“Love etc.” has moved up to 1 from number 2 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart in the USA. This is Pet Shop Boys’ ninth Billboard Dance number one hit, the first being “West End girls” in 1986. According to Billboard.biz: “…Pet Shop Boys set the record for the most No. 1s in the history of the Hot Dance Club Songs chart among duos or groups this week as “Love Etc.” becomes the ninth Pet Shop Boys song to hit the top slot.”
The complete list of PSB Billboard dance number ones looks like this:
West End girls — 1986
What have I done to deserve this? — 1988
Can you forgive her? — 1993
Go West — 1993
Before — 1996
To step aside — 1997
New York City boy — 1999
Break 4 Love — 2001
Love etc. — 2009
Number one
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Recent News
Pet Shop Boys today release “A man from the future” via Parlophone Records.
Last night, Pet Shop Boys received the “Legend Award” as part of the annual Attitude Awards ceremony held at the Roundhouse in London.
Five days ahead of its official release, Pet Shop Boys’ “A man from the future” will be made available to hear in full during two BBC global radio broadcasts on Sunday, 4th October.
We have additional information about the making of the “A man from the future” album.
Obskur Pet Shop Boys” merchandise, which was previously only available at the Berlin shows in July, has just been added to the official PSB store.
Pet Shop Boys are excited to announce that this October a new recording of “A man from the future” will be broadcast by the BBC as a world exclusive.
Pet Shop Boys are looking forward to their final “Dreamworld” shows of 2026 in Norway and Denmark this week.
A special double feature of the PSB film “It Couldn’t Happen Here” and the centenary version of Sergei Eisenstein’s “Battleship Potemkin” with the Pet Shop Boys score will be shown on October 11 at the Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle.