West End Girls weeks later. In Canada, "West End Girls" first entered the "RPM" singles chart in April 1985, reaching a peak position of 81 in June 1985. Having signed with EMI, the group released their first major label single "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" in mid-1985, but it failed to attract attention. The Pet Shop Boys then decided to re-record "West End Girls", and issue this new version as a single. Producer Stephen Hague helmed the new, re-recorded version of "West End Girls". The re-recorded version of "West End Girls" was released in the United Kingdom in October 1985, debuting on
A Quiet End Stage Scenes for Men From the 1980s" (Smith and Kraus, 1990). "A Quiet End" was also the focus of a chapter of Robert Vorlicky's "Act Like a Man: Challenging Masculinities in American Drama" (U. of Michigan Press, 1995). A Quiet End A Quiet End is a 1985 play written by Robin Swados (1953–). It explores the lives of three gay men, all suffering from HIV/AIDS, who share an apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. "A Quiet End" was one of the first plays to address the AIDS epidemic, receiving productions both in the U.S. and internationally, and is widely considered