Flamboyant (song)

Infobox Single |
Name = Flamboyant


Artist = Pet Shop Boys
from Album =
B-side = "I didn't get where I am today"
Released = March 24, 2004
Format = 12", CD
Recorded = November 3 (added lyrics)
Genre = Dance, pop
Length = 3:50 (album version)
3:40 (radio edit)
Label = Parlophone
Writer = Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe
Producer = Pet Shop Boys, Felix Gauder, Stuart Crichton, Tomcraft
Last single = "Miracles"
(2003)
This single = "Flamboyant"
(2004)
Next single = "I'm with Stupid"
(2006)"Flamboyant" is a single by Pet Shop Boys, released in 2004. It was the second single and one of two new songs from their 2003 singles compilation, "".

The B-side is "I didn't get where I am today", which features Johnny Marr on guitars.

Track listings

2-Track CD

#"Flamboyant" (radio edit)
#"I Didn't Get Where I Am Today"

Enhanced CD

#"Flamboyant" (Tomcraft extended mix)
#"Flamboyant" (Scissor Sisters silhouettes & shadows mix)
#"Flamboyant" (DJ Hell remix)
#"Flamboyant" (demo version)
#"Flamboyant" (Enhanced video)

Music video

The "Flamboyant" promotional music video was directed by Nico Beyer. Heavily based on aspects of Japanese popular culture, it tells the story of a Japanese office worker who aspires to appear on television variety show "Kasou Taishou" where guests perform silly stunts. He envisions a billiards-based routine, where he and others portray living balls on an enormous pool table. At the end of the video, they perform their routine successfully on the show. The story footage is intercut with fake Japanese-style television commercials where the Pet Shop Boys offer various products such as an automatic ironing machine and a car called Boxy.

The video was finally released on DVD on the documentary "A Life in Pop", although the disc doesn't mention the video's inclusion. Some territories, like Canada, don't feature the video.

ee also

*Pet Shop Boys discography