"Single-Bilingual" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 11 November 1996 as the third single from their sixth studio album, Bilingual (1996). The track peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Single-Bilingual" | ||||
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Single by Pet Shop Boys | ||||
from the album Bilingual | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 11 November 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1995 | |||
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Length | 3:30 3:48 (8:24 with "Discoteca" album version) | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Pet Shop Boys | |||
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Single-Bilingual" on YouTube | ||||
The song is named "Single" on the album version, but was retitled "Single-Bilingual" because Everything but the Girl also had a song named "Single" which had been released the previous May. The album version cross-fades with the previous track, "Discoteca", and the accompanying music video contains an interpolation of the aforementioned song at the end.
A reviewer from Music Week rated the song three out of five, adding, "The album has fallen from the Top 75, but this class single — devastatingly detailing the life of an upwardly-mobile Euro-executive — should return it to the forefront."[1]
The accompanying music video features Neil Tennant as a glib businessman travelling across Europe and trying to pick up a woman in a bar. Towards the end, the visuals feature military aircraft suggesting that he is in fact an arms trader.
Chart (1996–1997) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[2] | 13 |
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[3] | 22 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[4] | 84 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] | 17 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] | 77 |
Israel (IBA)[7] | 2 |
Scotland (OCC)[8] | 19 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] | 39 |
UK Singles (OCC)[10] | 14 |
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