Song · Pet Shop Boys
“Domino Dancing” by Pet Shop Boys
From the album Introspective (1988)
“Domino Dancing” by Pet Shop Boys appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1988 and 1991. It was first released in 1988 on the album Introspective. Its best result is #47 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #92 alternative song of 1988 and #4,760 alternative song of all time.
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Pet Shop Boys went to Miami for "Domino Dancing", the 1988 single that opened the Introspective era, and handed the controls to Lewis A. Martinée, the producer behind freestyle acts like Exposé. Cut in his studio, it's crowded with session players: a brass section of Ed Calle, Tony Concepción, Ken Faulk and Dana Teboe, a trumpet solo from Concepción, and Nestor Gomez on guitar, all wrapped around Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe's Latin-pop daydream.
Britain didn't quite bite. It stalled at number seven at home, and Tennant later admitted that seeing it enter at number nine told him the duo's imperial run of number ones was over. Elsewhere it did fine: it topped the charts in Finland and Spain and reached 18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Eric Watson shot the video in Puerto Rico.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 61 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 | 91 |
| 1988 | 47 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 397 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1991 | 524 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
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