Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring (Official Video) [HD Upgrade]

The official video for "Being boring".
Released 12 November 1990
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A song inspired by a party invitation from Neil’s teenage years which quoted Zelda Fitzgerald’s line “She was never bored, mainly because she was never boring”.
This track is included in SMASH - The Singles 1985 - 2020. The complete collection of Pet Shop Boys singles in chronological order. “SMASH" will be released on Parlophone on June 16th in a variety of formats including 3CD box set, 6LP vinyl box set and digitally, as well as two special limited edition formats available exclusively via the Pet Shop Boys store - 6LP white vinyl box set and 3-cassette box set. A 3CD/2Blu-ray edition will also be released which includes the complete video collection of the singles plus extras.
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[@provatos]

This is more than just a legendary pop anthem. This is a defining moment in our lives. This is... the friends and the lovers we lost. This is the dreams we had. This is the youth that slipped our hands. This is the Pet Shop Boys and we are very lucky to have them in our life.

[@lasarojoel1439]

Privilégio ter pet shop Boys em nossas vidas

[@pedrobotero8542]

@Vangelis Provias: Your comment is an excellent summary of how I feel about this song!😊

[@ΠΑΝΟΣΧΡΙΣ]

in 4 lines you said everything, I could not agree more

[@Zzyzzyzzs]

Hits even harder when you know what it's actually about- the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 80s and all the people who lost loved ones, friends and family.

[@ДенисБулдашов-о1о]

❤

[@fabriciocardosofelicio3306]

"Behaviour" was the first adult music album I ever had. I bought a cassette tape and would listen to it non-stop on my Walkman. I was 13 years old at the time. I remember these songs accompanying me, especially in the backseat of my parents' car. I didn't understand much of the lyrics back then, but the rhythm enchanted me. And "Being Boring" instantly became my favorite pop song. It remains in that place until today. Nowadays, I can also grasp the depth of the lyrics. It's always a great experience to listen to the music (and also watch the music video). Thank you PSB for that! :)❤

[@Aldrinizka.Teilaetxea]

Yo es primera vez que la oigo.

[@Eddejr]

“Bahaviour” represents the Pet Shop Boys maturity

[@AsYouuuWiiish]

Love this! I always say that "Please" was my first adult tape that I ever bought. Pethead for life ❤️

[@Sacarias_Flores_de_la_Plaza]

​@@Aldrinizka.Teilaetxea un clásico de los 90's y de los psb

[@lasarojoel1439]

Parabéns 👏👏👏👏

[@nimhard]

This song is: - Pop perfection - Songwriting perfection - A feeling, a mood, a moment, a lifetime - History - Amazing And the video is also a masterpiece.

[@ramraiderukx]

One song guaranteed to bring tears to my eyes. "All the people I was kissing, some are here and some are missing." That was my life then.

[@tturner12341]

Same with me. But, I’m blessed to still be here in September 2024. I can still relate to this song. ❤❤❤

[@nicholsonmurdock]

A true masterpiece. It brings back so many memories when I hear it !!!

[@esounds1]

Agreed!

[@СергейАлексеевич-т3ш]

Да,друзья,это лучший видеоряд на лучшую песню. Простите, но это непревзойдённый шедевр Pet Shop Boys

[@ultramet]

Strange, this beautiful song reminds me of very special people I have lost, but stirs up memories full of joy remembering the fun we had--never being boring. Instead of sadness, these great memories bring me solace. Till we meet again my departed friends. ❤❤❤

[@azpaule6739]

this is exactly how I feel

[@nedkelly2677]

@@azpaule6739 LIKEWISE

[@diment0857]

This song is an elegy to youth, love and life, the closest a pop song can come to philosophy, a timeless pop masterpiece.

