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"Minimal" Single by Pet Shop Boys from the album Fundamental B-side "In private", "Blue on blue", "No time for tears" Released 24 July 2006 Format 7", CD, Maxi-CD, DVD Recorded 2003-2005 Genre Synthpop Length 4:21 (album version)
3:27 (radio edit)Label Parlophone Writer(s) Neil Tennant
Chris Lowe [1]Producer Trevor Horn, Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys singles chronology "I'm with Stupid"
(2006)"Minimal"
(2006)"Numb"
(2006)"Minimal" is a song by British synthpop band Pet Shop Boys and is featured on their 2006 album Fundamental. It was released 24 July 2006 as the second single from that album in the UK, entering the UK Singles Chart at #19 in the first week of its release (see 2006 in British music). It was their 37th Top 20 hit in the UK. The B-side "In Private (Stuart Crichton 7" Mix)" is a new version of a song originally written for Dusty Springfield, this time recorded as a duet between Neil Tennant and Elton John
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Overview
The lyrics, built around a chant of "M-I-N-I-M-A-L", are an abstract description of expressions of minimalism, such as "more is less" and "an empty box, an open space". This is contradicted by the upbeat, busy instrumentation and production.
Originally planned as the first single from Fundamental, it was subsequently moved down the release schedule when "I'm with Stupid" was chosen instead.
Track listings
CD: Parlophone / CDR6708 (UK)
- "Minimal" (radio edit) - 3:40
- "In private" (7-inch mix) - 4:13
CD: Parlophone / CDRS6708 (UK)
- "Minimal" (radio edit) - 3:40
- "Minimal" (Tocadisco's Sunday at Space Remix) - 8:04
- "Minimal" (M Factor Remix) - 8:49
- "Minimal" (U-MYX software)
DVD: Parlophone / DVDR6708 (UK)
- "Minimal" (Telex Hell mix)- 6:19
- "Blue on blue" - 3:15
- "No time for tears" (7-inch mix) - 3:39
- "Minimal" (video)
Clear 7"
- "Minimal" (radio edit) - 3:40
- "In private" (7-inch mix) - 4:13
Promos
CD: Parlophone / CDRDJ6708 (UK)
- "Minimal" (radio edit) - 3:27
- released June 2006
CD: Parlophone / 00946 371144 2 1 (UK)
- "Minimal" (radio edit) - 3:40
- "Minimal" (Tocadisco's Sunday at Space Remix) - 8:04
- "Minimal" (M Factor Remix) - 8:49
- "Minimal" (M Factor dub) - 7:44
- "Minimal" (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L remix) - 5:38
- "Minimal" (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L dub) - 5:38
- "Minimal" (Superchumbo's Light and Shade dub) - 8:28
- "Minimal" (Telex Hell remix) - 6:19
- "Minimal" (Telex Heaven remix) - 4:29
- "In private" (Tomcraft 7" mix) - 3:51
- Remix Promo
12": Parlophone / MINIMAL001 (UK)
- "Minimal" (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L remix) - 5:38
- "Minimal" (Tiga's M-I-N-I-M-A-L dub) - 5:38
- "Minimal" (Telex Hell remix) - 6:19
- "Minimal" (Telex Heaven remix) - 4:29
- Remix Promo
Another remix of "Minimal" by Lobe appears on the limited edition bonus CD of Fundamental, Fundamentalism. The Tiga remix was included on the Japanese release.
Another remix of Minimal by Radio Slave appears on the b-side of a 12" promo with two remixes of Psychological on the a-side by Ewan Pearson. These are part of the Numb promotion.
In addition, it was the first PSB single release to feature the U-MYX software on the maxi-CD which allows people to create their own version of the single. On 25 July, Chris Lowe himself created a new version of the track using the software and uploaded it onto the U-MYX website.
Cover images
Music video
On 5 June 2006, it was announced that the video, directed by Dan Cameron, was completed in Paris.[citation needed] It features a pair of dancers manoeuvering to form the letters of the chorus, while Tennant and Lowe perform in front of a light display.
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Chart performance
Chart (2006) Peak
positionUK Singles Chart 19 U.S. Hot Dance Club Play 3 Denmark 7 German Single Charts 63 Chris Lowe · Neil Tennant Studio albums Please · Actually · Introspective · Behaviour · Very · Bilingual · Nightlife · Release · Fundamental · YesCompilation albums Discography: The Complete Singles Collection · Alternative · Essential · PopArt: The Hits · Story: 25 Years of Hits · Party · UltimateRemix albums Live albums Concrete · PandemoniumExtended plays Soundtracks and scores 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" · "Always on My Mind" · "Heart" · "Domino Dancing" · "Left to My Own Devices" · "It's Alright" · "So Hard" · "Being Boring" · "How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?"/ "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" · "Jealousy" · "DJ Culture" · "Was It Worth It?" · "Can You Forgive Her?" · "Go West" · "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" · "Absolutely Fabulous" · "Liberation" · "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" · "Break 4 Love" · "Home and Dry" · "I Get Along" · "London" · "Miracles" · "Flamboyant" · "I'm with Stupid" · "Minimal" · "Numb" · "She's Madonna" · "Integral" · "Love etc." · "Did You See Me Coming?" · "Beautiful People" · "Love Life" · "Together"Other songs "King's Cross" · "The Loving Kind" · "The Night I Fell in Love" · "I'm Not Scared" · "In Private" · "Nothing Has Been Proved" · "So Sorry, I Said" · "Don't Drop Bombs" · "Euroboy"Film, stage and television It Couldn't Happen Here · Closer to Heaven · Pet Shop Boys: A Life In Pop · The Most Incredible ThingNotable tours and concerts MCMLXXXIX Tour · Performance Tour · Discovery Tour · Somewhere Shows · Nightlife Tour · Summer Tour · Uni/Release Tour · Summer Tour/Fall '04 Tour · Fundamental Tour · Pandemonium Tour · Progress Live (as special guests)Related articles Discography · Spaghetti Records · Reputation · Results · Electronic · Back to Mine: Pet Shop Boys · West End GirlsBook Categories:- 2006 singles
- Pet Shop Boys songs
- Songs written by Neil Tennant
- Songs written by Chris Lowe
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