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
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
more tracks from the album
Introspective: Further Listening 1988 – 1989
- Always on My Mind / In My House
- Don Juan (Demo)
- Domino Dancing (Demo)
- Domino Dancing (Alternative U.S. Mix)
- The Sound of the Atom Splitting (Extended Mix) [7" Version]
- Don Juan (Disco Mix) [12" Version]
- Losing My Mind (Disco Mix) [12" Version]
- Left to My Own Devices [7" Version]
- It’s Alright [10" Version]
- What Keeps Mankind Alive?
- One of the Crowd
- I’m Not Scared
- Left to My Own Devices
- It’s Alright
- I Want a Dog
- I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) [Extended Version]
- Domino Dancing
- So Sorry, I Said (Demo for Liza)
- Nothing Has Been Proved (Demo for Dusty)
- Your Funny Uncle
- It’s Alright [7" Version]
From the albums
- Alternative (1995)
- Introspective: Further Listening 1988 – 1989 (2001)
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
- All Over the World (This Is A Dub)
- After All
- Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix)
- So Hard
- Breathing Space
- Radiophonic
- Memory of the Future