Miracles (Pet Shop Boys song)

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"Miracles"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album PopArt: The Hits
B-side
  • "We're the Pet Shop Boys"
  • "Transparent"
Released17 November 2003 (2003-11-17)[1]
GenreElectro[2]
Length3:57
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Adam F
  • Dan Fresh Stein
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"London"
(2002) 		"Miracles"
(2003) 		"Flamboyant"
(2004)
Music video
"Miracles" on YouTube

"Miracles" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their greatest hits album, PopArt: The Hits (2003). It was released on 17 November 2003 as the album's lead single. The song was co-written by drum and bass musicians Adam F and Fresh. "Miracles" achieved moderate airplay on the radio and peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

Orchestration was conducted by Anne Dudley, who would later work on Pet Shop Boys' 2006 album Fundamental alongside past musical collaborator Trevor Horn.

Remixes were produced by Lemon Jelly and Eric Prydz.

The B-side track "We're the Pet Shop Boys" is a cover of a 2002 song recorded by New York band My Robot Friend, in tribute to the Pet Shop Boys themselves; one part of the lyrics is an extended sequence of Pet Shop Boys song titles. It was covered again by Robbie Williams, with production by the Pet Shop Boys, on his 2006 album Rudebox.

The music video, directed by Howard Greenhalgh, reportedly cost nearly £100,000.[citation needed] It primarily shows human figures interacting with cascades of water and milk, captured in intricate detail by the slow-motion footage (Greenhalgh also made extensive use of water in the video for "Congo" (1997) by Genesis). The buildings on the background include Calatrava's Gare do Oriente and others from the Nations' Park area in Lisbon.

Track listings[edit]

  • UK CD single 1
  1. "Miracles" – 3:57
  2. "We're the Pet Shop Boys" – 4:39
  • UK CD single 2
  1. "Miracles" (extended mix) – 5:46
  2. "Miracles" (Lemon Jelly remix) – 6:19
  3. "Transparent" – 3:53
  • Japanese CD maxi single
  1. "Miracles" (radio edit) – 3:57
  2. "We're the Pet Shop Boys" – 4:39
  3. "Miracles" (Lemon Jelly remix) – 6:19
  4. "Transparent" – 3:53
  5. "Miracles" (Eric Prydz remix) – 7:34
  6. "Miracles" (12″ version) – 5:46
  • UK 12-inch single
A. "Miracles" (Lemon Jelly remix) – 6:19
B1. "Miracles" (Eric Prydz remix) – 7:34
B2. "Miracles" (extended mix) – 5:46

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "Miracles"
Chart (2003–2004) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 76
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[4] 17
Denmark (Tracklisten)[5] 5
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[6] 19
France (SNEP)[7] 81
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 20
Italy (FIMI)[9] 47
Japan (Oricon)[10] 196
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[11] 39
Scotland (OCC)[12] 14
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[13] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 34
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 97
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 10
UK Dance (OCC)[17] 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 15 November 2003. p. 29.
  2. ^ Jefferies, David. Pet Shop Boys - PopArt: The Hits (2003) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 216.
  4. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles". Tracklisten. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. ^ "European Top 20 Charts – Week Commencing 1st December 2003" (PDF). Billboard. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. ^ ペット・ショップ・ボーイズのシングル売り上げランキング [Pet Shop Boys single sales ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Romanian Top 100: Editia 3, saptamina 19.01 – 25.01, 2004" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 13 October 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Pet Shop Boys: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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