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"Yesterday, When I Was Mad" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as the fifth and final single from their fifth studio album, Very (1993), on 29 August 1994. The single peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song was remixed by Jam & Spoon for its single release, among other things removing a compression effect applied to Neil Tennant's voice during the verses. The B-sides included a cover of the Noël Coward song "If Love Were All".

"Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Very
B-side	"If Love Were All" "Euroboy" "Some Speculation"
Released	29 August 1994 (1994-08-29)[1]
Length	3:55
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Producer(s)	Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Absolutely Fabulous" (1994) "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (1994) "Paninaro '95" (1995)
Alternative cover
Alternate UK single cover
Music video
"Yesterday, When I Was Mad" on YouTube

Composition

The song is about the stresses of touring and how being away from loved ones can make musicians unwilling to trust others or carry on with their career, contrasting it with the humour of ironic, pretentious or rude things people say to touring musicians. Tennant has said that many of the lines in the song, such as 'And someone said, "It's fabulous you're still around today—you've both made such a little go a very long way!"' actually happened.^{[citation needed]}

"Euroboy"

"Euroboy", a dance track written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe[2] in the Eurodance mould of such bands as Cappella and Livin' Joy, was released as one of the B-sides on "Yesterday, When I Was Mad". It later appeared on the US release of the album Disco 2, the B-side collection Alternative and the 2001 2-disc re-release of Very.

The track includes Chris Lowe in one of his rare lead-vocals performances, singing through a vocoder. The Boys claimed ^{[citation needed]} to have been unaware at the time of release that Euroboy was also the name of a softcore gay pornographic magazine.

It was occasionally performed live on the Asian leg of the band's 1994 Discovery tour.

Critical reception

Alan Jones from Music Week rated the song three out of five, calling it "a bright tongue-in-cheek romp, but its galloping disco style makes few concessions to melody."[3] Brad Beatnik from the magazine's RM Dance Update noted, "This duo seem to be getting more excited about dance mixes with each single they put out. This one, another idiosyncratic and charming pop song, has about eight mixes."[4] Another editor, James Hamilton deemed it a "hi-NRG galloper".[5]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. It was directed by Howard Greenhalgh.[6]^{[better source needed]}

Track listings

• UK CD 1: Parlophone CDRS 6386

1. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Single Version)
2. "If Love Were All"
3. "Can You Forgive Her?" (Swing Version)
4. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Jam & Spoon Mix)

• UK CD 2: Parlophone CDR 6386

1. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Coconut 1 Remix)
2. "Some Speculation"
3. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Junior Vasquez Factory Dub)
4. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (RAF Zone Dub)

• US CD: EMI E2-58319 (subtitled: The Mixes)

1. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Jam & Spoon Mix)
2. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Coconut 1 12" Mix)
3. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Raf Zone Mix)
4. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Junior Vasquez Fabulous Dub)
5. "Euroboy"
6. "Some Speculation"

• EUR CD: Parlophone 8 81633 2 (cardboard)

1. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Single Version)
2. "Euroboy"

• Australian CD: Parlophone 8816732

1. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
2. "If Love Were All"
3. "Can You Forgive Her?" (Swing Version)
4. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Jam & Spoon Mix)
5. "Absolutely Fabulous"

Charts

Chart performance for "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"

Chart (1994–1995)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[7]	13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8]	25
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[9]	39
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10]	4
Germany (Official German Charts)[11]	72
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12]	35
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13]	28
Scotland (OCC)[14]	20
UK Singles (OCC)[15]	13
UK Dance (OCC)[16]	16
UK Dance (Music Week)[17]	16
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[18]	4
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[19]	27

References

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«Yesterday When I Was Mad» (с англ. — «Вчера, когда я был сумасшедшим») — песня британской поп-группы Pet Shop Boys. В 1994 году она вышла синглом и достигла 13-го места в британском музыкальном чарте.

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