Pet Shop Boys

Released: November 14, 1988

Songwriter: Trevor Horn Stephen Lipson Neil Tennant Chris Lowe

Producer: Trevor Horn Stephen Lipson

[Verse 1]
I hate you, I hate you
Nothing will ever be the same
Oh, really? Don't be silly
I told you it was all a game
Whenever I see you or your work
It makes me feel like spitting
What's that noise?
Oh that, we've been expecting it for ages
It's the sound of the atom splitting

[Interlude]

[Verse 2]
He's a villain, him over there
With the stocking on his head
Look, there's another
They call themselves 'pinheads'
What's that noise over there?
Is it corrugated iron they're hitting?
No, no, it's perfectly normal
It's just the sound of the atom splitting

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Whose side are you on anyway?
Is that some kind of threat?
Well, I suppose it'll have to do
As long as you don't make too much mess
And would the last person to leave
Once you've all finished kissing
Turn the video on to record
You never know what you're missing
Bread and circuses and maybe later
The sound of the atom splitting

[Interlude]

[Verse 4]
Quiet at the back please, no hissing
It's the sound, the sound
The sound of the atom splitting

[Interlude]

[Verse 5]
I hate you, I hate you
Quiet at the back please, no hissing
It's the sound, the sound
The sound of the atom splitting
For the sound, the sound
The sound of the atom splitting

[Outro]
Oh, really? Don't be silly
I told you it was all a game
What's that noise?
Quiet at the back please

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo comprised of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Formed in London in 1981, they’ve released fourteen LPs–in addition to a myriad of theatrical, film, and ballet scores–and have charted forty-two UK Top 30 singles, four of them making it to number 1.

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