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Written by <a href="/wiki/Neil_Tennant" title="Neil Tennant">Neil Tennant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Lowe" title="Chris Lowe">Chris Lowe</a>, the song was released twice as a single. The song's lyrics are concerned with class and the pressures of inner-city life in London which were inspired partly by <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a>'s poem <a href="/wiki/The_Waste_Land" title="The Waste Land">The Waste Land</a>. It was generally well received by contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo's career. <table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"West End Girls [1984 version]"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:WestEndGirls.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/WestEndGirls.jpg/220px-WestEndGirls.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/WestEndGirls.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300"></a><div class="infobox-caption">12-inch single cover</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Pet Shop Boys"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">9 April 1984 (1984-04-09)<a href="#cite_note-thisisdig-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1983<a href="#cite_note-YouTube.com-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Unique_Recording_Studios" title="Unique Recording Studios">Unique Recording</a> (New York City)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Synth-pop" title="Synth-pop">Synth-pop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">4:45</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Bobcat</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Tennant" title="Neil Tennant">Neil Tennant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lowe" title="Chris Lowe">Chris Lowe</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orlando" title="Bobby Orlando">Bobby Orlando</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"West End Girls [1984 version]" (1984) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/One_More_Chance_(Pet_Shop_Boys_song)" title="One More Chance (Pet Shop Boys song)">One More Chance</a>" (1984) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; 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color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Opportunities_(Let%27s_Make_Lots_of_Money)" title="Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)">Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) (first release)</a>" (1985) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"West End Girls" (1985) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Love_Comes_Quickly" title="Love Comes Quickly">Love Comes Quickly</a>" (1986) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Music video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs">"West End Girls"</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> The first version of the song was produced by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orlando" title="Bobby Orlando">Bobby Orlando</a> and was released on <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a>' Bobcat Records imprint in April 1984, becoming a club hit in the United States and some European countries. After the duo signed with <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>, the song was re-recorded with producer <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hague" title="Stephen Hague">Stephen Hague</a> for their first studio album, <a href="/wiki/Please_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album)" title="Please (Pet Shop Boys album)">Please</a>. In October 1985, the new version was released, reaching number one in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1986. In 1987, the song won Best Single at the <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a>, and Best International Hit at the <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Novello_Awards" title="Ivor Novello Awards">Ivor Novello Awards</a>. In 2005, 20 years after its release, the song was awarded Song of The Decade between the years 1985 and 1994 by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. A critic's poll in 2020 by <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> selected "West End Girls" as the greatest UK number-one single.<a href="#cite_note-Snapes-5">[5]</a> The song was performed by the Pet Shop Boys at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics_closing_ceremony" title="2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony">2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Background">1 Background</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Recording_and_production">1.1 Recording and production</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-3"><a href="#Bobby_O_version">1.1.1 Bobby O version</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-4"><a href="#Stephen_Hague_version">1.1.2 Stephen Hague version</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Music_and_lyric">1.2 Music and lyric</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Critical_reception">2 Critical reception</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Music_video">3 Music video</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Commercial_performance">4 Commercial performance</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Track_listings">5 Track listings</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Credits_and_personnel">6 Credits and personnel</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#1984_Bobby_O_version">6.1 1984 Bobby O version</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#1985_Stephen_Hague_version">6.2 1985 Stephen Hague version</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Charts">7 Charts</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Weekly_charts">7.1 Weekly charts</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Year-end_charts">7.2 Year-end charts</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Certifications">8 Certifications</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#East_17_version">9 East 17 version</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Track_listing">9.1 Track listing</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Charts_2">9.2 