[@BoardroomBuddha]

I was 25 in 1990 when this song came out and when I came out of the closet. It was such an exciting and yet terrifying time. I am pushing 60 now, and I still cry like a baby for all the friends who are missing from that time whenever I hear this anthem. 😥😥😥😥😥😥

[@CarlinaSautron-kv3yx]

Miss those years pet shop boys my music therapy 🤗❤️

[@TheMontyfire]

Have you heard the 2024 remix from furthermore ? Neil speaks the opening message during the track

[@wimvanaerde6249]

❤

[@matematicacommarcospaulo]

I was 10 and this song was sound track of a Brazilian soap opera called Meu Bem, Meu Mal (literally, My Good, My Evil) and this and others 2 tracks made me ask to my mother to by the long play (LP) of the international sound track

[@bluetownbarry]

Beautiful words man. Love to you and our shared memories xxx

[@AsYouuuWiiish]

Funny how this is such a nostalgic, introspective song but the video is anything but, and they work together perfectly. The models. The dancing. The dog. Each scene more breathtaking than the next. I have mixed feelings about B.W., but this video is an absolute visual masterpiece. I've been a Pethead since 1986 and the release of West End Girls, but this song always has been, and always will be, my favorite. Thank you PSB. I cannot put in to words how much you've impacted my life.

[@lasarojoel1439]

Concordo plenamente com você ❤

[@Marklovesdrama]

Brilliant analysis.

[@apantazopoulos]

I have many favorite songs and whenever I hear them I get really thrilled... After 33 years of new favorite songs though, Being Boring remains the best pop song ever released and this is confirmed each time I hear/watch it... Thanx PSB!

Neil Tennant & Chris Lowe achieved something very rare in a song: Turn an optimistic sound into a very sad lyric content. "Being Boring" is timeless and magníficent.

[@sufyanlowel4631]

they trying to duplicate 'I Should Be So Lucky'. this no joke. they themself told about it. they wanna change of chords like in Kylie Minogue SAW song

[@thatscousedude]

One of their best. An elegy for those who didn’t survive AIDS. And a broader reminder to live all our lives as well and as memorably as we can🙌🏻

[@ositabebe6122]

I love your comment love it.

[@jonathancastro8487]

Wait AIDS?

[@nimhard]

Yes, exactly. It's relatable for everyone in that scene and particular moment in time but it's also relatable to everyone who has a beating heart. A true masterpiece.

[@coupleofbeers31]

​@@jonathancastro84873:05 This part of the song specifically refers to the AIDS crisis.

[@jonathancastro8487]

@@coupleofbeers31 OMG I never realized that

[@warrenmcallister2341]

I think Being Boring is the best song ever written. Not saying by the Pet Shop Boys, but by anyone. Still to this day it is my favorite song of all time. Such a classic.

[@victordelacruz9940]

This is my favorite song ever, but i don't listen to it very often because I can't help crying every single time I do it

[@lucyintheskyem]

The same

[@carlbrown5937]

Absolutely

[@amaniama1774]

Same

[@JasonAshworth]

A fantastic classic Pet shop boys song. One of my favourites.

[@FacundoDc.]

I came across a cache of old photos And invitations to teenage parties "Dress in white" one said, with quotations From someone's wife, a famous writer In the nineteen-twenties When you're young you find inspiration In anyone who's ever gone And opened up a closing door She said: "We were never feeling bored 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends" And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end" When I went I left from the station With a haversack and some trepidation Someone said: "If you're not careful You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for In the nineteen-seventies" But I sat back and looking forward My shoes were high and I had scored I'd bolted through a closing door I would never find myself feeling bored 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends" And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end We were always hoping that, looking back You could always rely on a friend Now I sit with different faces In rented rooms and foreign places All the people I was kissing Some are here and some are missing In the nineteen-nineties I never dreamt that I would get to be The creature that I always meant to be But I thought in spite of dreams You'd be sitting somewhere here with me 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends" And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end We were always hoping that, looking back You could always rely on a friend And we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends" And we were never being boring We were never being bored 'Cause we were never being boring We were never being bored

[@Tritskos]

❤❤❤❤

[@simonrichards6739]

One of my favourite songs of all time for bittersweet reasons, as kids my best mate and I used to ride to the airport to watch the planes, other kids said we were boring. His mum loved PSB as well as me. He lost his battle with Leukaemia at 17.

