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“Opportunities (Let's Make Lot's of Money)” by Pet Shop Boys

From the album Please (1986)

“Opportunities (Let's Make Lot's of Money)” by Pet Shop Boys appears on 23 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 1985 and 2023. It was first released in 1986 on the album Please. Its best result is #3 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 1985, #1,027 alternative song of all time and #454 of the '80s.

23countdowns

9stations

#3best position

0#1 finishes

1top 10 finishes

1985–2023years charted

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"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" was the Pet Shop Boys' sly sales pitch for the go-go '80s, first put out as a single in 1985, then re-recorded and reissued in 1986 for their debut album Please. Second time round it clicked, reaching number 11 in the UK and number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe had written it back in 1983, the idea sparked in a Camden Town studio when Lowe asked Tennant to build a lyric around the title phrase.

Tennant described the song's pair as "two losers", its narrator bragging about his brains and education while pitching a get-rich partnership. Stephen Hague and Nicholas Froome produced, with Hague on keyboards too. The pitch still sells: in 2021 a Super Bowl ad sent it to number one on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

#896 of the '80s

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1985	3	KROQ Los Angeles, CA	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985	107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1988	98	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988)	496
1988	218	Live 105	Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988)	501
1989	212	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989)	495
1989	412	WOXY 97X	WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989)	500
1991	368	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition)	1002
1992	497	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992)	500
1995	426	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995)	500
1996	131	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996)	500
1998	188	KROQ	KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998)	488
1999	349	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	507	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)	1002
2002	795	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2003	639	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003)	2044
2007	1484	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1430	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1450	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1481	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1549	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1603	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1667	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2022	211	X96	X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time	500
2023	501	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s	850

Also listed as: Opportunities; Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money).

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