Song · Pet Shop Boys
“Did You See Me Coming?” by Pet Shop Boys
From the album Yes (2009)
“Did You See Me Coming?” by Pet Shop Boys appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2024. It was first released in 2009 on the album Yes. Its best result is #669 on the WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024).
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"Did You See Me Coming?" followed "Love Etc." off Yes, Pet Shop Boys' tenth studio album, going out as a single on June 1, 2009. It joined a Chris Lowe backing track to a lyric Neil Tennant first wrote for a ballad. The title comes from Tennant's mother, who'd say somebody must have seen you coming when you'd been conned, yet he called the result a positive love song.
The demo was their audition piece at the first meeting with Brian Higgins of Xenomania, before they agreed to work together, and Higgins reckoned it was already 80% there. He produced it with Xenomania, Jeremy Wheatley mixed, and Johnny Marr is among the guitarists. It got to 21 in the UK, but on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart it became their tenth number one, stretching their record for the most dance-club chart-toppers by a duo or group.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 669 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
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