I Get Along (Pet Shop Boys song)

Infobox Single |
Name = I Get Along


Artist = Pet Shop Boys
from Album = Release
B-side = "Searching for the Face of Jesus", "Between Two Islands", "Friendly Fire"
Released = start_date|2002|7|15
Format = CD, DVD
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 5:50 (album version)
4:09 (radio edit)
Label = Parlophone - R 6581
Writer = Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
Producer = Pet Shop Boys
Last single = "Home and Dry"
(2002)
This single = "I Get Along"
(2002)
Next single = "London"
(2003)

"I get along" is a single by the Pet Shop Boys from their album "Release". A love song, Neil Tennant has also hinted that it can also be interpreted as commentary on the then fraught relationship between British prime minister Tony Blair and New Labour architect Peter Mandelson after the later had to resign again from the British Cabinet after a second major scandal he was involved in. The video, which portrays young actors in a New York artist's studio and does not draw on the song's political subtext, was directed by Bruce Weber, who had worked with the band before, most notably for their video for the 1990 single "Being Boring". It also features a rare appearance of Tennant playing an acoustic guitar.

ingle release

The radio edit of "I Get Along" omits the third verse of the song, which partially reprises the first verse.

UK single releases followed the pattern set by "Home and Dry" previously, with two CD singles and a DVD single. The cover of each displayed a pie chart, labeled "Fig. 01", "Fig. 02", and "Fig. 03" respectively. As a non-sequitur, the sectors of the charts are captioned with the personal thoughts of one or more unidentified people.

Fig. 01 (CD #1):
* Freedom is man's greatest privilege.
* I'm sick of freedom.
* I tried to get off with someone I used to work with last night. Oh dear.
* Is take-away food my single greatest friend? It seems so.
* People are getting suspicious of all the time I spend in the park.

Fig. 02 (CD #2):
* Independence is freedom.
* I must stop abusing the internet. It can't really spy on you. Can it?
* You're never alone with a bottle of wine or two.
* I must call my Auntie Jean. It's ages since I've spoken to her. I hope she's still alive.
* I hate Thursdays.

Fig. 03 (DVD):
* Fiercely independent, me.
* I love internet chat rooms. They're better than being in a real club or pub.
* The weekends seem so long.
* Other people look so happy.
* I like spending time on my own. I'm enjoying getting to know myself again. I've never felt so alone, ever.
* I saw a couple in the supermarket today. They were in love. I wonder if they met there? I could go there today. I am out of fish fingers.

"I Get Along" is the only Pet Shop Boys single to date with no remixes produced, so a promotional 12" single was not released. In the Pet Shop Boys' fanclub magazine, it is said that David Bowie and Marilyn Manson were both approached to do remixes, but there was not enough time for them to be done.

Track listings

* All tracks written by (Tennant, Lowe) unless noted.

CD: Parlophone / CDRS 6581 flagicon|UK

# "I Get Along" (radio edit)
# "Searching for the Face of Jesus"
# "Between Two Islands" (Tennant, Lowe, Ware, Ross)
# "I Get Along" (music video)

* "Between Two Islands" gives credit to Ware and Ross as it includes a lyric from the Marvin Gaye song "I Want You".

CD: Parlophone / CDR 6581 flagicon|UK

# "I Get Along" (radio edit)
# "A Red Letter Day" (live)
# "Love Comes Quickly" (live) (Tennant, Lowe, Hague)

CD: Parlophone / DVDR 6581 flagicon|UK

# "I Get Along/E-Mail" (music video)
# "Friendly Fire"
# "Home and Dry" (Blank & Jones vocal)