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Gabby wrote: Thu 31 Jul 2025, 4:45 pm "I didn't get where I am today" should have been on Release AND been either 1st or 2nd single.

I find as the years progressed PSB have had a number of musical mis-steps when it came to album and singles decisions. I'd love to know how much was their choice vs management vs record company execs.

Pinhead44 wrote: Fri 01 Aug 2025, 5:37 pm Full breakdown of all the 81 songs that have been submitted from the 42 forum members who have provided their top 10 list, is shown below.

They are just counted votes anywhere where people had them in their top 10 (as some were chronological and others not).

Where a track has the same number of votes, they have been put in alphabetical order first (good news for A Cloud in a Box, not such good news for You Know Where You Went Wrong !).


1. Miserablism - 21
2. Decide - 19
3. Paninaro - 19
4. After the Event - 18
5. In the Night - 16
6. Do I Have Too - 15
7. Shameless - 14
8. The Resurrectionist - 14
9. I get excited, you get excited too - 13
10. Bet she's not your girlfriend - 12
11. Always - 11
12. Between Two Islands - 10
13. Fugitive - 10
14. Your funny uncle - 10
15. Hit and Miss - 9
16. I didn't get where I am today - 9
17. In His Imagination - 9
18. We All Feel Better In The Dark - 9
19. A New Life - 8
20. It Must Be Obvious - 8
21. Sexy northerner - 8
22. Too many people - 8
23. Bright young things - 7
24. Through you (extended mix) - 7
25. Was that what it was? - 7
26. An Open Mind - 6
27. Beauty has laid siege to the city - 5
28. Delusions of grandeur - 5
29. Wiedersehen - 5
30. A man could get arrested - 4
31. Betrayed - 4
32. Hey, headmaster - 4
33. I've got plans involving you - 4
34. Listening - 4
35. One night - 4
36. Sense of Time - 4
37. Some speculation - 4
38. That's my impression - 4
39. The Truck-driver And His Mate - 4
40. We're the Pet Shop Boys - 4
41. A certain Je ne sais quoi - 3
42. Casting a shadow - 3
43. Clean air hybrid electric bus -3
44. Decadence -3
45. Disco Potential - 3
46. Everybody Will Dance - 2
47. How I learned to hate Rock-and-Roll - 2
48. I want a dog - 2
49. It's not a crime - 2
50. Odd man out - 2
51. One-hit wonder - 2
52. The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on - 2
53. The calm before the storm - 2
54. The view from your balcony - 2
55. Violence (Hacienda) - 2
56. A cloud in a box - 1
57. Baby - 1
58. Confidential - 1
59. Dead can dance - 1
60. Don Juan - 1
61. Euroboy - 1
62. Friendly Fire - 1
63. Gin and Jag - 1
64. Glad all over - 1
65. How I learned to hate rock and roll - 1
66. Jack the lad - 1
67. Losing My Mind - 1
68. Music For Boys - 1
69. My Girl - 1
70. No Time for Tears - 1
71. Sail away - 1
72. Screaming - 1
73. Skeletons in the closet - 1
74. The forgotten Child - 1
75. The former enfant terrible - 1
76. The ghost of myself - 1
77. The sound of the atom splitting - 1
78. The Way Through the Woods - 1
79. The white dress - 1
80. Too many ballads - 1
81. You Know Where You Went Wrong - 1

Pinhead44 wrote: Fri 01 Aug 2025, 5:37 pm Full breakdown of all the 81 songs that have been submitted from the 42 forum members who have provided their top 10 list, is shown below.

They are just counted votes anywhere where people had them in their top 10 (as some were chronological and others not).

Where a track has the same number of votes, they have been put in alphabetical order first (good news for A Cloud in a Box, not such good news for You Know Where You Went Wrong !).


1. Miserablism - 21
2. Decide - 19
3. Paninaro - 19
4. After the Event - 18
5. In the Night - 16
6. Do I Have Too - 15
7. Shameless - 14
8. The Resurrectionist - 14
9. I get excited, you get excited too - 13
10. Bet she's not your girlfriend - 12
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Gabby wrote: Fri 01 Aug 2025, 6:34 pm

Pinhead44 wrote: Fri 01 Aug 2025, 5:37 pm Full breakdown of all the 81 songs that have been submitted from the 42 forum members who have provided their top 10 list, is shown below.

