Yesterday, When I Was Mad

"Yesterday, When I Was Mad" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released as the fifth and final single from their fifth studio album, Very (1993). The single peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number 4 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song was remixed by Jam & Spoon for its single release, among other things removing a compression effect applied to Neil Tennant's voice during the verses. The B-sides included a cover of the Noël Coward song "If Love Were All".

"Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Very
B-side
Released29 August 1994
Recorded1992
Genre
Length4:01
3:55 (album version)
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Absolutely Fabulous"
(1994)		 "Yesterday, When I Was Mad"
(1994)		 "Paninaro '95"
(1995)
Alternative cover
Alternate UK single cover
Music video
"Yesterday, When I Was Mad" on YouTube

Composition

The song is about the stresses of touring and how being away from loved ones can make musicians unwilling to trust others or carry on with their career, contrasting it with the humour of ironic, pretentious or rude things people say to touring musicians. Tennant has said that many of the lines in the song, such as 'And someone said, "It's fabulous you're still around today—you've both made such a little go a very long way!"' actually happened.

"Euroboy"

"Euroboy", a dance track written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe[1] in the Eurodance mould of such bands as Cappella and Livin' Joy, was released as one of the B-sides on "Yesterday, When I Was Mad". It later appeared on the US release of the album Disco 2, the B-side collection Alternative and the 2001 2-disc re-release of Very.

The track includes Chris Lowe in one of his rare lead-vocals performances, singing through a vocoder. The Boys claimed to have been unaware at the time of release that Euroboy was also the name of a softcore gay pornographic magazine.

It was occasionally performed live on the Asian leg of the band's 1994 Discovery tour.

Track listings
  1. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Single Version)
  2. "If Love Were All"
  3. "Can You Forgive Her?" (Swing Version)
  4. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Jam & Spoon Mix)
  • UK CD 2: Parlophone CDR 6386
  1. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Coconut 1 Remix)
  2. "Some Speculation"
  3. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Junior Vasquez Factory Dub)
  4. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (RAF Zone Dub)
  • US CD: EMI E2-58319
  1. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Jam & Spoon Mix)
  2. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Coconut 1 12" Mix)
  3. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Raf Zone Mix)
  4. "Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (Junior Vasquez Fabulous Dub)
  5. "Euroboy"
  6. "Some Speculation"

Charts
Chart (1994–1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 25
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[4] 39
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 4
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 72
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 35
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 28
Scotland (OCC)[9] 20
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 13
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[11] 4
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[12] 27

References
  1. Ascap entry for song
  2. "Australian-charts.com – Pet Shop Boys – Yesterday, When I Was Mad". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. "Ultratop.be – Pet Shop Boys – Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11 no. 38. 17 September 1994. p. 13. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  5. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 233. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Pet Shop Boys – Yesterday, When I Was Mad". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Pet Shop Boys" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Pet Shop Boys – Yesterday, When I Was Mad" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  10. "Pet Shop Boys: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  11. "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  12. "Pet Shop Boys Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 3 November 2020.


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