Charts</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-20"><a href="#Weekly_charts_2">9.2.1 Weekly charts</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-21"><a href="#Year-end_charts_2">9.2.2 Year-end charts</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Certifications_2">9.3 Certifications</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Release_history">9.4 Release history</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-24"><a href="#References">10 References</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Bibliography">10.1 Bibliography</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recording_and_production">Recording and production</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Recording and production" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bobby_O_version">Bobby O version</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bobby O version" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> In 1983, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Tennant" title="Neil Tennant">Neil Tennant</a> met producer <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orlando" title="Bobby Orlando">Bobby Orlando</a>, while on an assignment in New York interviewing <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a> for <a href="/wiki/Smash_Hits" title="Smash Hits">Smash Hits</a>. After listening to some <a href="/wiki/Demo_(music)" title="Demo (music)">demos</a>, Orlando offered to produce for the duo.<a href="#cite_note-barrownewby-7">[7]</a> In 1983 and 1984, the duo recorded twelve songs with Orlando at <a href="/wiki/Unique_Recording_Studios" title="Unique Recording Studios">Unique Studios</a> in New York, "West End Girls", "<a href="/wiki/Opportunities_(Let%27s_Make_Lots_of_Money)" title="Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)">Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)</a>", "<a href="/wiki/One_More_Chance_(Pet_Shop_Boys_song)" title="One More Chance (Pet Shop Boys song)">One More Chance</a>", "I Want a Lover", "That's My Impression", "A Man Could Get Arrested", "I Get Excited", "Two Divided by Zero", "Rent", "It's a Sin", "Pet Shop Boys", and "Later Tonight". Orlando played most of the instruments on "West End Girls", including the jazz riff at the end. Lowe played one <a href="/wiki/Chord_(music)" title="Chord (music)">chord</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bassline" title="Bassline">bassline</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> It included a drum part lifted from <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jackson" title="Michael Jackson">Michael Jackson</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Billie_Jean" title="Billie Jean">Billie Jean</a>", and an arrangement involving what Tennant called "<a href="/wiki/Barry_White" title="Barry White">Barry White</a> chords".<a href="#cite_note-blender-9">[9]</a> Orlando was thrilled by the song's production; his idea was to make a rap record in a British accent.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> In April 1984, "West End Girls" was released, becoming a club hit in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and a minor dance hit in Belgium and France,<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> but was only available in the United Kingdom as a <a href="/wiki/12-inch_single" class="mw-redirect" title="12-inch single">12-inch</a> import.<a href="#cite_note-bbcradio2-12">[12]</a> In March 1985, after long negotiations, Pet Shop Boys cut their contractual ties with Orlando, and hired manager <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watkins_(music_manager)" title="Tom Watkins (music manager)">Tom Watkins</a>, who signed them with <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Stephen_Hague_version">Stephen Hague version</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stephen Hague version" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> An entire week had been spent re-recording and rearranging "West End Girls" with producer <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hague" title="Stephen Hague">Stephen Hague</a> at <a href="/wiki/Advision_Studios" title="Advision Studios">Advision Studios</a>,<a href="#cite_note-guardian-14">[14]</a> using Studio Two housed with an Otari 24-track tape machine and an <a href="/wiki/Solid_State_Logic" title="Solid State Logic">SSL</a> console.<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> The song, according to engineer David Jacob, was musically "constructed with only four basic rhythmical patterns throughout", with no 'real' instruments production-wise except for one cymbal.<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> The rhythmic foundations were laid down with an <a href="/wiki/Oberheim_DMX" title="Oberheim DMX">Oberheim DMX</a> drum machine.<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> In addition to that, the <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizer</a> strings that run throughout the song were created using a blend of string sounds from an <a href="/wiki/E-mu_Emulator" title="E-mu Emulator">E-mu Emulator I</a> and an <a href="/wiki/E-mu_Emulator" title="E-mu Emulator">Emulator II</a>.<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> The bass part is a composite of different sounds from an Emulator II, a <a href="/wiki/Yamaha_DX7" title="Yamaha DX7">Yamaha DX7</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Roland_Jupiter-6" title="Roland Jupiter-6">Roland Jupiter-6</a>, all of which were connected by <a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a>. It had been played by hand to "lend more fluidity to the track", although initially there was a bit of difficulty in keeping the part in time with the drum machine.<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> The song features a <a href="/wiki/Cowbell" title="Cowbell">cowbell</a>-like sound, which is in fact a combination of a cowbell and an Emulator II choir sound recorded into a <a href="/wiki/Roland_Corporation" title="Roland Corporation">Roland</a> MSQ-700 sequencer, and spun in manually at appropriate places in the song.<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> The trumpet solo in this version was played by Hague on the Emulator. According to Jacob, "it took about six hours to get the trumpet to sound genuine, purposely playing wrong notes to make it sound more 'jazz'".