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| Single by Pet Shop Boys | ||||
| from the album Release | ||||
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| Released | 15 July 2002[1] | |||
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| Label | Parlophone | |||
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| Producer(s) | Pet Shop Boys | |||
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| "I Get Along" on YouTube | ||||
"I Get Along" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 15 July 2002 as the second single from their eighth studio album, Release (2002). 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 latter had to resign again from the British Cabinet when he was involved in a second major scandal.[2]
The song, like its parent album, also stands in contrast to the Pet Shop Boys' predominantly electronic catalogue of songs, primarily having a pop/soft rock feel, opening with a piano, and featuring rock-style guitar and drums (even if synthesised). There is only sparse actual synthesised sounds in the song.
The video, which portrays young actors in a New York City 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.
- ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 15 July 2002: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 13 July 2002. p. 23. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Heath, Chris (2017). Release: Further Listening 2001-2004 (booklet). Pet Shop Boys. Parlophone Records. pp. 7–8. 0190295921149.