West End Girls / A Man Could Get Arrested
by Pet Shop Boys
- Type: Single
- Released: 28 October 1985
- Label: Parlophone
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 8:45
- Community rating: 4.24/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Steven Spiro, Stephen Hague, Margo Buchanan
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Originally produced as a darker club track by Bobby Orlando in 1984, the duo famously re-recorded 'West End Girls' with producer Stephen Hague to achieve its lush, atmospheric synthpop sheen. Neil Tennant's deadpan, spoken-word vocal delivery drew dual inspiration from the cadence of early hip-hop and the bleak, urban poetry of T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'. It became a massive, era-defining transatlantic number-one hit.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, atmospheric, crime, melodic, synth
Tracklist
- West End Girls (3:55)
- A Man Could Get Arrested (4:50)
Credits
- Pet Shop Boys - primary artist
- Nick Webb - lacquer cut by
- Tennant / Lowe - written-by
- Helena Springs - vocals [additional]
- Margo Buchanan - backing vocals