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"Jealousy" is a song originally written in 1982 by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, recorded for their fourth studio album, Behaviour (1990). It was released on 28 May 1991 as the album's fourth and final single in a slightly remixed form, [ 1 ] which appears on the Pet Shop Boys' greatest hits albums.
The Pet Shop Boys version introduces a harmonic variation not present in the original version. In the original, the ending phrase "always on my mind" is sung to a IV-V 7-I cadence (C-D 7-G). The Pet Shop Boys extend this cadence by adding two further chords: C-D 7-Gm 7 /B ♭-C-G (i.e. a progression of IV-V 7-III b-IV-I).
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London, in 1981.Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide [4] and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records.
"Always" 2002 Release: Further Listening 2001-2004: Tennant, Lowe Bonus track on CD1 single "Home and Dry" from Release. "Always on My Mind" 1987 Introspective: Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James: Released as a non-album single in 1987. [10] A re-recorded version "Always on My Mind/In My House" is on the album Introspective. [11] "An ...
During this period Pet Shop Boys also completed a full-length motion picture called It Couldn't Happen Here. [27] Featuring songs by the duo, it was most famous for containing the video for "Always on My Mind" (starring Joss Ackland as a blind priest), which—while not on Actually—was released as a single during this period. [28]
The Pet Shop Boys version differs significantly from that of U2 in its musical arrangement. In contrast to the U2 version's instrumental build-up, the Pet Shop Boys version opens abruptly with synthesized and sampled noises and a drum machine. The musical climax of the song is also changed in other elements; a background vocal sample of ...
Always on My Mind" is a 1972 song originally recorded by Brenda Lee, later covered by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Pet Shop Boys, and other artists. Always on My Mind may also refer to: Music
The B-side was the Pet Shop Boys' tidied-up demo version of "Losing My Mind", which they produced for Liza Minnelli in 1989 for her album Results. The single mix was more electronic than the album version and there was an extended mix of "Jealousy" with Tennant reading excerpts of Shakespeare 's Othello , which is a play about jealousy .