Pet Shop Boys - How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously

"How Can You Expect to Be Taken Seriously?" is, together with AA-side "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)", the third single from Pet Shop Boys' album Behaviour. It was released in the UK as an AA-side by Parlophone Records on 11 March 1991. It was subsequently released as a single in its own right in the United States and France. The single later peaked at a low #93 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
As "Being Boring" and "It's Alright" weren't released in the US, tracks from these releases were used on a number of the American releases.
Of interest to collectors, EMI USA commissioned dance DJ David Morales to create 5 remixes that were released to clubs and DJs on a limited promotion 12". Morales would later work with the duo co-writing and co-producing the 1999 single "New York City Boy".
Neil Tennant later said that the track 'was inspired by a female popstar from 1989', it is strongly believed that the inspiration was in fact Transvision Vamp frontwoman Wendy James.

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• pet
• shop
• boys
• how
• can
• you
• expect
• seriously
• behaviour
• being
• boring

[solipha1]

I've always slightly preferred this version to the album version.

[felixsdanceworld2]

@solipha1 I definitely agree with you there! :)

[jones6611]

muito bom esse clip bem q eles poderiam vir mais ao brasil os caras são bons e merecem o sucesso!!!

[risticnenad73]

excelent

[mutedisease]

My God...these blokes have made a name to themselves for making cheesy videos, but this one definitely takes the cake. Great lyrics nonetheless.

[lynxambient]

Such a great tune of these guys. =)