50+ Music<p>"West End Girls" is a song by English <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/synthpop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>synthpop</span></a> duo <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PetShopBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetShopBoys</span></a>. Written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NeilTennant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilTennant</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChrisLowe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisLowe</span></a>, the song was released twice as a single. The song's lyrics are concerned with class and the pressures of inner-city life in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> which were inspired partly by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TSEliot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TSEliot</span></a>'s poem <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheWasteLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWasteLand</span></a>. It was generally well received by contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo's career. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74izKUx0oqA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=74izKUx0oqA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>