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Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are a British electronic music duo comprising Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, who emerged as major figures in synth-pop and dance music. Known for their sophisticated production, witty lyrics, and innovative music videos, they achieved significant commercial and critical success with albums and singles that blended dance rhythms with pop sensibility.

12 tracksDance· 1984–2024
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Sound profile

EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal

Pet Shop Boys is a moderate-energy with strong groove and drive artist.

This artistTypical Dance
Signature sound

Sits right in the typical Dance pocket.

How this compares to Dance

Across 12 analysed tracks, Pet Shop Boys averages 71% groove — straighter than 61% of individual Dance tracks — and 57% energy, harder than 56%.

Measured against 14,418 Dance tracks on 11 August 2026.

Key & BPM profile

Most tracks sit between 103–130 BPM with a median of 124 · predominantly minor keys (67% minor) · most common key: 9A (E Minor) with 4 tracks.

BPM spread
100–104
1
110–114
1
120–124
7
125–129
2
130–134
1
Key distribution
1A11B2A2B3A3B14A14B5A15B6A6B7A7B18A8B29A49B10A10B11A111B12A12B

Sound profile evolution

How Pet Shop Boys’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Dance tempo.

Sound profile shift
EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal
1984–2004·1 tracks
2005–2024·8 tracks
Year-by-year sound · scale 0–100
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Tempo migration · yearly average
This artistTypical Dance
What changed

Across Pet Shop Boys's catalog, warmth has receded; energy has lifted; tempos have climbed from ~113 to ~124 BPM.

Release volume by decade

1
1980s
7
2010s
1
2020s

Tracks in catalog

12 total · sortable
West End Girls - 2018 Remaster album art
West End Girls - 2018 Remaster
Pet Shop Boys
113 BPM · 9A · Pop · 29% Warm-up
Pop
113
9A · E min
29%Warm-up
1984
Vocal - Flashmob Remix album art
Vocal - Flashmob Remix
Pet Shop Boys
122 BPM · 3B · Deep House · 64% Builder
Deep House
122
3B · D♭ maj
64%Builder
2013
Queen Of Ice (feat. Dizzy) - Pet Shop Boys Extended Remix album art
Queen Of Ice (feat. Dizzy) - Pet Shop Boys Extended Remix
Pet Shop Boys, Dizzy, Claptone
125 BPM · 1A · Dance · 49% Sustainer
Dance
125
1A · A♭ min
49%Sustainer
—
Axis album art
Axis
Pet Shop Boys
124 BPM · 9A · Dance · 65% Builder
Dance
124
9A · E min
65%Builder
2013
Inside a Dream album art
Inside a Dream
Pet Shop Boys
123 BPM · 5A · Dance · 51% Sustainer
Dance
123
5A · C min
51%Sustainer
2013
Love is a Bourgeois Construct - Claptone Remix album art
Love is a Bourgeois Construct - Claptone Remix
Pet Shop Boys
120 BPM · 9A · Electronica · 80% Peak time
Electronica
120
9A · E min
80%Peak time
2013
Bolshy album art
Bolshy
Pet Shop Boys
121 BPM · 7B · Dance · 52% Sustainer
Dance
121
7B · F maj
52%Sustainer
2013
Shouting in the Evening album art
Shouting in the Evening
Pet Shop Boys
103 BPM · 11A · Dance · 61% Builder
Dance
103
11A · F♯ min
61%Builder
2013
Inner Sanctum - Carl Craig C2 Juiced Rmx album art
Inner Sanctum - Carl Craig C2 Juiced Rmx
Pet Shop Boys
127 BPM · 9A · Dance · 40% Sustainer
Dance
127
9A · E min
40%Sustainer
2016
Dancing star - Solomun extended remix album art
Dancing star - Solomun extended remix
Pet Shop Boys
124 BPM · 8B · Indie Dance · 45% Sustainer
Indie Dance
124
8B · C maj
45%Sustainer
2024
Dancing star - Solomun dub album art
Dancing star - Solomun dub
Pet Shop Boys
124 BPM · 8B · Indie Dance · 49% Sustainer
Indie Dance
124
8B · C maj
49%Sustainer
—
Party in the Blitz - Superchumbo dub album art
Party in the Blitz - Superchumbo dub
Pet Shop Boys
130 BPM · 4A · Techno (Peak Time / Driving) · 94% Peak time
Techno (Peak Time / Driving)
130
4A · F min
94%Peak time
—

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Artists that mix with Pet Shop Boys

We scored every transition between Pet Shop Boys’s 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 100 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.

Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.

Calvin Harris

22 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 5 different Pet Shop Boys tracks.

Axis → How Deep Is Your Love - Disciples & Unorthodox Remix · 9A → 9A · same BPM · 90 chemistry

Joe Stone

18 of the 276 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.6. They come from 6 different Pet Shop Boys tracks.

Axis → Loaded Gun - Extended Mix · 9A → 9A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry

Joel Corry

22 of the 372 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.1. They come from 5 different Pet Shop Boys tracks.

Queen Of Ice (feat. Dizzy) - Pet Shop Boys Extended Remix → OUT OUT (feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie) [Extended] · 1A → 1A · −1 BPM · 93 chemistry

Martin Solveig

18 of the 324 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.9. They come from 5 different Pet Shop Boys tracks.

Inside a Dream → Places - Club Mix · 5A → 5A · −1 BPM · 89 chemistry

MK

19 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 5 different Pet Shop Boys tracks.

Inside a Dream → MISCOMMUNICATIONS - MK Extended Remix · 5A → 4A · +1 BPM · 89 chemistry

MOTi

24 of the 396 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.3. They come from 7 different Pet Shop Boys tracks.

Inner Sanctum - Carl Craig C2 Juiced Rmx → Pump It - Extended Mix · 9A → 9A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry

Riton

18 of the 336 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 1.9. They come from 5 different Pet Shop Boys tracks.

Bolshy → Mr Todd Terry - Extended · 7B → 8A · −1 BPM · 89 chemistry

Sam Feldt

19 of the 480 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 2.8. They come from 5 different Pet Shop Boys tracks.

Bolshy → Magnets (feat. Sophie Simmons) - Extended Mix · 7B → 7B · +1 BPM · 86 chemistry

Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.

Related artists

Top 15 by similarity

DJs and producers closest to Pet Shop Boys by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Pet Shop Boys, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.

Erasure
100%
Not in our catalog yet
Electronic
89%
Not in our catalog yet
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
64%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
New Order
60%
13 tracks in catalog · Dance
The Human League
51%
25 tracks in catalog · Electronica
Depeche Mode
50%
22 tracks in catalog · Indie Dance
Yazoo
47%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
Duran Duran
45%
3 tracks in catalog · Pop
Saint Etienne
44%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
Soft Cell
44%
3 tracks in catalog · Dance
Eurythmics
44%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
Abc
43%
1 track in catalog · Pop · no artist page yet
Bananarama
41%
2 tracks in catalog · Indie Dance · no artist page yet
Thompson Twins
39%
Not in our catalog yet
Propaganda
39%
Not in our catalog yet

Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.

FAQ

What BPM does Pet Shop Boys play at?+

Pet Shop Boys's tracks in our catalog range from 103 to 130 BPM, with a median of 124 BPM. Across 12 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.

What key are Pet Shop Boys's tracks in?+

Pet Shop Boys's tracks are mostly in minor keys (67% minor across 12 tracks). The most common single key is 9A (E Minor) with 4 tracks.

What artists mix well with Pet Shop Boys?+

We scored every transition between Pet Shop Boys's 12 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 100 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Calvin Harris, Joe Stone, Joel Corry are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Axis into How Deep Is Your Love - Disciples & Unorthodox Remix, 9A to 9A, 90 chemistry.

Which artists share an audience with Pet Shop Boys?+

Pet Shop Boys sits closest to Erasure, Electronic, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.

When was Pet Shop Boys most active?+

Our catalog has Pet Shop Boys releases spanning 1984 to 2024, with the most tracks from the 2010s.