1987
I Want To Wake Up
Album track on Actually; reflective synth ballad
1987
It Couldn't Happen Here
Album track on Actually; Ennio Morricone-influenced; later title of their film
1987
Its a Sin
First single from Actually; UK #1; dramatic confessional about Catholic guilt; later became COVID fundraising anthem
1987
1987
Rent
Third single from Actually; UK #8; sophisticated ballad about kept love; one of Neil Tennant's finest vocals
1987
1987
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
by Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
UK #2 US #2; legendary collaboration with Dusty Springfield; one of pop's great duets; second single from Actually
1987
You Know Where You Went Wrong
B-side of Its a Sin; also on Actually: Further Listening
1988
Domino Dancing
First single from Introspective; UK #7; Latin-influenced; most rhythmically adventurous single to that point
1988
Don Juan
B-side of Domino Dancing; also on Introspective: Further Listening
1988
I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
B-side of Heart; also on Introspective: Further Listening
1988
I Want a Dog
Original version was B-side of Rent; fan favourite; wry humour about wanting a pet
1988
Im Not Scared
Originally recorded by Eighth Wonder; PSB produced and wrote; ethereal and dramatic
1988
1988
Its Alright
Third single from Introspective; UK #5; Sterling Void cover; euphoric house anthem; performed at Brits with Dusty Springfield
1988
Left to My Own Devices
Second single from Introspective; UK #4; eight-minute epic with orchestral opening; one of their most ambitious productions
1988
One of the Crowd
B-side of Its Alright; also on Introspective: Further Listening
1988
The Sound of the Atom Splitting
B-side of Left to My Own Devices; co-written with Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson
1988
What Keeps Mankind Alive?
Brecht/Weill cover from The Threepenny Opera; recorded for BBC Radio One
1988
Your Funny Uncle
B-side of Its Alright; also on Introspective: Further Listening
1989
In Private (Dusty Springfield version)
by Dusty Springfield & Pet Shop Boys
PSB written and produced track for Dusty; UK #14; understated masterpiece of a ballad
1989
Nothing Has Been Proved (Dusty Springfield version)
by Dusty Springfield & Pet Shop Boys
PSB written and produced; UK #16; film soundtrack recording by Dusty Springfield
1990
Being Boring
Second single from Behaviour; UK #20; elegiac tribute to a friend lost to AIDS; now considered a pop masterpiece
1990
Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
B-side of Where the Streets Have No Name; also on Behaviour: Further Listening