<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> The traffic noise which introduces the song was recorded by Hague using a <a href="/wiki/Sony_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Corporation">Sony</a> Professional <a href="/wiki/Walkman" title="Walkman">Walkman</a> on Gosfield Street outside Advision.<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> In addition to the rap verses and choruses sung by Tennant (each using different microphones—one for verse and another for choruses), singer <a href="/wiki/Helena_Springs" title="Helena Springs">Helena Springs</a> was brought in to sing background vocals—parts of these were sampled into the Emulator to be used wherever wanted in the track.<a href="#cite_note-IMRWMar86-15">[15]</a> They re-released the song in late 1985, topping the charts in both the UK and the US.<a href="#cite_note-allwest-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_and_lyric">Music and lyric</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Music and lyric" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-left"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 50px;height: 50px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="50" data-height="50" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> <figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:WestEndGirls-PetShopBoys.ogg" title="File:WestEndGirls-PetShopBoys.ogg">"West End Girls"</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="31" data-mwtitle="WestEndGirls-PetShopBoys.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/WestEndGirls-PetShopBoys.ogg" type='audio/ogg; 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See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</div> </div> "West End Girls" is a <a href="/wiki/Synth-pop" title="Synth-pop">synth-pop</a> song<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> influenced by <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop music</a>.<a href="#cite_note-allwest-16">[16]</a> It has also been described as <a href="/wiki/Dance-pop" title="Dance-pop">dance-pop</a>,<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a>,<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> The song's socially conscious streak, as well as the propulsive bass line, derives from <a href="/wiki/Grandmaster_Flash" title="Grandmaster Flash">Grandmaster Flash</a>'s protest rap song "<a href="/wiki/The_Message_(Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five_song)" title="The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)">The Message</a>".<a href="#cite_note-bbcradio2-12">[12]</a> Lowe and Hague created a "snaky, obsessive rhythm punch" for the music,<a href="#cite_note-allwest-16">[16]</a> replacing the song's previously sparse beats and minimal keyboard lines.<a href="#cite_note-bbcradio2-12">[12]</a> Tennant started to write the song when he was staying at his cousin's house in <a href="/wiki/Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a> while watching a <a href="/wiki/Crime_film" title="Crime film">gangster film</a>. Just when he was going to sleep he came up with the lines: "Sometimes you're better off dead, there's a gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head".<a href="#cite_note-thisisdig-1">[1]</a> The lyrics were inspired by <a href="/wiki/T.S._Eliot" class="mw-redirect" title="T.S. Eliot">T.S. Eliot</a>'s poem <a href="/wiki/The_Waste_Land" title="The Waste Land">The Waste Land</a>, particularly in the use of different narrative voices and <a href="/wiki/Esotericism" class="mw-redirect" title="Esotericism">arcane</a> references.<a href="#cite_note-bbcradio2-12">[12]</a> The song's lyrics are largely concerned with class, inner-city pressure.<a href="#cite_note-blender-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-allwest-16">[16]</a> Tennant later said that some listeners had assumed the song referred to prostitutes, but was actually, "about rough boys getting a bit of posh."<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-thisisdig-1">[1]</a> Sound-wise, the 1985 version also features a considerably smoother arrangement than the 1984 version, trading out the collage of disjointed samples (such as glass breaking and Tennant shouting the word "I") in favour of soft synth pads and Hague's Emulator trumpet solo. At the same time, however, the 1985 version “starts off like a film noir",<a href="#cite_note-guardian-14">[14]</a> opening with ambient traffic sounds not heard in the 1984 version. In the liner notes to the 2001 reissue of Please, Tennant noted that this was born out a desire for "filmic" music.<a href="#cite_note-Totally_80s-27">[27]</a> In 2022, Tennant changed the line "From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station" in the last verse to "From Mariupol to Kyiv Station" during their co-headline Unity Tour with <a href="/wiki/New_Order_(band)" title="New Order (band)">New Order</a> and at their <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival_2022" title="Glastonbury Festival 2022">Glastonbury Festival 2022</a> Sunday night headline appearance. The change was done in solidarity for Ukraine in the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> (also because <a href="/wiki/Finland_Station" title="Finland Station">Finland Station</a> is located in Russia).<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Critical reception" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> "West End Girls" has been generally well received by music critics. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine" title="Stephen Thomas Erlewine">Stephen Thomas Erlewine</a> from <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> in a review of the album <a href="/wiki/Please_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album)" title="Please (Pet Shop Boys album)">Please</a> called the song "hypnotic", adding that "it's not only a classic dance single, it's a classic pop single".<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> In a review for the group's second studio album <a href="/wiki/Actually_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Actually (album)">Actually</a>, Rob Hoerburger from <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> magazine commented that "West End Girls" was "as catchy as anything on the radio in 1986", praising "its enticing bass line and foreboding synth riffs", but felt that it was almost "nullified by peevish spoken asides and the cryptic posturing of the duo's lyrics".