Unless you're an absolute rock diehard who would rather slit your wrists with the A string of a Fender Stratocaster than admit that pop could ever take music's crown (or even a seat in its court), this can't really fail, can it? Robbie. Pet Shop Boys. Together. It's kitsch, it's as camp as a box of frogs, and of course it's completely and utterly brilliant, if you like disposable pop rubbish.
The single version has been watered down somewhat from the album track, however. Ironically, it's less Pet Shop Boys and more straightforward electro pop, stripped of its Kraftwerk electronic backbeat and those weird vocal samples that come in like a broken radio towards the end. It still works, though.
It's certainly significantly different enough that completist fans of both Robbie and the Boys will need both versions. Splash your cash and you'll not only get them, but a package complete with the kind of electro-disco instrumental that could suddenly find itself at number one for a 16-week spell, as well. Bargain.
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