Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia

The song is the main inspiration of 1984 Penelope Spheeris film Suburbia, and his portrayal of violence and misery in the suburbs of Los Angeles and, moreover, the strain of the Brixton riots of 1981 and 1985 hanging in recent memory led Neil Tennant of the duo to think about the boredom of suburbia and tensions among disaffected youths that triggered the riots, at least a provocation.

The different versions of the song is punctuated by the sounds of suburban violence: the noise and disorder by breaking the glass and snarling dogs in the re-recorded single version (further expanded in the music video), which were obtained from scenes in Suburbia. Please version of the song sounds very little in comparison


Released : September 22, 1986
Format : 7", 12", cassette
Genre : Synthpop
Length : 3:59 (7")
Label : Parlophone / EMI
Writer(s) : Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
Producer : Julian Mendelsohn

Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
Roaming suburban boys
Mothers got a hairdo to be done
She says theyre too old for toys
Stood by the bus stop with a felt pen
In this suburban hell
And in the distance a police car
To break the suburban spell

Lets take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You cant hide, run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia

Break the window by the town hall
Listen, the siren screams
There in the distance, like a roll call
Of all the suburban dreams

Lets take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You cant hide, run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia

I only wanted something else to do but hang around (4x)

Its on the front page of the papers
This is their hour of need
Wheres a policeman when you need one
To blame the colour tv?

Lets take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You cant hide, run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia

Take a ride, and run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You cant hide, run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia

Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You cant hide
In suburbia (5x)