<a href="#cite_note-rollstorev-30">[30]</a> In a review of the live album <a href="/wiki/Concrete_(Pet_Shop_Boys_album)" title="Concrete (Pet Shop Boys album)">Concrete</a>, Michael Hubbard from <a href="/wiki/MusicOMH" title="MusicOMH">musicOMH</a> said that "West End Girls" was one of the songs that "round out a collection that never feels too long or superfluous", adding that it "goes some way to installing Tennant and Lowe as national treasures".<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> <a href="/wiki/Cash_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box">Cash Box</a> called it "a sensational pop single."<a href="#cite_note-cb-32">[32]</a> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a> called it a "cannily haunting song" in which "disco meets sociology, rap and the Al Stewart catalogue."<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Nitsuh Abebe from <a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a>, in a review of their compilation album <a href="/wiki/PopArt:_The_Hits" title="PopArt: The Hits">PopArt: The Hits</a> commented that in the song "we meet Tennant not as a singer, but as a speaker", adding that "he mumbles the verses to us not like a star, but like a stranger in a raincoat, slinking alongside you and pointing out the sights".<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> In 1987, "West End Girls" won for Best Single at the <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">Brit Awards</a>,<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> and for Best International Hit at the <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Novello_Awards" title="Ivor Novello Awards">Ivor Novello Awards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In 2005, the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters gave to West End Girls the Ivor Novello Award for Song of The Decade between the years 1985 and 1994.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's 12th favourite <a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_Singles_Chart_number_ones_of_the_1980s" class="mw-redirect" title="List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s">1980s number one</a> in a poll for <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In 2020, <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> selected "West End Girls" as number one in a critics' poll of the 100 greatest UK number-one singles.<a href="#cite_note-Snapes-5">[5]</a> It was ranked No. 433 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> and No. 65 on their "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time" in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Music_video">Music video</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Music video" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> The accompanying music video for "West End Girls" was directed by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Morahan" title="Andy Morahan">Andy Morahan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eric_Watson_(photographer)" title="Eric Watson (photographer)">Eric Watson</a>,<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-zuberi1-43">[43]</a> and consists of shots of the duo around London. At the beginning of the video, noises from the city can be heard, a camera passes Lowe on the street, and focuses on mannequins in a shop window. Then appears a sequence of quick cuts with shots of the city's different sub-cultures; the video freezes and cuts to Tennant and Lowe, who walk through an empty Wentworth Street in <a href="/wiki/Petticoat_Lane_Market" title="Petticoat Lane Market">Petticoat Lane Market</a>. They stand in front of a red garage door; Tennant is in front dressed with a long coat, white shirt and dark necktie, directly addressing the camera, with Lowe standing behind him with a blank expression. Lowe is filmed in double-exposure and appears almost ghostlike. In other shots, Tennant power-walks imperiously while Lowe casually follows behind. While Tennant delivers the lyrics and chorus directly at the viewer, Lowe appears at times uninterested in the proceedings or preoccupied with other goings-on around them. Then the video shows various shots at <a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">Waterloo Station</a>, as the chorus starts. In slow motion, the camera pans across the <a href="/wiki/WHSmith" title="WHSmith">WHSmith</a> shop on the station concourse as the duo walk past. It cuts to a brief shot of a No. 42 red <a href="/wiki/Double-decker_bus" title="Double-decker bus">double-decker bus</a>, showing the destination as <a href="/wiki/Aldgate" title="Aldgate">Aldgate</a>, also advertising the stage-show <a href="/wiki/Evita_(musical)" title="Evita (musical)">Evita</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Black-and-white" title="Black-and-white">black and white</a> shots of the <a href="/wiki/Tower_Bridge" title="Tower Bridge">Tower Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Westminster Palace</a> <a href="/wiki/Big_Ben" title="Big Ben">Clock Tower</a> from the sky. The duo poses on the <a href="/wiki/South_Bank" title="South Bank">South Bank</a> of the <a href="/wiki/River_Thames" title="River Thames">River Thames</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Pastiche" title="Pastiche">pastiche</a> of a postcard image, with the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster" title="Palace of Westminster">Houses of Parliament</a> as a background.<a href="#cite_note-zuberi2-44">[44]</a> The camera shows shots of young women, and passes through arcades and cinemas in <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Square" title="Leicester Square">Leicester Square</a>. The camera now passes <a href="/wiki/High_Commission_of_South_Africa_in_London" class="mw-redirect" title="High Commission of South Africa in London">South Africa House</a> showing protestors in the Non-Stop Picket, an anti-<a href="/wiki/South_Africa_under_apartheid" class="mw-redirect" title="South Africa under apartheid">apartheid</a> vigil.