[@karenbeadle9915]

♥

[@MichaelBennett1]

All the people I was kissing..some are here and some are missing - that line cuts deeper every year that goes by.

[@jonathanbaldwin8810]

Indeed it does

[@tokitim4374]

After many years I realize how incredible and wonderful this song is.

[@wimvanaerde6249]

Exactly ❤

[@masterbulgokov]

Me, too. I rediscovered it just a few weeks ago. Was a big fan in the late-80s / early 90s.

[@tylero8595]

I was 14 when this was released. I had this on cassette. I loved this album. It was 1990. The future seemed so bright and full of opportunity. It really was the peak of our civilization. The 1990s were it. The culmination of the 1900s. It was all boiled down to that final decade. Everything was there. Rock, rap, hippies, goth, metal. Freedom, the end of communism, liberalism, the opening of the world to travelling en masse. It really was the best. And we completely fucked it up. We had it in the palm of our hands and let it slip away. We need to find that again. Peace yall. Never stop dancing, especially if you are 14.

[@neiljohnson6582]

Wise words 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Olga-sr1jz]

Скажи, пожалуйста, из какой ты страны, видимо из бывшей соц. страны? Я из такой сама, да

[@kieranwhite6647]

A defining moment for the Pet Shop Boys. A masterpiece

[@muzz1962]

Probably the most poignant moment in 90s pop.

[@flybby]

Now the video is complete and beautiful!!! Thank you!!! What a masterpiece!!!

[@ИмяФамилия-ь7о]

Це напевно сама заспокійлива пісня для мене, в цій композиції є щось магічне, коли її слухаю вона для мене діє як заспокійливе, всі турботи зникають.

[@dp2901]

This was the album that first got me into the PSB. They’re still my favorite band and I’ve been lucky enough to meet them twice!❤

[@shayamoyal]

One of my very favorite song, allways bring me back to the 90s when i was in my 20's.. thank you PSB for the music

[@BHu-uv9mb]

Ich hab mich damals von einem Radiowecker Wecken lassen.....es lief BEING BORING und es kam mir wie ein Traum vor. Großartig!!! Der Moment der mich zum Pet Shop Boys Fan werden ließ. Endgültig. Durch alle Zeit, Raum und Ewigkeit. ❤

[@jmoralesv03]

A timeless masterpiece 🎶🎶 maybe the best song the Pet Shop Boys have written so far 🎶

[@tomcech7061]

for me the best is it´s a sin

[@kevinluis468]

@jmoralesv03 I agree

[@mariogp88]

Strange to think that all these fresh young people in the video must be almost in their 60s now

[@andreasreuter9435]

Time run out for everyone

[@sergey004]

This song never dies! Through generations!

[@Lifefindstheway]

So artistic and well produced video, I used to Burst into tears😭 nostalgia

[@iamlanger]

One of the most perfect songs ever made. No argue in that.

[@RDrRD1989]

The most beautiful music video ever! I wanna be that young again. Jut for a day. Or for a week.

[@mtmt88]

Re-uploaded to include the first few seconds of "nude" scenes!! 👍👍

[@darrenholes7080]

This song resonates so much with me. I adore it. Its lyrics are beautiful. The amazing video is perfect. Thank you PSB.

[@luzsaulol]

Música perfeita, video perfeito ❤

[@terricola796]

A garota da banheira é a Luiza Brunet!!!

[@psbgr9769]

Being Boring es la mejor canción que puede existir de Pet Shop Boys la voz Y tono de Neil es espectacular tiene una seriedad y elegancia nadie como Pet Shop Boys son Únicos

[@joulesability]

Completamente de acuerdo! Yo soy fan de hueso colorado de los PSB y aunque tienen muchísimas buenas canciones, los verdaderos fans reconocen a Being Boring como una de sus obras maestras! Salud por la mejor canción de su repertorio!

