Love Etc. (song)

This article is about the song. For the novel, see Love, etc (novel).

"Love Etc." is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their tenth studio album, Yes (2009). It was released on 16 March 2009 as the album's lead single. The single was also made available on the US and Canadian iTunes Stores on 24 March 2009,^[1] making it the duo's first single to be released in the US, albeit as a digital download, since "Break 4 Love" in 2001.^[2]

"Love Etc."
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Yes
B-side	"Gin and Jag" "We're All Criminals Now"
Released	16 March 2009 (2009-03-16)
Recorded	2008
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	3:32
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe Brian Higgins Miranda Cooper Tim Powell Owen Parker
Producer(s)	Brian Higgins Xenomania
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Integral" (2007) "Love Etc." (2009) "Did You See Me Coming?" (2009)
Music video
"Love Etc." on YouTube

The song was co-written by Pet Shop Boys with production team Xenomania, who also produced the track. Pet Shop Boys describe "Love Etc." as "a post-lifestyle anthem which sounds like nothing we've done before." The single became the duo's ninth number-one entry on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart; the pair thus overtook Depeche Mode to break the record for the most chart-toppers by a duo or group on the Billboard dance chart.^[3]

The music video was directed by Dutch digital artist Han Hoogerbrugge. The website Stereogum described it as a "horizontally scrolling animated video [that] is part Sonic The Hedgehog (dated video game reference!) and part Pac Man (chomping down on hearts, shamrocks, and cash money), with a lineup of Chrisses, Neils, and others shouting, flexing, unmasking, and turning into draculas."^[4]

Track listings

• UK CD single

1. "Love Etc." – 3:32
2. "Gin and Jag" – 4:29

• UK and German CD single – The Remixes

1. "Love Etc." (album version) – 3:32
2. "Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:17
3. "Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:03
4. "Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:55
5. "Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21
6. "Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Dub) – 5:54

• UK and German iTunes single^[5][6]

1. "Love Etc." – 3:32
2. "We're All Criminals Now" – 3:55

• UK and German iTunes EP^[7][8]

1. "Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:16
2. "Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:02
3. "Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:54
4. "Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21

• US iTunes EP^[1]

1. "Love Etc." – 3:32
2. "We're All Criminals Now" – 3:55
3. "Gin and Jag" – 4:28

• US iTunes remix EP^[9]

1. "Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:16
2. "Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:02
3. "Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:54
4. "Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21
5. "Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Dub) – 5:53

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Yes.^[10]

• Neil Tennant – lead vocals
• Chris Lowe – keyboards, programming
• Brian Higgins – production, keyboards, programming
• Xenomania – production, backing vocals
• Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
• Tim Powell – keyboards, programming
• Fred Falke – keyboards, programming
• Matt Gray – keyboards, programming
• Owen Parker – keyboards, programming, guitars
• Sacha Collisson – keyboards, programming
• Dick Beetham – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Love Etc." Chart (2009) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[11] 21 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[12] 18 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)^[13] 24 Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)^[14] 25 Germany (Official German Charts)^[15] 12 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[16] 19 Hungary (Single Top 40)^[17] 6 Ireland (IRMA)^[18] 31 Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[19] 15 Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)^[20] 42 Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[21] 76 Scotland (OCC)^[22] 3 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)^[23] 70 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[24] 60 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[25] 19 UK Singles (OCC)^[26] 14 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[27] 1 US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)^[28] 2 US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)^[29] 2

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Love Etc." Chart (2009) Position Germany (Official German Charts)^[30] 78 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[31] 121 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[32] 8

See also

• List of Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number ones of 2009

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