<a href="#cite_note-zuberi3-45">[45]</a> The video cuts to a closeup of Tennant singing the chorus, with a purple neon sign eerily passing across his face. At the end the camera passes again through Leicester Square, where people queue to see <a href="/wiki/Fletch_(film)" title="Fletch (film)">Fletch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Desperately_Seeking_Susan" title="Desperately Seeking Susan">Desperately Seeking Susan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-zuberi3-45">[45]</a> The video was nominated for <a href="/wiki/MTV_Video_Music_Award_for_Best_New_Artist" title="MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist">Best New Artist in a Video</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1986_MTV_Video_Music_Awards" title="1986 MTV Video Music Awards">1986 MTV Video Music Awards</a>, but lost to <a href="/wiki/A-ha" title="A-ha">A-ha</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Take_On_Me" title="Take On Me">Take On Me</a>".<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Commercial performance" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> "West End Girls" was first released in April 1984 through writer and producer <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orlando" title="Bobby Orlando">Bobby Orlando</a>'s label. The song was a club hit in the United States,<a href="#cite_note-allbio-47">[47]</a> and in some European countries, such as Belgium, where it debuted at number 24 on the <a href="/wiki/VRT_Top_30" class="mw-redirect" title="VRT Top 30">VRT Top 30</a> chart on 28 July 1984,<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> peaking at 17 four weeks later.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> In Canada, "West End Girls" first entered the <a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a> singles chart in April 1985, reaching a peak position of 81 in June 1985.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> Having signed with <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>, the group released their first major label single "<a href="/wiki/Opportunities_(Let%27s_Make_Lots_of_Money)" title="Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)">Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)</a>" in mid-1985, but it failed to attract attention.<a href="#cite_note-allbio-47">[47]</a> The Pet Shop Boys then decided to re-record "West End Girls", and issue this new version as a single. Producer <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hague" title="Stephen Hague">Stephen Hague</a> helmed the new, re-recorded version of "West End Girls".<a href="#cite_note-allwest-16">[16]</a> The re-recorded version of "West End Girls" was released in the United Kingdom in October 1985, debuting on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> at number 80, and within eight weeks of its release it had reached the top of the chart.<a href="#cite_note-uk-51">[51]</a> It maintained the number one position for two weeks<a href="#cite_note-uk-51">[51]</a> and received a <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">platinum</a> certification by the <a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">British Phonographic Industry</a> (BPI) in May 2023.<a href="#cite_note-bpi-52">[52]</a> Across Europe, "West End Girls" also topped the singles chart in Norway,<a href="#cite_note-nor-53">[53]</a> as well as peaking in the top ten in Australia, Belgium, West Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland.<a href="#cite_note-belfla-54">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-ger-55">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-irl-56">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-dt40-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-swe-58">[58]</a> In Canada, where the original recording of "West End Girls" had already been a minor hit in 1985, the re-recorded version was issued as a single in early 1986. The re-recorded song entered the chart in March 1986, peaking at number one for one week on 17 May 1986.<a href="#cite_note-canrpm-59">[59]</a> In the United States, West End Girls debuted on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a> at number 71,<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> reaching the number one position on 10 May 1986, and remained on the chart for 20 weeks.<a href="#cite_note-usa-61">[61]</a> The song also peaked at number one on Billboard's <a href="/wiki/Hot_Dance_Music/Club_Play" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Dance Music/Club Play">Hot Dance Music/Club Play</a> chart for two weeks.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> "West End Girls" re-entered the charts in February 2021 as Pet Shop Boys received some exposure in early 2021 thanks to the premiere of the <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> series <a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Sin_(TV_series)" title="It's a Sin (TV series)">It's a Sin</a>, named after the song of the <a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Sin" title="It's a Sin">same name</a>, and a popular <a href="/wiki/Allstate" title="Allstate">Allstate</a> <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> ad featuring the song "<a href="/wiki/Opportunities_(Let%27s_Make_Lots_of_Money)" title="Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)">Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)</a>". Consequently, several singles have re-entered the charts, with "Opportunities" having reached number one in February 2021 on Billboard's <a href="/wiki/Dance/Electronic_Digital_Songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Dance/Electronic Digital Songs">Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales</a> chart and spending three consecutive weeks atop the chart. "West End Girls" re-charted with the latter song, re-entering the charts for the week of 27 February 2021 at number nine on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart, nearly having switched places in chart rankings with "Opportunities" from their 1986 entries. The song rose to number six on the chart for the week of 12 March 2021.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-dancechart2021-65">[65]</a> In May 2024 it was reported to have 70 million <a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">streams</a> on <a href="/wiki/Music_streaming_service" title="Music streaming service">music streaming services</a> in the UK, making it the most streamed Pet Shop Boys song in the UK.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Track_listings">Track listings</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Track listings" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>7-inch UK (1984 release)</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" (Nouvelle version) – 4:10</li> <li>"Pet Shop Boys" – 5:10</li></ol> <ul><li>12-inch UK (1984 release)</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" (extended mix) – 7:50</li> <li>"Pet Shop Boys" – 5:10</li></ol> <ul><li>7-inch Belgium (1984 release)</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" (Nouvelle version) – 4:10</li> <li>"Pet Shop Boys" – 5:10</li></ol> <ul><li>7-inch West Germany (1984 release)</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" (Nouvelle version edit) – 3:21</li> <li>"Pet Shop Boys" (Edit) – 3:26</li></ol> <ul><li>7-inch Canada (1984 release)</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" (Original 7″ version) – 4:14</li> <li>"West End Girls" (Original 7″ version) – 4:14</li></ol> Note: The titles Nouvelle version and original 7″ version do not appear on any releases. They are names created by fans in order to distinguish the different versions. </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li>7-inch UK (1985 release) Parlophone / R 6115</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" – 3:55</li> <li>"A Man Could Get Arrested" (7″ version) – 4:50</li></ol> <ul><li>10" limited edition – UK (1985 release) Parlophone / 10R 6115</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" (10" mix) – 7:05</li> <li>"A Man Could Get Arrested" (Bobby Orlando version) – 4:18</li></ol> <ul><li>12-inch UK (1985 release) Parlophone / 12R 6115</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" (dance mix) – 6:31</li> <li>"A Man Could Get Arrested" (12″ version) – 4:09</li> <li>"West End Girls" – 3:55</li></ol> <ul><li>12-inch The Shep Pettibone Mastermix – UK (1985 release) Parlophone / 12RA 6115</li></ul> <ol><li>"West End Girls" (The Shep Pettibone Mastermix) – 8:09</li> <li>"West End Dub" – 9:31</li> <li>"A Man Could Get Arrested" (12″ version) – 4:09</li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Credits_and_personnel">Credits and personnel</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Credits and personnel" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984_Bobby_O_version">1984 Bobby O version</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1984 Bobby O version" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Tennant" title="Neil Tennant">Neil Tennant</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vocals" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocals">vocals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lowe" title="Chris Lowe">Chris Lowe</a> – keyboards, bassline</li></ul> with: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orlando" title="Bobby Orlando">Bobby Orlando</a> – keyboards, synthesizers</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1985_Stephen_Hague_version">1985 Stephen Hague version</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1985 Stephen Hague version" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Tennant" title="Neil Tennant">Neil Tennant</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vocals" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocals">vocals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Lowe" title="Chris Lowe">Chris Lowe</a> – synthesizers</li></ul> with: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hague" title="Stephen Hague">Stephen Hague</a> – synthesizers, emulator "trumpet" solo</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helena_Springs" title="Helena Springs">Helena Springs</a> – background vocal</li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Charts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Weekly charts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for "West End Girls" (original release) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1985) </th> <th scope="col">Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Singles (<a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-can85-67">[67]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">81 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a> </th> <td>133 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for "West End Girls" (reissue) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1986) </th> <th scope="col">Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> </th> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austria (<a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Ö3 Austria Top 40</a>)<a href="#cite_note-aut-70">[70]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<a href="#cite_note-belfla-54">[54]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Singles (<a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-canrpm-59">[59]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Europe (<a href="/wiki/European_Hot_100_Singles" title="European Hot 100 Singles">European Hot 100 Singles</a>)<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> </th> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finland (<a href="/wiki/Suomen_virallinen_lista" class="mw-redirect" title="Suomen virallinen lista">Suomen virallinen lista</a>)<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">IRMA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-irl-56">[56]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Japan (<a href="/wiki/Oricon_Singles_Chart" title="Oricon Singles Chart">Oricon</a>)<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> </th> <td>98 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">Dutch Top 40</a>)<a href="#cite_note-dt40-57">[57]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Pet_Shop_Boys-74">[74]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">Recorded Music NZ</a>)<a href="#cite_note-nzc-75">[75]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norway (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<a href="#cite_note-nor-53">[53]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">South Africa (<a href="/wiki/Springbok_Radio" title="Springbok