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Album: Elysium (2012)
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  • The first single from The Pet Shop Boys' eleventh album, Elysium, is a bittersweet nugget, released to coincide with the 2012 London Olympics. "This is the moment we'll remember every day for the rest of our lives," Neil Tennant sings. The song was premiered on BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce Show on July 2, 2012.
  • The song's music video is a mini-documentary about a transsexual called Dirty Diana, competing in a female-only roller derby team.
  • Tennant told BBC Breakfast they originally thought of entering this song for the Eurovision Song Contest, after being invited by the BBC to submit a song for the annual song competition, but that it eventually evolved into their own anthem for the London 2012 Olympics. "It was slightly with Eurovision in mind," said Tennant. "The BBC asked us if we were interested, then when the album came out it seemed like the right time to release it."
  • Elsyium was recorded in Los Angeles and the album title was inspired by a walk through the city's Elysian Park.

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