Left to My Own Devices

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"Left to My Own Devices"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Introspective
B-side	"The Sound of the Atom Splitting"
Released	14 November 1988 (1988-11-14)
Genre	Synth-pop disco orchestral pop
Length	8:16 (album version) 4:43 (7-inch)
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Chris Lowe Neil Tennant
Producer(s)	Trevor Horn Stephen Lipson
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Domino Dancing" (1988) "Left to My Own Devices" (1988) "It's Alright" (1989)
Alternative cover
12-inch single cover

"Left to My Own Devices" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released in November 1988 by Parlophone as the second single from their third studio album, Introspective (1988). It was also the first track of the album. The song fared better than the album's lead single, "Domino Dancing", charting three positions higher on the UK Singles Chart, at number four. It became the first track that Pet Shop Boys recorded with an orchestra, arranged by Richard Niles. Since its release, it has become a staple of Pet Shop Boys live performances. Eric Watson directed its music video.