Love Is a Bourgeois Construct
| "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" | ||||
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| Single by Pet Shop Boys | ||||
| from the album Electric | ||||
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| Released | 2 September 2013 | |||
| Genre | Hi-NRG | |||
| Length | 6:41 | |||
| Label | x2 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Stuart Price | |||
| Pet Shop Boys singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" (audio) on YouTube | ||||
"Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their twelfth studio album, Electric (2013). It was released on 2 September 2013 as the album's third single. The song is based on the instrumental "Chasing Sheep Is Best Left to Shepherds" (1982), a minimalist piece by Michael Nyman, which in turn is based on the Prelude to Act III, Scene 2 of the opera King Arthur (1691) by Henry Purcell.
The Guardian named "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" the fourth best track of the year, and Slant Magazine listed the song at number 18 on its "25 Best Singles of 2013" list.