The Pop Kids

"The Pop Kids"
Digital EP cover
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Super
B-side	"In Bits" "One-Hit Wonder"
Released	16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)
Recorded	2015
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	3:55
Label	x2
Songwriter(s)	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Producer(s)	Stuart Price
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Fluorescent" (2014) "The Pop Kids" (2016) "Twenty-something" (2016)

"The Pop Kids" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their thirteenth studio album, Super (2016). It was released on 16 February 2016 as the album's lead single.

Release

"The Pop Kids" was made available alongside the pre-order of Super on iTunes on 16 February 2016, followed by a CD single and two digital bundles on 18 March,^[1] including remixes by MK, The Scene Kings and Offer Nissim, as well as two previously unreleased B-sides, "In Bits" and "One Hit Wonder".^[1] A white twelve-inch single was released on 27 May, featuring five remixes of the song.^[2]

Live performances

The song was performed live on The Graham Norton Show.

Track listings

• CD single / digital EP^[1][3]

1. "The Pop Kids" (radio edit) – 3:43
2. "In Bits" – 3:35
3. "One-Hit Wonder" – 3:24
4. "The Pop Kids" (PSB Deep dub) – 5:20
5. "The Pop Kids" (The Full Story) – 5:13

• Digital EP – Remixes^[4]

1. "The Pop Kids" (Offer Nissim Drama mix) – 6:31
2. "The Pop Kids" (MK dub radio edit) – 3:34
3. "The Pop Kids" (PSB Deep dub radio edit) – 3:19
4. "The Pop Kids" (MK dub) – 7:17

• 12-inch single^[2]

A1. "The Pop Kids" (Offer Nissim Drama mix) – 6:30

A2. "The Pop Kids" (MK dub) – 7:17

A3. "The Pop Kids" (The Scene Kings extended mix) – 4:38

B1. "The Pop Kids" (The Full Story) – 5:11

B2. "The Pop Kids" (PSB Deep dub) – 5:18

Charts

See also

• List of Billboard Dance Club Songs number ones of 2016

References