West End Girls Sometimes you're better off dead There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstable Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables In a restaurant in a West End town Call the police, there's a madman around Running down underground to a dive bar In a West End town In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls Too many shadows, whispering voices Faces on posters, too many choices If, when, why, what? How much have you got? Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? (How Much do you Need) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls West End girls West End Girls You can find a place that no one knows Where money talks, and streets are gold Someone stands in every door And if they speak, they break the law (Who was that mouth?) (Who was that mouth?) Ask a question - blank faces Read the news and turn the pages Watch them play a different game And no one knows your name (We...) (West) No one knows your name (Uh Uh Uh Uh) You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Just you wait 'til I get you home We've got no future, we've got no past Here today, built to last In every city, in every nation From Lake Geneva to the Finland station (How Much Have you Been) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls A West End town, a dead end world East End Boys, West End girls West End Girls West End Girls West End Girls (How Much Have You Been)
West End Girls Sometimes you're better off dead There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head You think you're mad, too unstable Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables In a restaurant in a West End town Call the police, there's a madman around Running down underground to a dive bar In a West End town In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls Too many shadows, whispering voices Faces on posters, too many choices If, when, why, what? How much have you got? Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? (How Much do you Need) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls West End girls West End girls West End Girls You can find a place that no one knows Where money talks, and streets are gold Someone stands in every door And if they speak, they break the law (Who was that mouth?) (Who was that mouth?) Ask a question - blank faces Read the news and turn the pages Watch them play a different game And no one knows your name (We...) (West) No one knows your name (Uh Uh Uh Uh) You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Just you wait 'til I get you home We've got no future, we've got no past Here today, built to last In every city, in every nation From Lake Geneva to the Finland station (How Much Have you Been) In a West End town, a dead end world The East End boys and West End girls A West End town, a dead end world East End Boys, West End girls West End Girls West End Girls West End Girls (How Much Have You Been)
A primeira versão de “West End Girls” foi produzida por Bobby Orlando e gravada em Nova‑York no inverno de 1983, sendo lançada em 9 de abril de 1984, mas não chegou ao topo das paradas britânicas naquela ocasião.
Após o fracasso da primeira edição, a faixa foi regravada com produção de Stephen Hague, que sugeriu desacelerar o ritmo; essa versão, gravada nos estúdios Advision em 1985, alcançou o nº 1 no UK Singles Chart por duas semanas e no Billboard Hot 100 por uma semana.
A letra menciona “Lake Geneva” e “Finland Station” como referência ao trajeto de Vladimir Lenin durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial, refletindo o interesse histórico de Neil Tennant, que possui diploma em história.
O clipe da segunda edição, dirigido por Andy Morahan e Eric Watson, mostra Neil Tennant percorrendo bairros degradados de Londres enquanto Chris Lowe aparece ao fundo, reforçando o contraste entre o West End sofisticado e o East End mais humilde citado na canção.
A versão original incluía a linha “All your stopping, stalling and starting, / Who do you think you are, Joe Stalin?”, que foi removida na regravação de 1985, evidenciando a revisão de conteúdo político entre as duas versões.
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