Paninaro ’95

Track 13 on Bilingual: Further Listening 1995 – 1997

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Jul. 25, 19951 viewer

Paninaro ’95 Lyrics

[Verse 1: Chris Lowe]
Passion and love and sex and money
Violence, religion, injustice, and death

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 2: Chris Lowe]
Girls, boys, art, pleasure
Girls, boys, art, pleasure

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 3: Chris Lowe]
Food, cars, travel
Food, cars, travel
New York, New York, New York
New York, uh-huh

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 4: Chris Lowe]
Armani, Armani, Ar-Ar-Armani, cinque

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[Interlude]

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 5: Chris Lowe]
Armani, Armani, Ar-Ar-Armani, cinque

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 6: Chris Lowe]
Now you've gone, I'm all alone
My heart is broken and I don't wanna go home
You know it's all over, you're out of luck
You feel so low you wanna self-destruct
I needed you and you loved me too
But now I don't know what I'm gonna do
But life moves on, I'm talking history
And now I've got to find someone who'll dance with me

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh

[Bridge: Chris Lowe]
You, you're my lover
You were my hope, you're my dreams, my life
My passion, my love, my sex, and my money
My violence, religion, injustice and death

[Chorus: Neil Tennant]
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh
Paninaro, Paninaro, oh, oh, oh

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In 1995, a re-recording of Paninaro titled Paninaro ‘95 was released to a wider market, to promote the duo’s B-side compilation album Alternative (though only the original version was included on the compilation).

The new recording included a rap in the middle of the song, newly written by Lowe; it laments the loss of the “lover” referred to in the pre-existing lyrics. The written lyrics in the final are also changed to “were” rather than “are” in referring to the lost love.

The 1995 version is included on the 2003 compilation album PopArt: The Hits and the 2001 double-disc reissue of Bilingual.

Music video:
The Paninaro ‘95 video was directed by long-time Pet Shop Boys director Howard Greenhalgh.