They are just counted votes anywhere where people had them in their top 10 (as some were chronological and others not).

Where a track has the same number of votes, they have been put in alphabetical order first (good news for A Cloud in a Box, not such good news for You Know Where You Went Wrong !).


1. Miserablism - 21
2. Decide - 19
3. Paninaro - 19
4. After the Event - 18
5. In the Night - 16
6. Do I Have Too - 15
7. Shameless - 14
8. The Resurrectionist - 14
9. I get excited, you get excited too - 13
10. Bet she's not your girlfriend - 12
11. Always - 11
12. Between Two Islands - 10
13. Fugitive - 10
14. Your funny uncle - 10
15. Hit and Miss - 9
16. I didn't get where I am today - 9
17. In His Imagination - 9
18. We All Feel Better In The Dark - 9
19. A New Life - 8
20. It Must Be Obvious - 8
21. Sexy northerner - 8
22. Too many people - 8
23. Bright young things - 7
24. Through you (extended mix) - 7
25. Was that what it was? - 7
26. An Open Mind - 6
27. Beauty has laid siege to the city - 5
28. Delusions of grandeur - 5
29. Wiedersehen - 5
30. A man could get arrested - 4
31. Betrayed - 4
32. Hey, headmaster - 4
33. I've got plans involving you - 4
34. Listening - 4
35. One night - 4
36. Sense of Time - 4
37. Some speculation - 4
38. That's my impression - 4
39. The Truck-driver And His Mate - 4
40. We're the Pet Shop Boys - 4
41. A certain Je ne sais quoi - 3
42. Casting a shadow - 3
43. Clean air hybrid electric bus -3
44. Decadence -3
45. Disco Potential - 3
46. Everybody Will Dance - 2
47. How I learned to hate Rock-and-Roll - 2
48. I want a dog - 2
49. It's not a crime - 2
50. Odd man out - 2
51. One-hit wonder - 2
52. The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on - 2
53. The calm before the storm - 2
54. The view from your balcony - 2
55. Violence (Hacienda) - 2
56. A cloud in a box - 1
57. Baby - 1
58. Confidential - 1
59. Dead can dance - 1
60. Don Juan - 1
61. Euroboy - 1
62. Friendly Fire - 1
63. Gin and Jag - 1
64. Glad all over - 1
65. How I learned to hate rock and roll - 1
66. Jack the lad - 1
67. Losing My Mind - 1
68. Music For Boys - 1
69. My Girl - 1
70. No Time for Tears - 1
71. Sail away - 1
72. Screaming - 1
73. Skeletons in the closet - 1
74. The forgotten Child - 1
75. The former enfant terrible - 1
76. The ghost of myself - 1
77. The sound of the atom splitting - 1
78. The Way Through the Woods - 1
79. The white dress - 1
80. Too many ballads - 1
81. You Know Where You Went Wrong - 1

You can add a vote for TSOTAS

I know it's not a huge favourite among many, but I think it's just bonkers and brilliant, and deserves the accolade as being one of their best b-sides.

Let's face it, their "cast off" b-sides are all pretty amazing. What an incredible list.

Ramzy wrote: Tue 12 Aug 2025, 10:17 pm If I'm not too late...

Hey, headmaster
Miserablism
Shameless
Violence (Hacienda mix)
Was that what it was?
Do I have to?
Don Juan
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Too many people
Paninaro

This is in no real order other than the top two - I'm assuming Miserablism and Paninaro are allowed despite being strictly speaking "other" tracks that were only subsequently repurposed into B-sides.

As a sidenote, New Boy nearly made the list, but I'm amazed at the level of love for Decide. It's...fine? It sounds like a Nightlife B-side to me, all of which I think I would rank ahead of it. I don't think there's that much of a song behind the production and arrangement. But there'd be no fun in an exercise like this if we all agreed, and clearly I'm in the minority here - maybe I should go play it.