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Yesterday, When I Was Mad
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Yesterday, When I Was Mad
| cover = YesterdayWhenIWasMadPetShopBoyssingle.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Pet Shop Boys
| album = Very
| B-side =
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 3:55
| label = Parlophone
| writer =
* Neil Tennant
* Chris Lowe
| producer = Pet Shop Boys
| prev_title = Absolutely Fabulous
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = Paninaro '95
| next_year = 1995
| misc =
}}
"'Yesterday, When I Was Mad'" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as the fifth and final single from their fifth studio album, 'Very' (1993), on 29 August 1994. The single peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the US 'Billboard' Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song was remixed by Jam & Spoon for its single release, among other things removing a compression effect applied to Neil Tennant's voice during the verses. The B-sides included a cover of the Nol Coward song "If Love Were All".
Composition
The song is about the stresses of touring and how being away from loved ones can make musicians unwilling to trust others or carry on with their career, contrasting it with the humour of ironic, pretentious or rude things people say to touring musicians. Tennant has said that many of the lines in the song, such as 'And someone said, "It's fabulous you're still around todayyou've both made such a little go a very long way!"' actually happened.
"Euroboy"
"'Euroboy'", a dance track written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe[http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=350212718&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1 Ascap entry for song] in the Eurodance mould of such bands as Cappella and Livin' Joy, was released as one of the B-sides on "Yesterday, When I Was Mad". It later appeared on the US release of the album 'Disco 2', the B-side collection 'Alternative' and the 2001 2-disc re-release of 'Very'.
The track includes Chris Lowe in one of his rare lead-vocals performances, singing through a vocoder.
The Boys claimed to have been unaware at the time of release that 'Euroboy' was also the name of a softcore gay pornographic magazine.
It was occasionally performed live on the Asian leg of the band's 1994 'Discovery' tour.
Critical reception
Alan Jones from 'Music Week' rated the song three out of five, calling it "a bright tongue-in-cheek romp, but its galloping disco style makes few concessions to melody." Brad Beatnik from the magazine's 'RM' Dance Update noted, "This duo seem to be getting more excited about dance mixes with each single they put out. This one, another idiosyncratic and charming pop song, has about eight mixes." Another editor, James Hamilton deemed it a "hi-NRG galloper".
Music video
A music video was produced to promote the single. It was directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
Track listings
* 'UK CD 1: Parlophone CDRS 6386'
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Single Version)
# "If Love Were All"
# "Can You Forgive Her?" (Swing Version)
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Jam & Spoon Mix)
* 'UK CD 2: Parlophone CDR 6386'
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Coconut 1 Remix)
# "Some Speculation"
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Junior Vasquez Factory Dub)
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (RAF Zone Dub)
* 'US CD: EMI E2-58319' (subtitled: The Mixes)
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Jam & Spoon Mix)
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Coconut 1 12" Mix)
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Raf Zone Mix)
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Junior Vasquez Fabulous Dub)
# "Euroboy"
# "Some Speculation"
* 'EUR CD: Parlophone 8 81633 2' (cardboard)
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Single Version)
# "Euroboy"
* 'Australian CD: Parlophone 8816732'
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
# "If Love Were All"
# "Can You Forgive Her?" (Swing Version)
# "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Jam & Spoon Mix)
# "Absolutely Fabulous"
Charts
References
Category:1993 songs
Category:1994 singles
Category:Music videos directed by Howard Greenhalgh
Category:Parlophone singles
Category:Pet Shop Boys songs
Category:Songs about the media
Category:Songs written by Chris Lowe
Category:Songs written by Neil Tennant
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