Pet Shop Boys Hunt. The film was eventually released in 1988 to mixed reviews. Footage from the film was also used for the music video to "Always on My Mind", now released as a single on 30 November; it became both the duo's third number one single in the UK and the Christmas number one single for 1987, beating "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues. In November 2004, "The Daily Telegraph" newspaper placed Pet Shop Boys' version of "Always on My Mind" at number two in a list of the fifty greatest cover versions of all time. 1988 started with another collaboration.
Kirsty MacColl Only," a biography of MacColl written by Karen O'Brien, was published. A retrospective three-CD set spanning her full career, "From Croydon To Cuba," was released in 2005. "Titanic Days" was re-released in 2005 as a deluxe 2-CD set, and "Kite" and "Electric Landlady" were also remastered and rereleased with additional tracks. Her first album, "Desperate Character," was given its first CD issue in 2012 on the Salvo label. On 7 August 2005, "The Best of Kirsty MacColl," a single-disc compilation that included a "new" single, "Sun on the Water", made its debut on the UK album charts at number 17,