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stated, "It might be called "So Hard" but the Pet Shop Boys make it all sound so easy. That's probably why people think they're too clever for their own good. But they do make excellent pop records. This is typical Pet Shop Boys despite the change of producer: Brash disco backing, dry sophisticated
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named it Single of the Week, writing, "Notwithstanding the radar signals, laser beams and acidic bleeps which squiggle at the start, "So Hard" is immediately, unmistakably Pet Shop Boys." Pan-European magazine
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said the song, "about a couple faithfully unfaithful to each other", "reflect a detached sadness set against a dreamy synthesizer background that barely sashays across the dancefloor."
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wrote that "So Hard" is "familiar Pet Shoppies territory", with its "superior hit factory pulse, boys town keyboard slashes and darkly tainted love-lyric."
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4 in the United Kingdom and reached the top three in at least seven European countries, including Finland, where it reached No. 1.
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commented, "All radio formats unite! This commercial pop single - featuring that typically inescapable
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The single's B-side is "It Must Be Obvious", with the US release also featuring the remix of "
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melodrama of past efforts, while striking enough of a modern pop stance to encourage
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took the chord progression from the middle section and made this classic pumping
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co-producing, and a typical semi-orchestral pop song with those familiar heavy
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came over and said, 'Why don't we make records like this?' I said, 'Neil, it
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This article is about the 1990 Pet Shop Boys song. For other uses, see
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Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
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Very Introspective, Actually: A Tribute to the Pet Shop Boys
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I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More
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Muretich, James (18 November 1990). "Recent Releases".
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with loads of all these retro instruments", recalled
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beats and another catchy chorus." Roger Morton from
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us.' So that's how much we know about dance music!"
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track. It's quite funny, because we did this gig in
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"So Hard" (The KLF vs. Pet Shop Boys) – 5:27 3485:Song recordings produced by Harold Faltermeyer 2977:You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk 1851:(in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. 2382: 8: 2551:Discography: The Complete Singles Collection 1890:The Irish Charts – Search Results – So Hard" 548:UK 12-inch single (The KLF vs Pet Shop Boys) 1223: 1221: 1219: 1194:Sounds English: Transnational Popular Music 337:played this track at the party afterwards. 2389: 2375: 2367: 1072: 1012: 669: 36: 27: 2893:I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing 2851:How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously? 1849:Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja 1014:Year-end chart performance for "So Hard" 610:A1. "So Hard" (extended dance mix) – 6:30 536:A1. "So Hard" (extended dance mix) – 6:30 2749:Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) 1198:. University of Illinois Press. p.  1074:Release dates and formats for "So Hard" 557:B. "It Must Be Obvious" (UFO mix) – 9:22 413:said, "A welcome return, this time with 2113:"Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Hot 100)" 1182: 671:Weekly chart performance for "So Hard" 54: 43: 2034:Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). 1697: 1669: 1641: 1609: 1581: 1553: 1525: 1497: 1469: 2097:"Pet Shop Boys: Artist Chart History" 1169:was included on the 2001 compilation 1165:A cover version by Scottish musician 1097: 631:"So Hard" (extended dance mix) – 6:30 575:"So Hard" (extended dance mix) – 6:30 471:. The black and white video co-stars 7: 2267:"Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 1990" 2038:(in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: 1390:Robinson, Nick (29 September 1990). 1091: 487:", which was originally released on 374:radio airplay." 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"It Must Be Obvious" – 4:21 595:"So Hard" (Red Zone mix) – 6:45 539:A2. "It Must Be Obvious" – 4:21 2269:(in German). GfK Entertainment 598:"So Hard" (Eclipse mix) – 3:40 542:B1. "So Hard" (dub mix) – 7:30 302: 1: 3495:Songs written by Neil Tennant 3470:Number-one singles in Finland 3117:Love Is a Bourgeois Construct 2334:. 6 October 1990. p. 39. 2103:. Retrieved 23 October 2020. 1051:Netherlands (Single Top 100) 613:A2. "So Hard" (single) – 3:56 439:for the song was directed by 3500:Black-and-white music videos 3340:Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop 2607:Smash: The Singles 1985–2020 1879:. Retrieved 28 July 2019. 1371:. 6 October 1990. p. 18 1154: 1136: 1126: 592:"So Hard" (radio mix) – 3:22 387:singing and a great tune." 16:1990 single by Pet Shop Boys 3490:Songs written by Chris Lowe 3433:Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys 2685:Discovery: Live in Rio 1994 1817:"Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" 1804:Library and Archives Canada 1781:Library and Archives Canada 1771:Top RPM Singles: Issue 9171 1760:. 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So Hard (disambiguation)

Single
Pet Shop Boys
Behaviour
B-side
Studio
Munich
West Germany
Genre
Dance-pop
synth-pop
Label
Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant
Producer(s)
Harold Faltermeyer
Pet Shop Boys
It's Alright
Being Boring
"So Hard"
YouTube
synth-pop
Pet Shop Boys
Behaviour
Giorgio Moroder
Chris Lowe
David Morales

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