DJ Culture
"DJ Culture" | ||||
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Single by Pet Shop Boys | ||||
from the album Discography: The Complete Singles Collection | ||||
B-side | "Music for Boys" | |||
Released | 14 October 1991[1] | |||
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Length | 4:13 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
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"DJ Culture" on YouTube |
"Dj Culturemix" | ||||
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Single by Pet Shop Boys | ||||
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Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
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Length | 5:51 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
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Producer(s) | Pet Shop Boys | |||
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"DJ Culture" is a song by English
According to the singer
The French sample in the song is taken from the 1950 Jean Cocteau film Orphée: in it coded and poetic messages are sent over the radio.
Critical reception
Upon its release, Paul Mathur, writing for Melody Maker, felt "DJ Culture" "recall[s] PSB's earliest work" as "Tennant intones rigorously over the usual unabashed keyboard surge, like an indoor version of 'West End Girls'."[4] Simon Dudfield of NME felt it was "sub-standard Pet Shop Boys" with "no surprises". He stated, "Please could they deliver another chorus? There needs to be some proof of pop elegance if Tennant's irony and aloofness is going to sound anything other than smarmy, sickly and sad. A plastic veneer smothers the disco beat, the strings from their last single remain and the 'Suburbia'-style shock of keyboards that sets up the tawdry chorus suggests ideas are running dry."[5]
Track listings
UK 7": Parlophone / R 6301
- "DJ Culture"
- "Music for Boys"
- also the track listing for the US 7" releases on EMI.
UK 12": Parlophone / 12R 6301
- "DJ Culture" (Extended mix)
- "Music for Boys"
- "Music for Boys (Part 2/Ambient mix)"
UK CDs: Parlophone / CDR 6301
- "DJ Culture"
- "Music for Boys"
- "DJ Culture" (Extended mix)
UK 12" / 12RX 6301 and CDs: Parlophone ("Dj Culturemix")
- "Dj Culturemix" – 5:51
- "Music for Boys (Part 3)" – 5:37
- "Overture to Performance" – 6:15
Track 2 is a remix by Altern-8.
Track 3 is an orchestra medley featuring "It's a Sin", "Being Boring", "Opportunities", "So Hard ", "Jealousy", "Suburbia", "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?", "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", and "West End Girls".
Charts
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[6] | 130 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[7] | 25 |
Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista)[8]
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6 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[9] | 19 |
Ireland (IRMA)[10] | 7 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] | 17 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] | 21 |
13 | |
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[14] with "Music for Boys" |
13 |
References
- ^ "DJ Culture". petshopboys.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ a b Robbins, Ira. "Pet Shop Boys". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 March 2015. "plus the new "DJ Culture" (boring, housey)"
- ^ The Anecdotal Antidote
- ^ Mathur, Paul (19 October 1991). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 33.
- New Musical Express. p. 25.
- ^ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry (submitted to [email protected]), received 15 July 2015". Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015 – via Imgur.
- OCLC 29800226– via World Radio History.
- ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Pet Shop Boys – DJ Culture" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – DJ Culture". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Pet Shop Boys – DJ Culture". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Pet Shop Boys – DJ Culture". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Pet Shop Boys: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2020.