Released: March 18, 1997
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Danny Tenaglia Pet Shop Boys
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]
So far away from home
So free and so alone
His head up in the clouds
His body in the crowds
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
[Verse 2: Neil Tennant]
To raise above the pain
To prove them all wrong again
To shake away at last
The secret in his past
He is exactly where he wants to be
In a world of his own
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant]
His shirt falls to the floor
He's taking off some more
The crowd all love the show
Just how far will he go?
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy, the boy
[Spoken Interlude: Vanessa Ichak]
Yo Louis!
Oh no you don't!
You ain't dancin' for all these men
I thought you said you quit that
You told me you was goin' to your mother's
You get down from there, right now, all right?
Right now!
Where are your clothes at?
God it's hot in here!
Honey you can stay here, but don't bother home along tonight
Your clothes are going out the window
All your posse are gonna know tomorrow
I'll tell your mother
Oh no you don't, you ain't dancin' for all these men
It's over!
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
[Verse 1: Neil Tennant]
So far away from home
So free and so alone
His head up in the clouds
His body in the crowds
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
[Verse 2: Neil Tennant]
To raise above the pain
To prove them all wrong again
To shake away at last
The secret in his past
He is exactly where he wants to be
In a world of his own
[Verse 3: Neil Tennant]
His shirt falls to the floor
He's taking off some more
The crowd all love the show
Just how far will he go?
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy, the boy
[Spoken Interlude: Vanessa Ichak]
Yo Louis!
Oh no you don't!
You ain't dancin' for all these men
I thought you said you quit that
You told me you was goin' to your mother's
You get down from there, right now, all right?
Right now!
Where are your clothes at?
God it's hot in here!
Honey you can stay here, but don't bother home along tonight
Your clothes are going out the window
All your posse are gonna know tomorrow
I'll tell your mother
Oh no you don't, you ain't dancin' for all these men
It's over!
[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
The boy who couldn't keep his clothes on
Loved dancing
All night long
more tracks from the album
Format: B-Sides and Bonus Tracks 1996-2009
- The Calm Before The Storm
- I Didn’t Get Where I Am Today
- Gin and Jag
- Nightlife
- Transparent
- How I Learned to Hate Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Up and Down
- Delusions of Grandeur
- Betrayed
- After the Event
- Blue on Blue
- Between Two Islands
- The Former Enfant Terrible
- Disco Potential
- Always
- Confidential (Demo for Tina)
- In the Night (1995)
- Casting a Shadow
- We’re The Pet Shop Boys
- Discoteca (New Version)
- The Boy Who Couldn’t Keep His Clothes On
- Party Song
- Searching For the Face of Jesus
- Friendly Fire
- We’re All Criminals Now
- Girls Don’t Cry
- The Resurrectionist
- The Truck-Driver and His Mate
- Sexy Northerner
- The Ghost of Myself
- Silver Age
- Screaming
- In Private
- Bright Young Things
- View From Your Balcony
- Hit and Miss
- Lies
- No Time for Tears (Single Mix)
From the album
Pet Shop Boys popular songs
- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Domino Dancing
- The Pop Kids
- Left to My Own Devices
- Rent
- New York City Boy
- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- Closer to Heaven 3
- Footsteps
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix) [Disco 2 Version]
- In His Imagination
- Sail Away