Domino Dancing

"Domino Dancing" is a song recorded by UK synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys which reached #7 on the UK Singles Chart and released as the lead single from their 1988 album Introspective. Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, influenced by Latin pop, the song was produced by Lewis A. Martinée, the Miami-based producer behind 1980s freestyle groups like Exposé. The song was also recorded at Martinée's studio in Miami, resulting in a considerably large number of studio musicians for a Pet Shop Boys song being featured on it. The duo had achieved three number ones in 1987-1988 and "Domino Dancing" was expected to continue this success. But the public reception to the duo's new Latin sound proved disappointing. Neil Tennant remembers: "...it entered the charts at number nine and I thought, 'That's it, then - it's all over'. I knew then that our imperial phase of number one hits was over." The single missed the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #18, and was the duo's sixth and last Top 20 hit in the USA.

[Intro: The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) [Interlude] [Verse 1: Neil Tennant] I don't know why, I don't know how I thought I loved you, but I'm not sure now I've seen you look at strangers too many times The love you want is of a different kind [Verse 2: Neil Tennant] Remember when we felt the sun? A love like paradise, how hot it burned A threat of distant thunder, the sky was red And when you walked, you always turned every head [Chorus: Neil Tennant & The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) Domino dancing (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) (Domino dancing) [Interlude] [Verse 3: Neil Tennant] I thought that when we fought I was to blame But now I know you play a different game I've watched you dance with danger, still wanting more Add another number to the score [Chorus: Neil Tennant & The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) Domino dancing (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) (Domino dancing) [Bridge: Neil Tennant] When you look around you wonder Do you play to win? Or are you just a bad loser? [Interlude] [Refrain: The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) (All day, all day) [Interlude] [Chorus: Neil Tennant & The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) (Domino dancing) (All day, all day) (All day, all day) [Verse 4: Neil Tennant] I don't know why, I don't know how I thought I loved you, but I'm not sure now I hear the thunder crashing, the sky is dark And now a storm is breaking within my heart [Chorus: Neil Tennant & The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) Domino dancing (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) (Domino dancing) [Refrain: The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) (All day, all day) [Interlude] [Refrain: The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) (All day, all day) (Domino dancing) (All day, all day) (All day, all day) [Chorus: Neil Tennant & The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) (Domino dancing) (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day) Domino dancing [Outro: Neil Tennant & The Voice in Fashion] (All day, all day) Watch them all fall down (All day, all day)