It's Alright (Pet Shop Boys song)

"It's Alright"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Introspective
B-side
  • "One of the Crowd"
  • "Your Funny Uncle"
Released26 June 1989 (1989-06-26)
Genre
Length
  • 9:23 (album version)
  • 4:18 (7-inch version)
  • 4:47 (10-inch remix)
LabelParlophone
Songwriters
ProducerTrevor Horn
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Left to My Own Devices"
(1988)
"It's Alright"
(1989)
"So Hard"
(1990)
"It's All Right"
Single by Sterling Void & Paris Brightledge
Released1987
Genre
Length6:50
LabelD.J. International Records
Songwriters
Producers

"It's Alright" is a song recorded by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on 26 June 1989 as the third and final single from their third studio album, Introspective (1988). It reached number five on the UK Singles Chart. Written and originally recorded by Sterling Void and Paris Brightledge, the song came to the attention of Pet Shop Boys on a compilation of house music from DJ International Records issued by FFRR Records in 1988.

The lyrics list a wide variety of serious political issues in the headlines at the time ("Dictation enforced in Afghanistan, revolution in South Africa taking a stand…"), and then offer the positive message of the title—that on its "timeless wavelength", "music is our life's foundation", it "shall last" and ultimately "succeed all the nations to come".