[@maxixd7598]

Es poca gente la que comprende esta cancion... realmente es una joya de Pet Shop Boys que quizas nunca se repita tal obra maestra con los artistas de hoy en dia; agradecido de que exista esta canción

[@daraghmorrissey]

incredible song - they closed their gigs with this song on the unity tour in 2022 - and its such an uplifting and emotional song. so happy to see them on stage singing this and Neil singing you can always rely on a friend and walking off stage with chris,

[@javierhuerta6557]

This song never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

[@CarlosRojasOficial]

My favorite PSB video! Pet Shop Boys + Bruce Weber, when life was free and glamorous.

[@Aramanth]

*Nice.* The squeaky wheel gets the grease LOL! I was complaining about the intro being edited out of the upgrade version and now that has been rectified! _YAY!_ 🦓 _This song gains more meaning the older I get..._

[@enriquemoon]

Pet shop boys and bruce webers master piece

[@petsifakis]

Musically,lyrically and video “Being boring” is Pet shop boys masterpiece...one of the greatest pop songs ever.

[@EmmanuelleGP]

Hopefully The Uncensored Version This Time!!! 🤗🤗🤗

[@Eddejr]

Yes, there is !!

[@etomedo888]

Just so COOL in every single way.

[@Eddejr]

Wow !! The unrated version !! Uhuu !!

[@SolemAris]

❤❤❤A modern pop poem, wisdom for life, a truly masterpiece .

[@John13B]

Será se desta vez vai ser a versão completa?

[@Eddejr]

Eu creio que sim !!

[@Sacarias_Flores_de_la_Plaza]

Me encanta este video, la frivolidad de los jóvenes snob, ricos y bellos. La música la mejor muestra de música pop fina y delicada.

[@eastbox7623]

Best song forevermore. From Ukraine 💛💙

[@denonfd]

This is a absolute Masterpiece ! A Classic One.....and for me the Best PSB Song ever released !

[@musicmanmusicman4308]

Masterpiece👍💯❤

[@JosephIsrael2000]

I do not know why? But this is the song I've been humming 🎵 the most... 90's ❤

[@janicefraser2767]

I have to say this must be the best song from PSB lyrics are truly amazing I listen to this and it takes me back to my fun days I just love love love it. Thank u PSB ❤❤❤

[@tonygorgor]

This is the the best (NOT one of) track ever created by PSB. Thanks Neil & Chris for making the music for our times!

[@sauloreis3499]

I wanna know about a list of the models in this vídeo, especially about the Bunny girl in tha bath

[@debowiec3]

Great song, amazing video......!!!!!!!!

[@JavierHuerta]

I'd have no problem stating that as songwriters, Tennant and Lowe never did any better than this. And they achieved the greatness reserved for duos like Lennon and McCartney in the process. I'd have no problem, either, if someone said this song equals anything ever done by The Beatles. As a matter of fact, I believe it. Passion, emotion, love, sadness, contemplation. This song has it all.

[@iwficon]

This is the greatest pop song ever written and it's not even the greatest Pet Shop Boys song.

[@alanlira-franco8240]

La canción que va a sonar en mi funeral: Gracias por tanto, espero vengan pronto a México, muero por escucharla en vivo una vez mas!

[@lasarojoel1439]

Também queria, concordo, essa música e maravilhosa demais 😍

[@joulesability]

Si, esperemos regresen pronto a MX!

[@psbgr9769]

Tendrás conocimiento si existe la posibilidad de que con esta gira tengan planes para venir a México? Por qué creo que pinta que no vendrán...... ojalá nos den una sorpresa 🇲🇽 Viva México

[@dantepave6199]

pues si vinieron para el corona capital !!

