"Together" is a song by English

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from their greatest hits album, ''

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'' (2010). It was released by

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as a digital download on 24 October 2010 and as a physical release on 29 November 2010. The song received its first play on UK radio on 22 October 2010 during

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's show on

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. It was the third Pet Shop Boys single to miss the top 40 of the

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, reaching number 58 on 11 December 2010. It was co-written and produced by Tim Powell, formerly of

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. The song features an almost completely electronic arrangement in time, one of the very few songs in the band's catalogue to feature an odd-numbered time signature. According to a statement by

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at the time, he and

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wrote it that way because they were fascinated by the

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es written by

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; Tennant noted that the beat of the song is something Strauss may have come up with if he were alive today. The video for "Together" was shot in Estonia, in

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and

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, by Peeter Rebane. It features a large group of male and female dancers engaging in both classical ballet and contemporary dance styles to the beat of the song. Tennant and Lowe appear briefly as behind-the-scenes spectators of a dance show by the group, and at the very end of the video.

Track listings

*CD single #"Together" (radio mix) – 3:30 #"

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remix) – 5:33 *CD maxi single #"Together" (Ultimate mix) – 3:32 #"

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" – 3:27 #" I Cried for Us" – 3:48 #"Together" (extended mix) – 6:56 *Digital 1-track #"Together" (Ultimate mix) – 3:32 *Digital 2-track #"Together" (radio mix) – 3:30 #West End girls (Grum remix) – 5:33 *Digital 3-track #"Together" (Pepptalk mix) – 6:46 #"Together" (

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mix) – 3:41 #"West End Girls" (Grum dub mix) – 5:34 *Digital 4-track #"Together" (Ultimate mix) – 3:32 #"Glad All Over" – 3:27 #"I Cried for Us" – 3:48 #"Together" (extended mix) – 6:56 *Digital video #"Together" (video)Pet Shop Boys official website, News
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Charts

References

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