The Pop Kids

"The Pop Kids"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Super
B-side "In Bits", "One Hit Wonder"
Released 18 March 2016
Format 12", CD single, digital download
Recorded 2015
Genre Synthpop
Label x2
Songwriter(s) Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
Producer(s) Stuart Price
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Fluorescent"
(2014)
"The Pop Kids"
(2016)
"Twenty-something"
(2016)

"Fluorescent"
(2014)
"The Pop Kids"
(2016)
"Twenty-something"
(2016)

"The Pop Kids" is a song from the Pet Shop Boys album Super, released as a digital download on 16 February 2016. A CD single and a digital extended play was released on 18 March 2016. A white vinyl 12" of "The Pop Kids" was released on 27 May, featuring five remixes of the song.

Live performances

It was performed live on The Graham Norton Show.

Release formats

The single was released on both digital and physical formats, featuring mixes by MK, The Scene Kings and Offer Nissim as well as two previously unreleased B-sides, "In Bits" and "One Hit Wonder".

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[1] Tip
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[2] 44
France (SNEP)[3] 138
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[4] 80
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard)[5] 10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 128
UK Physical Singles Chart[7] 1
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[8] 1

See also

References

  1. "Ultratop.be – Pet Shop Boys – The Pop Kids" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  2. "Ultratop.be – Pet Shop Boys – The Pop Kids" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. "Lescharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – The Pop Kids" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. "Billboard Japan Hot Overseas" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  6. Chart Log UK: "Update 26.03.2016". UK Singles Chart. Zobbel.de. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  7. . 25 April 2016 http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/. Retrieved 18 December 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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