Release: March 16, 2009
Lyrics:
(you need more, you need more, you need more,
You need more, you need more, you need more,
You need more, you need more, you need more)
Boy it's tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl
It's about getting out of a rut, you need luck
And your stuck and don't know how (oh)
A big bucks Hollywood star
(don't have to drive)A super car to get far
(don't have to live)A life of power and wealth
(don't have to be) beautiful but it helps
(don't have to buy)A house in Beverly hills
(don't have to have)your daddy paying the bills
(don't have to live)A life of power and wealth
(don't have to be) beautiful but it helps
You need more than a big blank check to be a lover, or
A gulf stream jet to fly you door to door
Somewhere chic on another shore
You need more you need more you need more you need more you need more you need more
You need love you need love you need love
Too much of anything is never enough
Too much of everything is never enough
Boy it's tough getting on in the world
When the sun doesn't shine and a boy needs a girl
It's about getting out of a rut, you need luck
And your stuck and don't know how (oh)
A big bucks Hollywood star
(don't have to drive)A super car to get far
(don't have to wear)A smile much colder than ice
(don't have to be beautiful but it's nice
You need more than Gerhard Richter hangin' on your wall
A chauffeur-driven limousine on call
To drive your wife and lover to a white tie ball
(you need more, you need more, you need more,
You need more, you need more, you need more) you need love
I believe that we can achieve the love that we need
I believe, call me naive
Love is for free
Songwriter:
A big bucks Hollywood star
(don't have to drive)A super car to get far
(don't have to live)A life of power and wealth
(don't have to be) beautiful but it helps
Beautiful that it helps
Beautiful that it helps
Brian Higgins / Chris Lowe / Miranda Cooper / Neil Tennant / Owen Parker / Tim Powell
SongFacts:
"Love, Etc." is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their tenth studio album Yes (2009). It was released on March 16, 2009 as the album's lead single. The single was also made available on the US and Canadian iTunes Store on March 24, 2009, becoming the duo's first single to be released in the US since "Break 4 Love" in 2001, albeit as a digital download.
The song was written by Pet Shop Boys together with the production team Xenomania, who also produced the track. Pet Shop Boys describe "Love Etc." as "a post-lifestyle anthem that sounds like nothing we've done before." The single became the duo's ninth number-one entry on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart ; The pair overtook Depeche Mode and broke the record for the most chart-toppers by a duo or group on the Billboard dance charts.
The music video was directed by Dutch digital artist Han Hoogerbrugge. The website Stereogum described it as a "horizontally scrolling animated video that's part Sonic The Hedgehog (outdated video game reference!) and part Pac Man (devouring hearts, shamrocks and cash), with a number of Chrisses, Neils and others scream, bow, expose themselves and transform into Draculas.
