Pet Shop Boys - "West End Girls" - 1985

"West End Girls" the Pet Shop Boys smash 1985 hit was a song few could figure out but almost nobody could resist. It was actually a remake of a song recorded a couple of years earlier by the duo which had received some minor dance club attention.

The video, with a gaunt Neil Tennant walking around London, occasionally stopping to "sing" at the camera and a very depressed looking Chris Lowe following behind in puppy dog fashion (and occasionally becoming so irrelevant that he actually begins to dissolve into the background in some shots), was a major MTV hit notable for the almost complete absence of any West End girls. Details, details...