[@osmarcardosobenetti4133]

As músicas do Pet shop Boys me trasporta para outro mundo ! Não sei explicar.

[@lasarojoel1439]

Acontece o mesmo comigo.

[@EliasFrancisco-hp1pi]

Realmente, até seus clipes são bem feitos e bem bolados. Diferentes! muito bom

[@stu2427]

Pet shop boys was my first proper love favorite band. I worshiped the ground she walked on we. Loved listening to them. Then one day for no reason she left leaving me devastated. I'm 56 now still like pet shop boys but it's a reminder of a magical time but also a very hurtful time. Suppose it's best to live and lost than not loved at all 😔

[@mooselvania]

I have loved this song and that album from the moment I first heard it. This is the first time I’ve seen the video, though. Bruce Weber directed, of course. It’s beautiful. I’m so glad I’m finally allowed to see it here in America. ❤

[@sufyanlowel4631]

you didn't allowed to see non upgraded original video which have been on YT for more than 10 years?

[@stuhughes877]

The most incredible song ever written

[@jon4521]

Problably this is the very most Pet Shop Boys masterpiece.

[@ricardodinarte9131]

I came across a cache of old photos And invitations to teenage parties "Dress in white" one said, with quotations From someone's wife, a famous writer In the nineteen-twenties When you're young you find inspiration In anyone who's ever gone And opened up a closing door She said: "We were never feeling bored 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends" And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end" When I went I left from the station With a haversack and some trepidation Someone said: "If you're not careful You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for In the nineteen-seventies" But I sat back and looking forward My shoes were high and I had scored I'd bolted through a closing door I would never find myself feeling bored 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends" And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end We were always hoping that, looking back You could always rely on a friend Now I sit with different faces In rented rooms and foreign places All the people I was kissing Some are here and some are missing In the nineteen-nineties I never dreamt that I would get to be The creature that I always meant to be But I thought in spite of dreams You'd be sitting somewhere here with me 'Cause we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends" And we were never holding back or worried that Time would come to an end We were always hoping that, looking back You could always rely on a friend And we were never being boring We had too much time to find for ourselves And we were never being boring We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends" And we were never being boring We were never being bored 'Cause we were never being boring We were never being bored

[@lordineadjriou561]

Thank you very much.

[@ricardodinarte9131]

@@lordineadjriou561 😃👍

[@ahmednodarse-trabanco2010]

I love this band❤🇨🇺Icon of my generation🇨🇺how many memories of my Habana🇨🇺

[@tomtom9262]

Will it be the re-remastered version today? And by the way where is the remastered version of Left to my own devices?

[@maddiedavis4910]

I agree… also, what about remasters of “… Seriously” and “Absolutely Fabulous”?

[@AsYouuuWiiish]

They probably will.

[@williamcrowe2576]

I could swear I'd seen this one days ago. Is this a reupload?

[@provatos]

Yes, because the previous version lacked the first scene at the swimming pool

[@williamcrowe2576]

@@provatos Oh, I see.

[@provatos]

@@williamcrowe2576 there is also a Pettext about that

[@williamcrowe2576]

@@provatos Okay.

[@tomtom9262]

Yes the old intro... with zebra and dog. 🙂 Thank you, PET Shop Boys!

[@Anonymouse85]

This version is the best, beautiful video for a beautiful song!

[@mrfoobarf5670]

Still f*king awesome!

[@kadeshow]

A pop masterpiece

[@pedroabad1965]

The best musiciens of the 80 y 90

[@opa-age]

This isn't my favorite PSB song, but I agree that it's their masterpiece.

[@malena2467]

Listening to PET SHOP BOYS 🎵🎶 We are GREAT ✨💥⚡🌟 Never bored.