Radio">Springbok Radio</a>)<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> </th> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spain (<a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">AFYVE</a>)<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> </th> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Sweden (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<a href="#cite_note-swe-58">[58]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<a href="#cite_note-swi-78">[78]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-uk-51">[51]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Billboard Hot 100</a><a href="#cite_note-usa-61">[61]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Pet_Shop_Boys-79">[79]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Dance_Club_Songs" title="Dance Club Songs">Dance Club Songs</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboarddanceclubplay_Pet_Shop_Boys-80">[80]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Dance_Singles_Sales" title="Dance Singles Sales">Dance Singles Sales</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboarddancesales_Pet_Shop_Boys-81">[81]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot Black Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" title="Mainstream Rock (chart)">Mainstream Rock</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Pet_Shop_Boys-83">[83]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Cash_Box_Top_100_Pop_Singles" title="Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles">Cash Box Top 100</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Black Contemporary Singles (<a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a>)<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> </th> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">West Germany (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ger-55">[55]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>2021 weekly chart performance for "West End Girls" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (2021) </th> <th scope="col">Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Dance/Electronic_Digital_Songs" class="mw-redirect" title="Dance/Electronic Digital Songs">Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales</a> (<a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-dancechart2021-65">[65]</a> </th> <td>6 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Year-end charts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>1985 year-end chart performance for "West End Girls" (reissue) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1985) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Singles (<a href="/wiki/Gallup_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallup (company)">Gallup</a>)<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> </th> <td>68 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>1986 year-end chart performance for "West End Girls" (reissue) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1986) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (Kent Music Report)<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> </th> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> </th> <td>64 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Singles (RPM)<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> </th> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> </th> <td>45 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> </th> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (Single Top 100)<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> </th> <td>67 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> </th> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">South Africa (Springbok Radio)<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> </th> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Singles (Gallup)<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> </th> <td>65 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1986" title="Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1986">Billboard Hot 100</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> </th> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> </th> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> </th> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US Cash Box Top 100<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> </th> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">West Germany (Official German Charts)<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> </th> <td>13 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Certifications" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Certifications for "West End Girls" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<a href="#cite_note-CanadaPet_Shop_BoysWest_End_GirlssingleCertRef-101">[101]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>50,000^ </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomPet_Shop_BoysWest_End_GirlssingleCertRef-102">[102]</a> </th> <td>Platinum </td> <td>600,000‡ </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><h2 id="East_17_version">East 17 version</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: East 17 version" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"West End Girls"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:East_17-West_End_Girls.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/East_17-West_End_Girls.jpg/220px-East_17-West_End_Girls.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="335" data-file-height="297"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 195px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/East_17-West_End_Girls.jpg/220px-East_17-West_End_Girls.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="195" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/East_17-West_End_Girls.jpg/330px-East_17-West_End_Girls.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/East_17-West_End_Girls.