Paninaro '95
Writers - Tennant/Lowe
First released - 1995
Original album - Bilingual 2001 reissue Further Listening 1995-1997 bonus disc
Producer - Pet Shop Boys
Subsequent albums - PopArt, Smash
Other releases - single (UK #15, US Dance #4)
In 1995, just before the Boys released their b-sides collection Alternative, the Boys released a new version (more than a mere remix) of their old classic "Paninaro" as a single, retitled "Paninaro '95" and featuring a new "rap" by Chris. In the added lyrics Chris describes his sense of loss and his need to find someone else "to dance with" him, which is widely interpreted as a reference to the recent death of his roommate (and more?) Peter Andreas. Highly pertinent to this particular interpretation is the fact that the line "You're my lover" from the original song has now been shifted to the past tense, "You were my lover," in this version.
Despite the release of this newly recorded single to coincide with that of Alternative, the original 7" version of "Paninaro" from 1986 appears on the Alternative album itself.
Annotations
- See "Paninaro."
Mixes/Versions
Officially released
- Mixer: Bob Kraushaar
- Single version (4:11)
- Available on PopArt and the Further Listening bonus disc with the Bilingual reissue
- Single version (4:11)
- Mixer: Pet Shop Boys
- Pet Shop Boys Extended Mix (7:31)
- Mixer: Angel Moraes
- Angel Moraes Deep Dance Mix (10:28)
- Angel Moraes Hot N Spycy Dub (9:24)
- Girls Boys N Dub (aka Girls Boys in Dub) (11:57)
- Mixer: Tom Stephan (as Tracy & Sharon)
- Sharon's Sexy Boyz Dub (5:39)
- Tracy's 12" Mix (8:30)
- Mixer: Tin Tin Out
- Tin Tin Out Mix (7:49)
- Available on the Bilingual Japanese "Special Edition" bonus disc
- Tin Tin Out Mix (7:49)
List cross-references
- Songs on which Chris sings (or "speaks") lead
- PSB lyrics that include non-English words and phrases
- PSB songs with lyrics that don't contain the title
- Real places mentioned by name in PSB songs
- Real people mentioned by name or title in PSB lyrics
- Tracks by other artists that sample the Pet Shop Boys
- Songs written by PSB that were inspired by AIDS (plus a few more debatable interpretations)
- The 10 longest commercially released "official" PSB remixes
- The Pet Shop Boys' appearances on Top of the Pops
- PSB songs with "extra lyrics"
- How PSB singles differ (if at all) from the album versions
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