PopArt: The Hits (French edition)

~ Release by Pet Shop Boys (see all versions of this release, 20 available)

Annotation

This French version includes 'Paris City Boy' recorded by Tennant and Lowe in 2003, replacing the original version 'New York City Boy' present on other countries versions.

Annotation last modified on 2025-08-17 13:56 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶Copy Control CD: Pop
2▼Copy Control CD: Art
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1Left to My Own Devices
assistant engineer:
Danton Supple
engineer:
Stephen Lipson
producer:
Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson
additional vocals:
Bruce Woolley
conductor:
Richard Niles
orchestrator:
Richard Niles
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (from 1988 to present, in 1988, in 1991)
recording of:
Left to My Own Devices
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. (from 1988 to present) and Cage Music Ltd. (from 1988 to present)
4:48
2I Don’t Know What You Want but I Can’t Give It Any More
engineer:
Steven Barkan
recording of:
I Don’t Know What You Want but I Can’t Give It Any More
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd. and EMI 10 Ltd.
54:25
3Flamboyant
engineer:
Pete Gleadall
remixer:
Felix Gauder and Tomcraft
recording of:
Flamboyant
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
53:50
4Being Boring
engineer:
Bob Kraushaar and Brian Reeves
producer:
Harold Faltermeyer and Pet Shop Boys
mixer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 1990) and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1991)
recording of:
Being Boring
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
4.354:50
5Can You Forgive Her?
programming:
Pete Gleadall
engineer:
Pete Gleadall and Bob Kraushaar
additional producer:
Stephen Hague
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
mixer:
Mike “Spike” Drake and Stephen Hague
lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
Can You Forgive Her?
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd. and EMI 10 Music Ltd.
3.63:53
6West End Girls
engineer:
David Jacob
producer:
Stephen Hague
additional vocals:
Helena Springs
background vocals, lead vocals and spoken vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1985, in 1991)
music videos:
West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys
recording of:
West End Girls (in 1985)
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd., Edition Meridian, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Sony/ATV Music Publishing, ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)), Cage Music Ltd. (from 1984 to present) and CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (from 1984 to present)
3.84:04
7I Get Along
programming and engineer:
Pete Gleadall
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
assistant mixer:
Rick Chavarria
mixer:
Michael Brauer (engineer)
guitar:
Johnny Marr
percussion:
Jody Linscott
lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 2002)
recorded at:
Sony Music Studios (Whitfield Street studio, operating under this name from 1994–2004) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and Studio PSB
mixed at:
Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
edit of:
I Get Along by Pet Shop Boys
recording of:
I Get Along
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd. and Sony Music Ltd. (distributor, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:11
8So Hard
engineer:
Bob Kraushaar and Brian Reeves
producer:
Harold Faltermeyer
mixer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 1990) and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1991)
recording of:
So Hard
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
43:59
9Rent
producer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer)
mixer:
Stephen Hague
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1987, in 1991)
recording of:
Rent
lyricist:
Neil Tennant
composer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. (in 1989) and Cage Music Ltd. (in 1989)
43:33
10Jealousy
engineer:
Brian Reeves
producer:
Harold Faltermeyer
recording of:
Jealousy
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
4:15
11DJ Culture
engineer:
Paul Wright (UK recording engineer)
remixer:
Stephen Hague
recording of:
DJ Culture
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
44:21
12You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
recording engineer:
Geoff Foster (sound engineer) (strings)
programming:
Stephen Hilton
engineer:
Andy Bradfield
producer:
Craig Armstrong (Scottish score composer) and Pet Shop Boys
mixer:
Goetz
additional keyboard:
Stephen Hilton
bass guitar:
Scott J. Fraser (Bassist from Glasgow, Scotland)
guitar:
Ali MacLeod
pedal steel guitar:
BJ Cole
lead vocals:
Neil Tennant
orchestra:
The London Session Orchestra
arranger:
Craig Armstrong (Scottish score composer) and Pet Shop Boys
orchestrator:
Craig Armstrong (Scottish score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 1999)
recorded at:
Air Studios (Lyndhurst Hall 1991–present) in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (strings) and Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
mixed at:
Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd. and EMI 10 Music Ltd.
43:13
13Liberation
programming:
Pete Gleadall
engineer:
Pete Gleadall and Bob Kraushaar
additional producer:
Stephen Hague
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
mixer:
Mike “Spike” Drake and Stephen Hague
guitar:
J.J. Belle
conductor:
Anne Dudley (English score composer)
orchestrator:
Anne Dudley (English score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 1993)
recording of:
Liberation
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd. and EMI 10 Music Ltd.
24:06
14Paninaro ’95
programming:
Pete Gleadall
engineer and mixer:
Bob Kraushaar
producer:
Pet Shop Boys
percussion:
Liliana Chachian and Oli Savill
background vocals:
Neil Tennant
lead vocals:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd.
recording of:
Paninaro ’95
additional lyricist:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
revision of:
Paninaro
3.54:10
15Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
additional recording engineer:
Ron Dean Miller (NY-based composer, producer, engineer and guitarist)
engineer:
David Jacob
additional producer:
Nicholas Froome, J.J. Jeczalik and Ron Dean Miller (NY-based composer, producer, engineer and guitarist)
producer:
Nicholas Froome and Stephen Hague
keyboard:
Stephen Hague (from 1984 until 1986)
performer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) (from 1984 until 1986) and Neil Tennant (from 1984 until 1986)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1984 until 1986)
engineered at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) (from 1984 until 1986)
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
10 Music Ltd. and Cage Music Ltd.
53:45
16Yesterday, When I Was Mad
engineer:
Bob Kraushaar
mixer:
Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) and Pet Shop Boys
remixer:
Jam & Spoon, Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) and Pet Shop Boys
recording of:
Yesterday, When I Was Mad
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
publisher:
Cage Music Ltd., EMI 10 Music Ltd. and EMI Virgin Music, Inc.
34:01
17Single-Bilingual
recording of:
Single
lyricist:
Neil Tennant
writer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys) and Neil Tennant
composer:
Chris Lowe (1/2 of Pet Shop Boys)
3:30
18Somewhere
engineer:
Bob Kraushaar
orchestrator:
Richard Niles
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Pet Shop Boys Partnership Ltd. (in 1997)
cover recording of:
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence: Somewhere (Consuelo and Company)
lyricist:
Stephen Sondheim
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
Amberson Enterprises, Inc., Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), G. Schirmer, G. Schirmer Inc., PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Universal - Polygram and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
West Side Story: Ballet Sequence
4:42