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/East_17" title="East 17">East 17</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_(album)" title="Walthamstow (album)">Walthamstow</a> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">14 June 1993 (1993-06-14)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">3:59</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>Neil Tennant</li> <li>Chris Lowe</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>Mykaell S. Riley</li> <li>The Groove Corporation</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/East_17" title="East 17">East 17</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Slow_It_Down_(East_17_song)" title="Slow It Down (East 17 song)">Slow It Down</a>" (1993) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"West End Girls" (1993) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Alright_(East_17_song)" title="It's Alright (East 17 song)">It's Alright</a>" (1993) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Music video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7BfmzrUYPg">"West End Girls"</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> In 1993, English boy band <a href="/wiki/East_17" title="East 17">East 17</a> covered "West End Girls" for their debut album, <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow_(album)" title="Walthamstow (album)">Walthamstow</a> (1993). The single was released in June 1993 by <a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London Records</a> and was a top-10 hit in Australia, Finland, Israel and Portugal. On the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>, it peaked at number 11. The music video for the song was directed by L. Watson & C. Clunn.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <a href="/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_Pattenden" title="Siân Pattenden">Siân Pattenden</a> from <a href="/wiki/Smash_Hits" title="Smash Hits">Smash Hits</a> gave East 17's version of "West End Girls" three out of five.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Track listing" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <ul><li>7-inch single</li></ul> <dl><dd>A. "West End Girls" (Faces on Posters Mix)</dd> <dd>B. "West End Girls" (Kicking in Chairs)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charts_2">Charts</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Charts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1216972533"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: 74%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Weekly_charts_2">Weekly charts</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Weekly charts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for "West End Girls" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1993) </th> <th scope="col">Peak position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/ARIA_Charts" title="ARIA Charts">ARIA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Australia_East_17-105">[105]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Europe (<a href="/wiki/European_Hot_100_Singles" title="European Hot 100 Singles">Eurochart Hot 100 Singles</a>)<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> </th> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Europe (European Hit Radio)<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> </th> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finland (<a href="/wiki/Suomen_virallinen_lista" class="mw-redirect" title="Suomen virallinen lista">Suomen virallinen lista</a>)<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> </th> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_France_East_17-109">[109]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Germany_East_17-110">[110]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">40 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">IRMA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-irl-56">[56]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_East_17-111">[111]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Portugal (<a href="/wiki/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Fonogr%C3%A1fica_Portuguesa" title="Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa">AFP</a>)<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> </th> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_East_17-113">[113]</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Airplay (<a href="/wiki/Music_Week" title="Music Week">Music Week</a>)<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> </th> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Dance (<a href="/wiki/Music_Week" title="Music Week">Music Week</a>)<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> </th> <td>45 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Year-end_charts_2">Year-end charts</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Year-end charts" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Year-end chart performance for "West End Girls" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1993) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (ARIA)<a href="#cite_note-ryan-116">[116]</a> </th> <td>56 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Certifications_2">Certifications</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Certifications" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Certifications for "West End Girls" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ryan-116">[116]</a> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>35,000^ </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Release_history">Release history</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=West_End_Girls&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Release history" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Release dates and formats for "West End Girls" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Format(s) </th> <th scope="col">Label(s) </th> <th scope="col"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom </th> <td>14 June 1993 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>7-inch vinyl</li><li>CD</li><li>cassette</li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/London_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="London Records">London</a> </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" rowspan="2">Japan </th> <td>25 July 1993 </td> <td>Mini-CD </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 August 1993 </td> <td>Remix CD </td> <td><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><h2 id="References">References</h2> <a 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