"DJ Culture" is the first single released by British electronic music

Electronic music

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 group Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

 from their singles collection album Discography: The Complete Singles Collection. The single peaked at #13 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 in 1991. Another version of the song, remixed by The Grid

The Grid

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 and entitled "Dj culturemix" was also released as a single and entered the UK charts at #40.

According to the singer Neil Tennant

Neil Tennant

Neil Francis Tennant is an English musician, singer and songwriter, who, with bandmate Chris Lowe, makes up the successful electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...

, the song concerned the insincerity of how President George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

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's speeches at the time of the First Gulf War

Gulf War

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 utilised Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

's wartime rhetoric, in a manner similar to how artists sample music from other artists. The video clip alternately features Neil Tennant

Neil Tennant

Neil Francis Tennant is an English musician, singer and songwriter, who, with bandmate Chris Lowe, makes up the successful electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...

 and Chris Lowe

Chris Lowe

Chris Lowe is an English musician, who, with colleague Neil Tennant, makes up the pop duo Pet Shop Boys.-Childhood:...

 as a pair of doctors, a pair of soldiers in desert combat dress, a judge presiding over Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...

 and a football referee and fan.

The French sample in the song is taken from the 1950 Jean Cocteau

Jean Cocteau

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...

 movie Orphée: in it coded and poetic messages are sent over the radio.

UK 7": Parlophone

1. "DJ Culture"
2. "Music for Boys"

• also the track listing for the US 7" releases on EMI
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UK 12": Parlophone

1. "DJ Culture" (Extended mix)
2. "Music for Boys"
3. "Music for Boys (Part 2)"

UK 12" and CDs: Parlophone ("Dj Culturemix")

1. "Dj Culturemix"
2. "Music for Boys (Part 3)"
3. "Overture to Performance"

Chart positions

Chart positions	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	13
Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association ....	17
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	19