typo, now corrected, in a different entry in that same list.
July 27, 2026
Updates/Corrections
Thanks so much to Javier Richarte for catching and reporting a date typo (the year 2025 erroneously entered as 2026 in the final annotation), now corrected, on my page devoted to "West End Girls."
July 24, 2026
PSB Songs Performed by Other Artists
Thanks to Soti Dimadis for telling me about a rather idiosyncratic new remake of "West End Girls" by Voix in the Dark feat. markiemodel. Stylistically, I would describe it as "dark minimalist electronic metal." I've now cited it in my list of Pet Shop Boys songs performed by other artists. And if you would like to hear it for yourself, it's available on YouTube.
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