Together (Pet Shop Boys song)

"Together" is a 2010 single by British electronic dance music band Pet Shop Boys released to promote their 2010 greatest hits album, Ultimate.[1] It was released on Parlophone Records as a digital download on 24 October and as a physical release on 29 November 2010.[2]

"Together"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Ultimate
B-side"Glad All Over", "I Cried for Us"
Released24 October 2010 (2010-10-24)
Recorded2010
GenreHouse, synthpop
Length3:31
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Tim Powell
Producer(s)Pet Shop Boys,
Tim Powell
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Love Life"
(2010)		 "Together"
(2010)		 "Winner"
(2012)

The song received its first play on UK radio on 22 October 2010 during Ken Bruce's show on BBC Radio 2.[3] It was the third Pet Shop Boys single not to achieve a placing in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 58 on 11 December 2010.[4] It was co-written & produced by Tim Powell, formerly of Xenomania.

The song features an almost completely electronic arrangement in 3
4 time, one of the very few songs in the band's catalogue to feature an odd-numbered time signature. According to a statement by Neil Tennant at the time, he and Chris Lowe wrote it that way because they were fascinated by the Viennese waltzes written by Johann Strauss II; Tennant noted that the beat of the song is something Strauss may have come up with if he were alive today.

The video for "Together" was shot in Estonia, in Tallinn and Maardu, by Peeter Rebane. It features a large group of male and female dancers engaging in both classical ballet and contemporary dance styles to the beat of the song. Tennant and Lowe appear briefly as behind-the-scenes spectators of a dance show by the group, and at the very end of the video.

Track listing
CD1 maxi-single
  1. "Together" (Ultimate mix) – 3:32
  2. "Glad All Over" – 3:27
  3. "I Cried for Us" – 3:48
  4. "Together" (extended mix) – 6:55
CD2 2-track
  1. "Together" (radio mix) – 3:30
  2. "West End Girls" (Grum remix) – 5:33
Digital 1-track
  1. "Together" (Ultimate mix) – 3:32
Digital 2-track
  1. "Together" (radio mix) – 3:30
  2. West End girls (Grum remix) – 5:33
Digital 3-track
  1. "Together" (Pepptalk mix) – 6:46
  2. "Together" (Ultrabeat mix) – 3:41
  3. "West End Girls" (Grum dub mix) – 5:34
Digital 4-track
  1. "Together" (Ultimate mix) – 3:32
  2. "Glad All Over" – 3:27
  3. "I Cried for Us" – 3:48
  4. "Together" (extended mix) – 6:55
Digital video
  1. "Together" (video)[5]

Chart performance
Chart Peak
position
German Singles Chart 60
UK Singles Chart 58

References
  1. Digital Spy
  3. BBC Radio 2
  4. "Chart Stats" OfficialCharts.com Retrieved 10 January 2011
  5. Pet Shop Boys official website, News

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