Integral (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Integral
| cover = IntegralPetShopBoys.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Pet Shop Boys
| album = Disco 4
| released = {{Start date|2007|10|8|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Pop{{cite web|title= Pet Shop Boys: Fundamental |first= Nitsuh |last= Abebe |date= 30 May 2006 |website= Pitchfork |access-date= 30 January 2017 |url= https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9057-fundamental/}}
| length =
- 3:55 (on Fundamental)
- 7:23 (on Disco 4)
| label = Parlophone
| writer =
| producer = Trevor Horn
| prev_title = She's Madonna
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Love Etc.
| next_year = 2009
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|VckCoZkCEu8|"Integral"}}}}
}}
"Integral" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their ninth studio album, Fundamental (2006). A remixed version of the song was released on 8 October 2007 as a download-only single to promote the duo's fourth remix album, Disco 4 (2007).{{cite web |url=https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/product/single/integral |title=Integral – Pet Shop Boys – Product |website=PetShopBoys.co.uk |access-date=6 November 2020}} The single peaked at number 197 on the UK Singles Chart.
The artwork for the single is a QR code, which, when scanned, gives a link to the Pet Shop Boys' website.
Composition
The single criticises the Identity Cards Act 2006. A statement from the band cited the issue as the reason that Neil Tennant ceased his well-publicized support of Tony Blair's Labour party.{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4763874.stm|title= Pet Shop Boys protest at ID cards|work=BBC News| date=1 March 2006}} Some wording, such as 'sterile, immaculate', is drawn from Yevgeny Zamyatin's dystopian novel We, although Tennant hadn't read it when he wrote the lyrics.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Fundamental: Further Listening 2005-2007|title-link=Fundamental (Pet Shop Boys album)|last=Heath|first=Chris|author-link=Chris Heath|others=Pet Shop Boys|date=2017|page=21|type=booklet |publisher=Parlophone Records|id=0190295921170}} In the book, the inhabitants of the future One State try to build The Integral, a glass spaceship, in order to solve the cosmic equation and resolve all the problems in their One State.
Track listing
- Digital single{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/integral-ep/699631043 |title=Integral – EP by Pet Shop Boys |website=Apple Music |location=United Kingdom |access-date=6 November 2020}}
- "Integral" (PSB Perfect Immaculate mix) – 7:16
- "Integral" (Dave Spoon mix) – 7:10
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Integral" ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web |url=http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html?edition=608&go=Go |title=Romanian Top 100 – Issue nr: 47/2007 (03 Decembrie – 09 Decembrie 2007) |language=ro |publisher=Romanian Top 100 |access-date=23 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227024449/http://www.rt100.ro/top-100-edition.html?edition=608&go=Go |archive-date=27 December 2008}}
| 81 |
|---|
| scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC){{cite web |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_P.HTM |title=Chart Log UK (1994–2010): Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls |website=Zobbel.de |access-date=10 August 2012}}
| 197 |
External links
[https://www.petshopboys.co.uk/lyrics/integral Lyrics: Integral]
References
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{{Pet Shop Boys singles}}
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Category:Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn