Before (song)

"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 number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play and number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, roughly equivalent to number 107 on the main Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Track listing

UK CD1: Parlophone

"Before" – 4:05
"The Truck Driver and His Mate" – 3:33
"Hit and Miss" – 4:05
"In the Night '95" – 4:17

UK CD2: Parlophone

"Before" (Classic Paradise mix) – 7:56
"Before" (Aphrodisiac mix) – 7:27
"Before" (Hed Boys Mad mix) – 7:33
"Before" (extended mix) – 8:47
"Before" (Danny Tenaglia mix) – 7:15

UK 3x12": Parlophone

"Before" (Underground mix) – 7:15
"Before" (bonus dub) – 3:59
"Before" (Underground instrumental) – 7:15
"Before" (bonus beats) – 3:59
"Before" (Classic Paradise mix) – 7:56
"Before" (Aphrodisiac mix) – 7:27
"Before" (Hed Boys mix) – 7:33
"Before" (dub) – 4:53
"Before" (extended mix) – 8:47

US 5" CD maxi-single: Atlantic

"Before" (Album version) – 4:05
"Before" (D.T.'s after mix) – 8:46
"Before" (Classic Paradise mix Love to Infinity) – 7:56
"Before" (Joey Negro's Hed Boys mix) – 7:35
"Before" (Joey Negro's Before dub) – 4:55
"Before" (Tenaglia's underground mix) – 7:17
"Before" (Tenaglia's bonus beats) – 4:03
"Before" (D.T.'s twilo dub) – 8:57
"Before" (Tenaglia's bonus dub) – 4:03

US enhanced CD single: Atlantic

"Before" (Album version)
"The Truck Driver and His Mate"
"Hit and Miss"

including "Before" video

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	25
Austria^[2]	34
Canadian Dance/Urban Singles Chart^[3]	19
Finland	4
Germany^[4]	45
Italy^[5]	15
Sweden	7
Switzerland	30
UK Singles Chart^[6]	7
US Hot Dance Club Play	1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	7

References

Preceded by "Wrong" by Everything but the Girl	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single 13 July 1996 – 20 July 1996	Succeeded by "Professional Widow" by Tori Amos

Pet Shop Boys
Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Studio albums	Please Actually Introspective Behaviour Very Bilingual Nightlife Release Fundamental Yes Elysium Electric Super
Compilation albums	Discography: The Complete Singles Collection Alternative Essential PopArt: The Hits Story: 25 Years of Hits Party Ultimate Format
Remix albums	Disco Disco 2 Disco 3 Disco 4
Live albums	Concrete Pandemonium
Extended plays	Christmas
Soundtracks and scores	It Couldn't Happen Here Closer to Heaven Battleship Potemkin The Most Incredible Thing
Other songs	"King's Cross" "The Loving Kind" "The Night I Fell in Love" "I'm Not Scared" "In Private" "Nothing Has Been Proved" "So Sorry, I Said" "Don't Drop Bombs" "Euroboy"
Film, stage and television	It Couldn't Happen Here Closer to Heaven Pet Shop Boys: A Life In Pop The Most Incredible Thing
Notable tours and concerts	MCMLXXXIX Performance Discovery Somewhere Nightlife Release Fundamental Pandemonium Progress (as special guests) Electric Super
Related articles	Discography Songs x2 Reputation Results Electronic Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys West End Girls
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Pet Shop Boys singles
Please (1984–1986)	"West End Girls" "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" "Love Comes Quickly" "Suburbia"
Disco (1986)	"Paninaro"
Actually (1987–1988)	"It's a Sin" "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" "Rent" "Heart"
Introspective (1988–1989)	"Always on My Mind" "Domino Dancing" "Left to My Own Devices" "It's Alright"
Behaviour (1990–1991)	"So Hard" "Being Boring" "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"/"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" "Jealousy"
Discography (1991)	"DJ Culture" "Was It Worth It?"
Very (1993–1994)	"Can You Forgive Her?" "Go West" "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" "Liberation" "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
Alternative (1995)	"Paninaro '95"
Bilingual (1996–1997)	"Before" "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)"/"To Step Aside" "Single-Bilingual" "A Red Letter Day"
Nightlife (1999–2000)	"I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More" "New York City Boy" "You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"
Release (2002–2003)	"Home and Dry" "I Get Along" "London"
PopArt (2003–2004)	"Miracles" "Flamboyant"
Fundamental (2006)	"I'm with Stupid" "Minimal" "Numb"
Disco 4 (2007)	"Integral"
Yes (2009)	"Love Etc." "Did You See Me Coming?" "Beautiful People"
Ultimate (2010)	"Together"
Elysium (2012)	"Winner" "Leaving" "Memory of the Future"
Electric (2013-14)	"Axis" "Vocal" "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" "Thursday" "Fluorescent"
Super (2016)	"The Pop Kids" "Twenty-something" "Inner Sanctum" "Say It to Me" "Undertow"
Non-album singles	"One More Chance" "Absolutely Fabulous" "Hallo Spaceboy" "Somewhere" "Break 4 Love" "She's Madonna" "Love Life"

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