Released: September 22, 1986
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Julian Mendelsohn
[Intro]
Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia
Where the suburbs met utopia
[Verse 1]
Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
Roaming suburban boys
Mother's got her hair-do to be done
She says they're too old for toys
Stood by the bus stop with a felt pen
In this suburban hell
And in the distance a police car
To break the suburban spell
[Chorus]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
[Verse 2]
Break the window by the Town Hall
Listen! A siren screams
There in the distance
Like a roll call
Of all the suburban dreams
[Chorus]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
[Interlude]
[Bridge]
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
Hang around, hang around
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
It's on the front page of the papers:
"This Is Their Hour of Need"
Where's a policeman when you need one
To blame the colour TV?
[Chorus]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia, in suburbia, in suburbia
[Post-Chorus]
Run with the dogs tonight
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
You can't hide
In suburbia
[Interlude]
[Outro]
Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia
What kind of dream was this, so easy to destroy?
And who are were to blame for the sins of the past?
These slums of the future?
Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia
Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia
Where the suburbs met utopia
Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia
Where the suburbs met utopia
[Verse 1]
Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
Roaming suburban boys
Mother's got her hair-do to be done
She says they're too old for toys
Stood by the bus stop with a felt pen
In this suburban hell
And in the distance a police car
To break the suburban spell
[Chorus]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
[Verse 2]
Break the window by the Town Hall
Listen! A siren screams
There in the distance
Like a roll call
Of all the suburban dreams
[Chorus]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
[Interlude]
[Bridge]
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
I only wanted something else to do but hang around
Hang around, hang around
[Interlude]
[Verse 3]
It's on the front page of the papers:
"This Is Their Hour of Need"
Where's a policeman when you need one
To blame the colour TV?
[Chorus]
Let's take a ride
And run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
In suburbia, in suburbia, in suburbia
[Post-Chorus]
Run with the dogs tonight
You can't hide
Run with the dogs tonight
You can't hide
In suburbia
[Interlude]
[Outro]
Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia
What kind of dream was this, so easy to destroy?
And who are were to blame for the sins of the past?
These slums of the future?
Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia
Suburbia, where the suburbs met utopia
Where the suburbs met utopia
more tracks from the album
Please: Further Listening 1984 – 1986
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- I Want a Lover
- Suburbia
- Paninaro (Italian Remix) [12" Version]
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money) [Original 12'’ Mix]
- Two Divided by Zero
- Why Don’t We Live Together?
- A Man Could Get Arrested
- Why Don’t We Live Together? [Original New York Mix]
- West End Girls (Dance Mix) [12" Version]
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) [Reprise]
- Tonight Is Forever
- Suburbia (The Full Horror)
- West End Girls
- Later Tonight
- Love Comes Quickly
- That’s My Impression (Disco Mix)
- Love Comes Quickly (Dance Mix)
- A Man Could Get Arrested [12" Version]
- Violence
- Jack the Lad
- Was That What It Was?
- In the Night
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) [Full Length Original 7" Version]
From the albums
- Disco (1986)
- Please: Further Listening 1984 – 1986 (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
- 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