Love Etc.

"Love Etc." is a song by English synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys from their tenth studio album, Yes (2009). It was released on 16 March 2009 as the album's lead single. The single was also made available on the US and Canadian iTunes Stores on 24 March 2009,^[1] making it the duo's first single to be released in the US, albeit as a digital download, since "Break 4 Love" in 2001.^[2]

The song was co-written by Pet Shop Boys with production team Xenomania, who also produced the track. Pet Shop Boys describe "Love Etc." as "a post-lifestyle anthem which sounds like nothing we've done before." The single became the duo's ninth number-one hit on Hot Dance Club Songs chart; the pair thus overtook Depeche Mode to break the record for the most chart-toppers by a duo or group on the Billboard dance chart.^[3]

The music video was directed by Dutch digital artist Han Hoogerbrugge. The website Stereogum described it as a "horizontally scrolling animated video [that] is part Sonic The Hedgehog (dated video game reference!) and part Pac Man (chomping down on hearts, shamrocks, and cash money), with a lineup of Chrisses, Neils, and others shouting, flexing, unmasking, and turning into draculas."^[4]

Track listings

UK CD single

"Love Etc." – 3:32
"Gin and Jag" – 4:29

UK and German CD single – The Remixes

"Love Etc." (album version) – 3:32
"Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:17
"Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:03
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:55
"Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Dub) – 5:54

UK and German iTunes single^[5]^[6]

"Love Etc." – 3:32
"We're All Criminals Now" – 3:55

UK and German iTunes EP^[7]^[8]

"Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:16
"Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:02
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:54
"Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21

US iTunes EP^[1]

"Love Etc." – 3:32
"We're All Criminals Now" – 3:55
"Gin and Jag" – 4:28

US iTunes remix EP^[9]

"Love Etc." (Pet Shop Boys Mix) – 6:16
"Love Etc." (Gui Boratto Mix) – 8:02
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Mix) – 5:54
"Love Etc." (Frankmusik Star & Garter Dub) – 3:21
"Love Etc." (Kurd Maverick Dub) – 5:53

Personnel

Neil Tennant – lead vocals
Chris Lowe – keyboards, programming
Dick Beetham – mastering
Sacha Collisson – keyboards, programming
Fred Falke – keyboards, programming
Matt Gray – keyboards, programming

Brian Higgins – producer, keyboards, programming
Owen Parker – keyboards, programming, guitar
Tim Powell – keyboards, programming
Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
Xenomania – producers, backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[10]	21
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)^[11]	18
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)^[12]	24
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)^[13]	25
Germany (Official German Charts)^[14]	12
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[15]	19
Hungary (Single Top 40)^[16]	6
Ireland (IRMA)^[17]	31
Japan (Japan Hot 100)^[18]	15
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[19]	76
Scotland (Official Charts Company)^[20]	3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[21]	60
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[22]	19
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[23]	14
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[24]	21
US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)^[25]	2
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[26]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)^[27]	78
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[28]	121
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[29]	8

References

1 2 "Love Etc. by Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Pet Shop Boys' UK and US Pop Chart History". geowayne.com. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
↑ Trust, Gary (11 November 2009). "Chart Beat Wednesday: Owl City, Pet Shop Boys, John Mayer". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "New Pet Shop Boys Video – "Love Etc."". Stereogum. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
↑ "Love Etc. – Single by Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store (GB). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Love Etc. – Single von Pet Shop Boys" (in German). iTunes Store (DE). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Love Etc. – EP by Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store (GB). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Love etc. – EP von Pet Shop Boys" (in German). iTunes Store (DE). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Love Etc. (Remixes) – EP by Pet Shop Boys". iTunes Store (US). Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Love Etc. – Pet Shop Boys". Billboard. Archived from the original on 29 March 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Pet Shop Boys – Love etc.". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Chart Track: Week 15, 2009". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
↑ "Pet Shop Boys – Chart history" Japan Hot 100 for Pet Shop Boys. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Pet Shop Boys – Love etc." (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Archive Chart: 2009-03-22". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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↑ "Swisscharts.com – Pet Shop Boys – Love etc.". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Pet Shop Boys: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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↑ "Hot Singles Sales". Billboard. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Pet Shop Boys – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for Pet Shop Boys. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 2009" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 – 2009" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
↑ "Year End Charts – Dance Club Songs". Billboard. 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

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 Inner Sanctum

Related articles	Discography x2 Reputation Results Electronic Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys West End Girls

Book

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"

Non-album singles	"One More Chance" "Absolutely Fabulous" "Hallo Spaceboy" "Somewhere" "Break 4 Love" "She's Madonna" "Love Life"

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