Here it is, the first of the final 49...and so here at
#49 of the Countdown is
Always On My Mind by English synth-pop duo
Pet Shop Boys. It all started for Neil Tennant (lead vocals/keyboards/guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards) in 1981 in London, England.
Pet Shop Boys are still active to this day and they have sold somewhere around 100 million records worldwide, and are listed as
The Most Successful Duo in UK Music History by the
Guinness Book of World Records. They are also 3 time
BRIT Award winners and 6 time
Grammy Nominees, and since 1986 they have produced 42
Top 30 Singles and 22
Top 10 Hits on the
UK Singles Charts.
Always On My Mind appeared on their 1987 release album titled
Introspective which was their 4th studio album. It was their 2nd best selling album and sold around 4.5 million copies globally.
Always On My Mind was actually a synth-pop cover version of an American
country song originally performed by
Brenda Lee. This cover version was performed by the
Pet Shop Boys on a Television special commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the death of former
King of Pop Elvis Presley. This covered version was so well received that they decided to record it and release it as a single which would end up becoming the UK's #1 Christmas Single that year, beating out
Fairytale of New York by the
Pogues and topping the charts for 4 weeks. A good song it is, and a good dance song at that, so I am happy to have it set at #49, it gets even better folks, so stay tuned!
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