West End Girls duo. In 1983–84, the duo recorded twelve songs with Orlando, at Unique Studios in New York, "West End Girls", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", "One More Chance", "I Want a Lover", "Thats My Impression", "A Man Could Get Arrested", "I Get Excited", "Two Divided by Zero", "Rent", "It's A Sin", "Pet Shop Boys", and "Later Tonight". Orlando played most of the instruments on "West End Girls", including the jazz riff at the end. Lowe played one chord and the bassline. It included a drum part lifted from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean", and an arrangement involving what Tennant called "Barry
Blame It on the Girls in the United States. It was a big hit in Japan where it hit #1 for a week. It is only the second international single to hit #1 in the Japanese Hot 100, provided by Billboard, after Leona Lewis's 2008 hit, "Bleeding Love". However, on its week of release it failed to crack the Top 40 in the UK, and only charted at #72, exactly the same as his last single "Rain"s peak position, making "Blame It on the Girls" his second consecutive single to miss the UK Top 40. Blame It on the Girls "Blame It on the Girls"