Love Etc. (song)

2009 single by Pet Shop Boys

"Love Etc."

Single by Pet Shop Boys

from the album Yes

B-side

"Gin and Jag"
"We're All Criminals Now"

Released

16 March 2009 (2009-03-16)

Recorded

2008

Genre

Synth-pop

Length

3:32

Label

Parlophone

Songwriter(s)

Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe
Brian Higgins
Miranda Cooper
Tim Powell
Owen Parker

Producer(s)

Brian Higgins
Xenomania

Pet Shop Boys singles chronology

"Integral"
(2007)

"Love Etc."
(2009)

"Did You See Me Coming?"
(2009)

Music video

"Love Etc." on YouTube

"Love Etc." is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their tenth studio album, Yes (2009). It was released on 16 March 2009 as the album's lead single. The single was also made available on the US and Canadian iTunes Stores on 24 March 2009,^[1] making it the duo's first single to be released in the US, albeit as a digital download, since "Break 4 Love" in 2001.^[2]

The song was co-written by Pet Shop Boys with production team Xenomania, who also produced the track. Pet Shop Boys describe "Love Etc." as "a post-lifestyle anthem which sounds like nothing we've done before." The single became the duo's ninth number-one entry on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart; the pair thus overtook Depeche Mode to break the record for the most chart-toppers by a duo or group on the Billboard dance chart.^[3]

The music video was directed by Dutch digital artist Han Hoogerbrugge. The website Stereogum described it as a "horizontally scrolling animated video [that] is part Sonic The Hedgehog (dated video game reference!) and part Pac Man (chomping down on hearts, shamrocks, and cash money), with a lineup of Chrisses, Neils, and others shouting, flexing, unmasking, and turning into draculas."^[4]

Track listings

UK CD single

"Love Etc." – 3:32
"Gin and Jag" – 4:29

UK and German CD single – The Remixes

"Love Etc." (album version) – 3:32
"Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:17
"Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:03
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:55
"Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Dub) – 5:54

UK and German iTunes single^[5]^[6]

"Love Etc." – 3:32
"We're All Criminals Now" – 3:55

UK and German iTunes EP^[7]^[8]

"Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:16
"Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:02
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:54
"Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21

US iTunes EP^[1]

"Love Etc." – 3:32
"We're All Criminals Now" – 3:55
"Gin and Jag" – 4:28

US iTunes remix EP^[9]

"Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:16
"Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:02
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:54
"Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Dub) – 5:53

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Yes.^[10]

Neil Tennant – lead vocals
Chris Lowe – keyboards, programming
Brian Higgins – production, keyboards, programming
Xenomania – production, backing vocals
Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
Tim Powell – keyboards, programming
Fred Falke – keyboards, programming
Matt Gray – keyboards, programming
Owen Parker – keyboards, programming, guitars
Sacha Collisson – keyboards, programming
Dick Beetham – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Love Etc."
Chart (2009)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[11]	21
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[12]	18
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)^[13]	24
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)^[14]	25
Germany (Official German Charts)^[15]	12
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[16]	19
Hungary (Single Top 40)^[17]	6
Ireland (IRMA)^[18]	31
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[19]	15
Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)^[20]	42
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[21]	76
Scotland (OCC)^[22]	3
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)^[23]	70
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[24]	60
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[25]	19
UK Singles (OCC)^[26]	14
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[27]	1
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)^[28]	2
US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)^[29]	2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Love Etc."
Chart (2009)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)^[30]	78
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[31]	121
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[32]	8

References

^ ^a ^b "Love Etc. by Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store. United States. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Pet Shop Boys' UK and US Pop Chart History". geowayne.com. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
^ Trust, Gary (11 November 2009). "Chart Beat Wednesday: Owl City, Pet Shop Boys, John Mayer". Billboard. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "New Pet Shop Boys Video – "Love Etc."". Stereogum. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
^ "Love Etc. – Single by Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store. United Kingdom. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Love Etc. – Single von Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store (in German). Germany. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Love Etc. – EP by Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store. United Kingdom. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Love etc. – EP von Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store (in German). Germany. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Love Etc. (Remixes) – EP by Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store. United States. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ Yes (liner notes). Pet Shop Boys. Parlophone. 2009. 6953472.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Love Etc. – Pet Shop Boys". Billboard. Archived from the original on 29 March 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Pet Shop Boys". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). 30 March 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Mexico Ingles Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200922 into search. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "Pet Shop Boys – Love etc.". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Pet Shop Boys – Love etc.". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Pet Shop Boys: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Hot Singles Sales)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 2009" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2009" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^ "Year End Charts – Dance Club Songs". Billboard.biz. 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

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"I Get Along"
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