{"id":974249,"date":"2020-01-03T12:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T19:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=933412"},"modified":"2020-01-03T12:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T19:08:39","slug":"pet-shop-boys-hit-the-dance-floor-break-hearts-on-new-song-monkey-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/pet-shop-boys-hit-the-dance-floor-break-hearts-on-new-song-monkey-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Pet Shop Boys Hit the Dance Floor, Break Hearts on New Song \u2018Monkey Business\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/9064106pW.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Synth-pop stalwarts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/pet-shop-boys\/\" id=\"auto-tag_pet-shop-boys\" data-tag=\"pet-shop-boys\">Pet Shop Boys<\/a> unveiled an infectious new rug-cutter, \u201cMonkey Business,\u201d set to appear on their upcoming album, <i>Hotspot<\/i>, out January 24th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The track finds the duo fusing their classic synth sound with elements that seem expertly sourced from a vintage Giorgio Moroder disco track: a thumping four-on-the-floor, dramatic string swipes, lush horns and \u2014 for good measure \u2014 vocoder-laced vocals. The lyrics boast a delightful energy as well, with Neil Tennet singing, \u201cBring me margaritas\/Champagne and red wine\/We\u2019re gonna have a party\/Where we all cross the line\/I\u2019m looking for monkey business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In a statement, Tennet and Chris Lowe said of the song, \u201cWe\u2019ve actually written, almost for the first time in our career, a groove song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Pet Shop Boys will release a full \u201cMonkey Business\u201d single February 7th on CD, digital and 12-inch vinyl. Along with the original track, it will feature two remixes of \u201cMonkey Business\u201d \u2014 from Prins Thomas and DJ Friend Within \u2014 as well as another new song, \u201cAt Rock Bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMonkey Business\u201d marks the third offering from <i>Hotspot<\/i>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/pet-shop-boys-new-album-hotspot-912255\/\">following \u201cBurning the Heather\u201d<\/a> and \u201cDreamland,\u201d featuring Years and Years. <i>Hotspot<\/i> marks the Pet Shop Boys\u2019 14th studio album and follows their 2016 LP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-lists\/20-best-pop-albums-of-2016-107379\/pet-shop-boys-super-117488\/\"><i>Super<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/pet-shop-boys-monkey-business-new-song-933412\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synth-pop stalwarts the Pet Shop Boys unveiled an infectious new rug-cutter, \u201cMonkey Business,\u201d set to appear on their upcoming album, Hotspot, out January 24th. The track finds the duo fusing their classic synth sound with elements that seem expertly sourced from a vintage Giorgio Moroder disco track: a thumping four-on-the-floor, dramatic string swipes, lush horns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-974249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 08:20:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}