Before (song)

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“Before”
Single by Pet Shop Boys from the album Bilingual
Released	April 22, 1996
Format	CD single
Recorded	1995
Genre	Electronic music
Length	4:32
Label	Parlophone (UK) EMI / Atlantic (US)
Writer(s)	Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
Producer	Pet Shop Boys, Danny Tenaglia
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Paninaro '95" (1995) "Before" (1996) "Se a vida é (That's the way life is)" (1996)

"Before" is a single by UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys released as the first single from the group's 1996 album Bilingual. The single, upon its release, peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached #1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play and reached #7 on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, equalling #107 on the main U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK 2-part CD single set: Parlophone 1.2 US 9-track 5" CD maxi-single: EMI 1.3 US 3-track enhanced CD single: Atlantic

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK 2-part CD single set: Parlophone

1. "Before"
2. "The truck driver and his mate"
3. "Hit and miss"
4. "In the night '95"
5. "Before" (Classic Paradise mix)
6. "Before" (Aphrodisiac mix)
7. "Before" (Hed Boys mix)
8. "Before" (Extended mix)
9. "Before" (Danny Tenaglia mix)

[edit] US 9-track 5" CD maxi-single: EMI

1. "Before" (Album version) - 4:05
2. "Before" (D.T.'s after mix) - 8:46
3. "Before" (Classic Paradise mix Love to Infinity) - 7:56
4. "Before" (Joey Negro's Hed Boys mix) - 7:35
5. "Before" (Joey Negro's Before dub) - 4:55
6. "Before" (Tenagilia's underground mix) - 7:17
7. "Before" (Tenaglia's bonus beats) - 4:03
8. "Before" (B.T.'s twilo dub) - 8:57
9. "Before" (Tenglia's bonus dub) - 4:03

[edit] US 3-track enhanced CD single: Atlantic

1. "Before" (Album version)
2. "The truck driver and his mate"
3. "Hit and miss"

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Preceded by "Wrong" by Everything but the Girl

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single July 13, 1996 - July 20, 1996

Succeeded by "Professional Widow" by Tori Amos