基本信息Go West是迪斯科乐团村民上个世纪70年代的一首单曲。这首歌曲于1993年被宠物店男孩翻唱并大获成功。该歌曲的内涵随着时代而变化，从上世纪70年代宣传同性恋运动，到90年代则是号召东方的青年来到西方资本主义国家，而如今则成为了一首富有激情的世界杯用曲。
创作背景Go West发行于1979年，但是该歌曲最初并没有像乐队的其它作品如Y.M.C.A.和In the Navy流行。
歌曲的名字是源自于霍勒斯·格里利的语录“Go West, young man”（去西部吧，年轻人）之中，是一个美国西部殖民统治的口号。同时，Go West同时也被理解为十九世纪70年代时期，去往旧金山被认为是同性恋解放运动的理想之地。
1978年，亨利·史密斯的基督教歌曲《献上感恩的心》（Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart）与该歌曲的的曲调有显著性的相似。
歌曲在7寸唱片和12寸唱片版本都收录在村民乐团之后的各种精选集，包括1993年宠物店男孩版本之后的1997年电台再次混音版本。
历史在1992年，德里克·加曼让宠物店男孩在曼彻斯特为艾滋病慈善晚会演出，乐团的克里斯·洛选择了Go West作为他们的演唱曲目。尽管乐队歌手尼尔·坦南特记不住了当时演唱的歌词，不过之后，二人还是决定把Go West录制成单曲。在1993年，Go West作为单曲发行，并收录在他们的新专辑《Very》之中。在2001年宠物店男孩的音乐剧Closer to Heaven曾使用过该歌曲。
改编从音乐上，歌曲使用了原始的D大调卡农作为基调，并贯穿歌曲的起始至高潮。另外歌曲的新版本也加入了政治元素，加入了苏联歌曲的内容。另外坦南特和洛也加入新的歌词如下：
There where the air is free
we'll be what we want to be
Now if we make a stand
we'll find our promised land
除了歌曲中表现的不存在的乌托邦的理想的确，同时宠物店男孩也表达了另一层意思，就是去激励那些艾滋病感染者不要再感到无助和悲伤。
除此之外，歌曲的MV加入更多的苏联形象，如红星，红场，列宁等，展示了一群部队正步走上云霄，在云霄上耸有自由女神的形象，意味着西方就是这个乌托邦的国家。加入众多的共产主义意象，也体现了歌曲的更深一层含义，西方——资本主义才是人们的向往，应该走的道路。[3]该歌曲的MV获得当年格莱美最佳音乐视频短片奖的提名。
歌词全文在德国世界杯每场结束时都会播放一首新的球迷音乐，这就是Pet shop boys的《GO WEST》。成立于1981年的“宠物店男孩”(Pet Shop Boys)可算得上是八十年代最后一支也是最成功的电子音乐组合。
宠物店男孩并不是一支偶像派的乐队，而是完全的实力派。
这首歌很好听~~但是若干年间在大陆是禁播的~~因为当时的政治原因和MTV的内容似乎对**国家有所指~所以在当时的**国家都是禁播的~后来随着世界**的变化~~这首歌慢慢演变成了非常有名的足球歌曲~~
Pet Shop Boys - Go West
Come on, come on, come on, come on
(Together) We will go our way
(Together) We will leave someday
(Together) Your hand in my hands
(Together) We will make our plans
(Together) We will fly so high
(Together) Tell all our friends goodbye
(Together) We will start life new
(Together) This is what we'll do
(Go West) Life is peaceful there
(Go West) In the open air
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West) This is what we're gonna do
(Go West, this is what we're gonna do, Go West)
(Together) We will love the beach
(Together) We will learn and teach
(Together) Change our pace of life
(Together) We will work and strive
(I love you) I know you love me
(I want you) How could I disagree?
(So that's why) I make no protest
(When you say) You will do the rest
(Go West) Life is peaceful there
(Go West) In the open air
(Go West) Baby you and me
(Go West) This is our destiny (Aah)
(Go West) Sun in wintertime
(Go West) We will do just fine
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West, this is what we're gonna do)
There where the air is free
We'll be (We'll be) what we want to be (Aah aah aah aah)
Now if we make a stand (Aah)
We'll find (We'll find) our promised land (Aah)
(I know that) There are many ways
(To live there) In the sun or shade
(Together) We will find a place
(To settle) Where there's so much space
(Without rush) And the pace back east
(The hustling) Rustling just to feed
(I know I'm) Ready to leave too
(So that's what) We are gonna do
(What we're gonna do is
Go West) Life is peaceful there
(Go West) There in the open air
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West) This is what we're gonna do
(Life is peaceful there)
Go West (In the open air)
Go West (Baby, you and me)
Go West (This is our destiny)
Come on, come on, come on, come on
(Go West) Sun in wintertime
(Go West) We will feel just fine
(Go West) Where the skies are blue
(Go West) This is what we're gonna do
(Come on, come on, come on)
(Go West)
(Go West)
(Go, ooh, go, yeah)
(Go West)
(Go, ooh, go, yeah)
(Go West)
(Go, ooh, go, yeah)
(Go West)
(Go, ooh, go, yeah)
(Gimme a feelin')
(Gimme a feelin')
(Go West)
(Gimme a feelin')
(Gimme a feelin')
(Go West)
(Gimme a feelin')
(Gimme a feelin')
