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In no specific order:

- In The Night
- Was That What It Was?
- I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
- Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
- Shameless
- Betrayed
- After The Event
- Bright Young Things
- The Resurrectionist
- We're The Pet Shop Boys

Obs: I'm not counting Paninaro as it was a single in Italy.

What about yours?

I had trouble getting it down to 12, let alone 10... so here's my 12:

Unordered:

• Miserablism
• Hey, headmaster
• Too many people
• Hit and miss
• Always
• The restrictionist
• After the event
• A certain ‘Je ne sais quoi’
• Odd man out
• The truck-driver and his mate
• One-hit wonder
• A new life

But, of course, the ultimate PSB EP:

1. What keeps mankind alive?
2. What keeps mankind alive? (disco mix)
3. What keeps mankind alive? (acapella)
4. What keeps mankind alive? (PSB extended)
5. What keeps mankind alive? (Trouser enthusiasts)

In the Night
Paninaro
Do I Have To?
I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
Your Funny Uncle
Shameless
Hit and Miss
Always
The Resurrectionist
After the Event

Greetings,

Now here's a fun topic! I'm going to use Alternative and Format as my benchmark for what is and what is not a b-side.

1. In The Night
2. I Didn't Get Where I Am Today
3. Listening
4. Paninaro
5. Do I Have To?
6. I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
7. Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend
8. Your Funny Uncle
9. It Must Be Obvious
10. A New Life

Retro.

Hmm let's see....in no particular order

Bet she's not your girlfriend
Miserablism
Hit and miss
Always
Between two islands
After the event
A certain 'je ne sais quoi'
Decide
Sense of time
Beauty has laid siege to the city
Honourable mention: Fugitive

That was difficult!

chronological order

In the Night
That's My Impression
A New Life
Do I Have To
Don Juan
Your Funny Uncle
The Truck-driver And His Mate
Betrayed
Between Two Islands
Bright Young Things

Very difficult.
I did not consider demos, such as Listening, So sorry I said...
I did not consider WEAK b-sides, such as Vulnerable, Fugitive, Paninaro, The Way It Used To Be, Young Offender, This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave...

In the night
Paninaro
It must be obvious
Miserablism
Shameless
Decadence
Between two islands
Delusions Of Grandeur
Decide
Through you

After the event
Always
Beauty has laid siege to the city
Decide
Delusions of Grandeur
Fugitive
Listening
One night
Paninaro
We all feel better in the dark

In no particular order.....

After The Event
In His Imagination
Miserablism
Shameless
The Ressurectionist
Was That What It Was
I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
Do I Have Too
Decide
Hit And Miss

One-hit wonder
The white dress
Wiedersehen
Sense of time
Screaming
Confidential
Euroboy
Too many people
Miserablism
Skeletons in the closet.

Between two islands
It must be obvious
Miserablism
Hit and miss
Paninaro
Always
Shameless
Hey headmaster
Do I have to
Baby

Do I Have To?
Your Funny Uncle
Hit and Miss
The Boy Who Couldn't Keep His Clothes On
Sexy Northerner
We're the Pet Shop Boys
The Resurrectionist
After the Event
An Open Mind
Decide

This top also includes how they could have been working on UK's charts if they had been released as singles.

1) Shameless: PSB always thought it was a mistake not to plan this song as a single, it was a perfect opener for "Very". Classic anthemic sound from PSB. An obvious Top 3, at least.
2) In the night: "The Clothes Show" made this melody famous in UK but I don't know why PSB wanted that like a b-side. An easy Top 5 with the help from BBC.
3) Paninaro: simple but quite addictive like Domino Dancing. Another Top 5 here.
4) A man could get arrested (original version): I don't know if some members of The Miami Sound Machine took part of it but it sounds like that. One of their best b-sides. A Top 10 here.
5) I didn't get where I am today: do you remember one Pet Text from Neil showing this song included on the tracklist of Release?. Another mistake recognaized by PSB themselves. A Top 15.
6) An open mind: the best b-side from PSB this decade.
7) Between two islands: a good song to be part of an album with a really good melody.
8 ) We all feel better in the dark: I Love the Performance's version and I adore the mix from Brothers In The Rythm.
9) The view from your balcony: I've always loved that song, I don't know why.
10) The calm before the storm: there is something so sweet and touching here that I put it on the list.

VRIDD wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 9:10 am
I did not consider WEAK b-sides, such as Vulnerable, Fugitive, Paninaro, The Way It Used To Be, Young Offender, This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave...

Wait? What? WEAK B-sides? I hope something got lost in translation there, as I don't rank any of those songs weak.

In The Night
Beauty has laid siege to the city
Was That What It Was?
Clean air hybrid electric bus
Sexy northerner
Sense of time
A new life
I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
Do I have to?
After The Event