Minimal (song)

"Minimal"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Fundamental
B-side
Released24 July 2006 (2006-07-24)
Genre
Length
  • 4:21 (album version)
  • 3:38 (radio edit)
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Trevor Horn
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"I'm with Stupid"
(2006)
"Minimal"
(2006)
"Numb"
(2006)
Music video
"Minimal" on YouTube

"Minimal" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their ninth studio album, Fundamental (2006). It was released on 24 July 2006 as the album's second single. "Minimal" reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the duo's 37th top-20 entry in the United Kingdom, and it was the number five Hot Dance Club Play Track of 2007 on Billboard's year-end chart. The B-side "In Private" is a new version of a song originally written for Dusty Springfield, this time recorded as a duet between Neil Tennant and Elton John and remixed by Stuart Crichton.