[@chickenlips74]

I always loved this song, so subtle, so timeless. Beautiful video, too. ❤

[@melaniemason4049]

.. These guys are never boring 100 % absolutely fantastic ❤❤

[@lasarojoel1439]

Agora sim o vídeo completo, amo essa música 😍😍😍

[@dars5229]

This song always struck me as a kind of melancholy survivor's guilt about the AIDS crisis. Like, as a straight guy I can't really relate to that confused feeling of discovering yourself and that joy contrasted against the backdrop of your community being afflicted by catastrophe. It must have been like war. Kind of like a war in slow motion against an enemy you couldn't see or understand.

[@roseliribeiro1344]

Love pet shop boys 💕💕💕 parabéns lindos!!!!

[@dirtysolarremix]

Just beautiful,touching and inspiring 🙏

[@saraknight3605]

Such an iconic ground breaking band. It's a risqué video for the time in which it was written bit its tasteful and beautifully put together and tells story. It blends beautifully with the music with the wonderful harmonies and minor keys giving it that sadness and feeling of emptiness . Genius!

[@Aldrinizka.Teilaetxea]

Estreno hoy sábado 3 de junio de 2023 a la 1:19pm... apenas 19 mimutos despuésde subido.

[@fabianknittl5204]

Super Lied. 👍 Text, Melodie, Gesang sind alles in allem supi

[@Joggingfeld]

This song (and the album "Behaviour") was very formative for me on the threshold of adulthood. I still like the song and the album a lot, but unfortunately a bit underrated.

[@ГидпоостровуСицилияжизньвПалер]

Моя молодость ❤

[@artprojectsnz]

Stunningly beautiful evocative song ‘of the times’. Can listen over and over, never tiring. JPMusic

[@andrewdolling5669]

How could you be bored with music and videos like this!!

[@rickschweitzer9845]

Bruce Weber did such an interesting job on this video. Specifically on the shots of Neil and Chris. Chris appears to want to jump in and dance with everyone else. Neil however is an observer. He's watching all of this from a third party. I adore this video. Always have. But the more I watched it through the years. I've made this clear distinction . It's obvious. Or it wasn't intentional but it certainly appears this way

[@Eddejr]

I love that unrated version, but the picture quality was more sharp in the rated one before that new version….

[@aceabo88]

It's almost looks like the intro from the none HD version has been tacked on the front of the HD version as the start doesn't seem as sharp as the ready of the video. Glad to see the unrated version uploaded though

[@Eddejr]

@@aceabo88, maybe you’re right !!

[@amiegearhart5156]

Amazing love it sound me 💯❤️‍🔥💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻❤️‍🔥🎵💕❤️

[@StringSun]

Still my absolute favourite PSB song. DIVINE 🥰

[@oceanlover3530]

God I love this song and video. It’s so beautiful. ❤️✌🏻❤️

[@cosmegualberto269]

Eu tinha 22 aninhos, hoje aos 55 lembro das minhas paixões dessa época, época essa maravilhosa onde o amor imperava e o respeito ao próximo também,se pudesse não sairia das décadas de 80/90😢😢

[@cems.3144]

I listened this song more than 1 thousand times and it is by great margin my most played number 1 song in my phone.

[@АлексейГоловщиков-д7б]

Masterpiece!!!

[@coachtomas]

So you re-uploaded this HD upgrade to include the gentleman's bum at the beginning 🤣 Fair play.

[@khv_dv_jungle]

И все, что вы писали в предыдущей премьерев комментариях, извините, ... никому не нужно

[@sufyanlowel4631]

'A previously unused American edit of the video had been mistakenly upgraded and uploaded - this has now been deleted. ' - Pet Shop Boys official site

[@JamieSwitzer]

Yeah I never liked that intro, it's like come on man.

[@HombreViaLactea]

Genial vídeo!! 😊

[@The80sCollector]

I stumbled to this song few days ago, I can't believe I never heard it before (maybe heard it but never really pay attention). Thank you for creating this wonderful song guys! Being born in the late 70's the lyric hits hard and I loved it so much. Thanks for all the great songs! Bless you both.