Before (song)

"Before"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Bilingual
B-side	"The Truck Driver and His Mate", "Hit and Miss", "In the Night '95"
Released	22 April 1996
Format	CD single, 12"
Recorded	1995
Genre	House
Length	4:32 (album version) 4:05 (edit)
Label	Parlophone (UK) EMI / Atlantic (US)
Writer(s)	Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
Producer(s)	Pet Shop Boys, Danny Tenaglia
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Paninaro '95" (1995) "Before" (1996) "Se a vida é (That's the Way Life Is)" (1996)

"Before" is a single by UK electronic music group Pet Shop Boys released as the first single from the group's 1996 album Bilingual. The single, upon its release, peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it reached number 1 on the Hot Dance Club Play and number 7 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, roughly equivalent to number 107 on the main Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Track listing

UK CD1: Parlophone

1. "Before" – 4:05
2. "The Truck Driver and His Mate" – 3:33
3. "Hit and Miss" – 4:05
4. "In the Night '95" – 4:17

UK CD2: Parlophone

1. "Before" (Classic Paradise mix) – 7:56
2. "Before" (Aphrodisiac mix) – 7:27
3. "Before" (Hed Boys Mad mix) – 7:33
4. "Before" (extended mix) – 8:47
5. "Before" (Danny Tenaglia mix) – 7:15

UK 3x12": Parlophone

1. "Before" (Underground mix) – 7:15
2. "Before" (bonus dub) – 3:59
3. "Before" (Underground instrumental) – 7:15
4. "Before" (bonus beats) – 3:59
5. "Before" (Classic Paradise mix) – 7:56
6. "Before" (Aphrodisiac mix) – 7:27
7. "Before" (Hed Boys mix) – 7:33
8. "Before" (dub) – 4:53
9. "Before" (extended mix) – 8:47

US 5" CD maxi-single: Atlantic

1. "Before" (Album version) – 4:05
2. "Before" (D.T.'s after mix) – 8:46
3. "Before" (Classic Paradise mix Love to Infinity) – 7:56
4. "Before" (Joey Negro's Hed Boys mix) – 7:35
5. "Before" (Joey Negro's Before dub) – 4:55
6. "Before" (Tenaglia's underground mix) – 7:17
7. "Before" (Tenaglia's bonus beats) – 4:03
8. "Before" (D.T.'s twilo dub) – 8:57
9. "Before" (Tenaglia's bonus dub) – 4:03

US enhanced CD single: Atlantic

1. "Before" (Album version)
2. "The Truck Driver and His Mate"
3. "Hit and Miss"

• including "Before" video

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[1]	25
Austria[2]	34
Canadian Dance/Urban Singles Chart[3]	19
Finland	4
Germany[4]	45
Italy[5]	15
Sweden	7
Switzerland	30
UK Singles Chart[6]	7
US Hot Dance Club Play	1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	7

References

1. "Australian-charts.com – Pet Shop Boys – Before". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
2. Ultratop.be - Charts
3. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=11jq1uuicfbth860997u8p11q4&q1=pet+shop+boys&q2=Dance%2FUrban&interval=30
4. GER chart
5. [Fimi]
6. UK chart