"Integral" is a song by English

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from their ninth studio album, ''

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'' (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, ''

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'' (2007). The single peaked at number 197 on the

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. The artwork for the single is a

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, which, when scanned, gives a link to the Pet Shop Boys' website.

Composition

The single criticises the

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. A statement from the band cited the issue as the reason that Tennant ceased his well-publicized support of

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's Labour party. The lyrics are fully masked and converted to the homage to

Yevgeny Zamyatin Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin ( rus, Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ zɐˈmʲætʲɪn; – 10 March 1937), sometimes anglicized as Eugene Zamyatin, was a Russian author of science fictio ...

's dystopian novel '' We'', in which 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 #"Integral" (PSB Perfect Immaculate mix) – 7:16 #"Integral" (

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mix) – 7:10

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Integral (Song) 2006 songs 2007 singles Parlophone singles Pet Shop Boys songs Song recordings produced by Trevor Horn Songs written by Chris Lowe Songs written by Neil Tennant