Love Is a Bourgeois Construct

"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Electric
B-side "Entschuldigung!", "Get It Online"
Released 1 September 2013 (digital download)
30 September 2013 (CD single)
Format 12", CD single, digital download
Genre Hi-NRG[1][2]
Length 6:41 (album version)
4:09 ("nighttime" radio edit)
4:02 ("daytime" radio edit)
Label x2
Songwriter(s) Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe, Henry Purcell
Producer(s) Stuart Price
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Vocal"
(2013)		 "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"
(2013)		 "Thursday"
(2013)

"Vocal"
(2013)		 "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"
(2013)		 "Thursday"
(2013)
Music video
"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (audio) on YouTube

"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" is the third single from the Pet Shop Boys album Electric, released on 1 September 2013 as a digital download and on 30 September on CD. The song is based on the 1982 instrumental "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds", a minimalist piece by Michael Nyman, which was initially based on a hook by Henry Purcell.[3]

The Guardian named "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" the fourth best track of the year,[4] and Slant Magazine listed the song number 18 on its "25 Best Singles of 2013" list.[5]

Live performances

It was performed on select dates of the Electric Tour.[6]

Release formats

The single was released on both digital and physical formats, featuring mixes by Little Boots, The Penelopes and Dave Audé plus two previously unreleased B-sides, "Entschuldigung!" and "Get It Online". The 12-inch vinyl single was released in December.

Digital bundle 1[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Nighttime radio edit)4:10
2."Entschuldigung!"5:03
3."Get It Online"3:36
4."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (The Penelopes Remix Radio Edit)4:09
Digital bundle 2
No.TitleLength
1."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (The Penelopes Remix)7:00
2."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Claptone Remix)7:00
3."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Little Boots Discothèque edit)6:50
4."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Dave Audé Big Dirty Dub)6:16
5."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Claptone instrumental)6:57
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Nighttime radio edit)4:10
2."Entschuldigung!"5:03
3."Get It online"3:36
4."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (The Penelopes remix)7:00
5."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Claptone remix)7:00
6."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Little Boots Discothèque edit)6:50
7."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Dave Audé Big Dirty Dub)6:16
8."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Claptone instrumental)6:57
9."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Little Boots Discothèque Dub)6:50
Vinyl single
No.TitleLength
1."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Album Version)6:42
2."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (The Penelopes remix)7:00
3."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Claptone remix)7:00
4."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Little Boots Discothèque Dub)6:51
5."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Dave Audé Extended Vocal Remix)6:47
6."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Claptone Instrumental)6:57
7."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (Dave Audé Big Dirty Dub Instrumental)6:17
8."Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (The Penelopes Dub)7:04

Charts

Chart (2013) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[8] 105
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[9] 38

References

  1. ↑ "Album review: Pet Shop Boys, Electric". The Scotsman. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Walters, Barry. "SPIN's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2013: 16 – Pet Shop Boys, Electric (x2)". Spin. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ http://petshopboys.co.uk/news/4247
  4. ↑ "The best tracks of 2013: our top 20". The Guardian. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (11 December 2013). "The 25 Best Singles of 2013". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Pet Shop Boys Set List at Santiago, Chile, May 13 2013". setlist.fm. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  7. ↑ http://petshopboys.co.uk/news/4352
  8. ↑ http://zobbel.de/cluk/130914cluk.txt
  9. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/328544/Pet+Shop+Boys/chart?f=359
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