Released: September 7, 1987
Songwriter: Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer: Julian Mendelsohn
[Intro]
"Twenty seconds and counting
T minus fifteen seconds, guidance is internal"
[Verse 1]
When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
[Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
[Verse 2]
At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
[Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
[Bridge]
Father, forgive me
I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf
Then tore right through it
Whatever you taught me
I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me
'Cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand
[Verse 3]
So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
[Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
[Post-Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
[Outro]
"Confiteor Deo omnipotenti vobis fratres quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo, opere et omissione. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa."
"Twenty seconds and counting
T minus fifteen seconds, guidance is internal"
[Verse 1]
When I look back upon my life
It's always with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
[Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
[Verse 2]
At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn't quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
[Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
[Bridge]
Father, forgive me
I tried not to do it
Turned over a new leaf
Then tore right through it
Whatever you taught me
I didn't believe it
Father, you fought me
'Cause I didn't care
And I still don't understand
[Verse 3]
So I look back upon my life
Forever with a sense of shame
I've always been the one to blame
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common, too
[Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a sin
Everything I've ever done
Everything I ever do
Every place I've ever been
Everywhere I'm going to
It's a sin
[Post-Chorus]
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
It's a, it's a, it's a, it's a sin
[Outro]
"Confiteor Deo omnipotenti vobis fratres quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo, opere et omissione. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa."
PopArt (The Videos)
- Home and Dry [Video Mix]
- Being Boring [7" Edit]
- Domino Dancing (7" Version)
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Single Version)
- So Hard (Extended Dance Mix)
- It’s Alright [7" Version]
- Left to My Own Devices [7" Version]
- Rent [7" Version]
- Was It Worth It? [Video Mix]
- West End Girls [7"Version]
- Suburbia [Video Mix]
- Go West [Ming’s Gone West (First and Second Movement) - Video Edit]
- London [Video Mix]
- Somewhere [Video Mix]
- A Red Letter Day [Single Version]
- Single-Bilingual [Video Mix]
- Se a Vida É (That’s the Way Life Is) [Video Mix]
- I Get Along/E-Mail
- I Don’t Know What You Want But I Can’t Give It Anymore [Radio Edit]
- How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? [Single Version]
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money) [Original 7'’ Version]
- Heart [Video Mix]
- So Hard
- You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You’re Drunk
- Domino Dancing
- Can You Forgive Her?
- Before [Single Edit]
- Paninaro ’95
- Love Comes Quickly
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Paninaro
- DJ Culture
- Always on My Mind [Video Mix]
- Jealousy [7" Version]
- New York City Boy [Radio Edit]
- I Wouldn’t Normally Do This Kind of Thing [7" Version]
- Go West [Video Mix]
- Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You)
- Liberation
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Actually (1987)
- Videography (The Singles Collection on Video) (1991)
- Discography (1991)
- Actually: Further Listening 1987 – 1988 (2001)
- PopArt: The Hits (2003)
- PopArt (The Videos) (2003)
- Ultimate (2010)
- Blinded by the Light (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
- 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