Integral (song)

2007 single by Pet Shop Boys

"Integral"

Single by Pet Shop Boys

from the album Disco 4

Released

8 October 2007 (2007-10-08)

Genre

Pop^[1]

Length

3:55 (on Fundamental)
7:23 (on Disco 4)

Label

Parlophone

Songwriter(s)

Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe

Producer(s)

Trevor Horn

Pet Shop Boys singles chronology

"She's Madonna"
(2007)

"Integral"
(2007)

"Love Etc."
(2009)

"Integral" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their ninth studio album, Fundamental (2006). A remixed version of the song was released on 8 October 2007 as a download-only single to promote the duo's fourth remix album, Disco 4 (2007).^[2] The single peaked at number 197 on the UK Singles Chart.

The artwork for the single is a QR code, which, when scanned, gives a link to the Pet Shop Boys' website.

Composition

The single criticises the Identity Cards Act 2006. A statement from the band cited the issue as the reason that Tennant ceased his well-publicized support of Tony Blair's Labour party.^{[citation needed]} The lyrics are fully masked and converted to the homage to Yevgeny Zamyatin's dystopian novel We,^{[citation needed]} in which the inhabitants of the future One State try to build The Integral, a glass spaceship, in order to solve the cosmic equation and resolve all the problems in their One State.

Track listing

Digital single^[3]

"Integral" (PSB Perfect Immaculate mix) – 7:16
"Integral" (Dave Spoon mix) – 7:10

Charts

Chart performance for "Integral"
Chart (2007)	Peak position
Romania (Romanian Top 100)^[4]	81
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	197

References

^ Abebe, Nitsuh (30 May 2006). "Pet Shop Boys: Fundamental". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "Integral – Pet Shop Boys – Product". PetShopBoys.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Integral – EP by Pet Shop Boys". Apple Music. United Kingdom. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Romanian Top 100 – Issue nr: 47/2007 (03 Decembrie – 09 Decembrie 2007)" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^ "Chart Log UK (1994–2010): Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 10 August 2012.

Pet Shop Boys

Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant

Studio albums

Please
Actually
Introspective
Behaviour
Very
Bilingual
Nightlife
Release
Fundamental
Yes
Elysium
Electric
Super
Hotspot
Nonetheless

Compilation albums

Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
Alternative
Essential
PopArt: The Hits
Story: 25 Years of Hits
Party
Ultimate
Format
Smash: The Singles 1985–2020

Remix albums

Disco
Disco 2
Disco 3
Disco 4

Live albums

Concrete
Pandemonium
Inner Sanctum
Discovery: Live in Rio 1994

Extended plays

Christmas
Agenda
Lost

Singles

"West End Girls"
"One More Chance"
"Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)"
"Love Comes Quickly"
"Suburbia"
"Paninaro"
"It's a Sin"
"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
"Rent"
"Heart"
"Always on My Mind"
"Domino Dancing"
"Left to My Own Devices"
"It's Alright"
"So Hard"
"Being Boring"
"Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)" / "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"
"Jealousy"
"DJ Culture"
"Was It Worth It?"
"Can You Forgive Her?"
"Go West"
"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
"Liberation"
"Absolutely Fabulous"
"Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
"Paninaro '95"
"Before"
"Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" / "To Step Aside"
"Single-Bilingual"
"A Red Letter Day"
"Somewhere"
"I Don't Know What You Want but I Can't Give It Any More"
"New York City Boy"
"You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk"
"Home and Dry"
"I Get Along"
"London"
"Miracles"
"Flamboyant"
"I'm with Stupid"
"Minimal"
"Numb"
"Integral"
"Love Etc."
"Did You See Me Coming?"
"Beautiful People"
"Love Life"
"Together"
"Winner"
"Leaving"
"Memory of the Future"
"Axis"
"Vocal"
"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"
"Thursday"
"The Pop Kids"
"Say It to Me"
"Dreamland"