"Home and dry" is a song by British music 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....

 released as the first UK single and the second US single from their album Release

Release (Pet Shop Boys album)

Release is the twelfth studio album, the eighth of entirely new music, by the English electronic music duo Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 2002....

. It reached the top 15 on the 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 ...

 at #14 and peaked at #44 on the US Hot Dance Club Play.

Its B-side, "Sexy Northener", was also released as a promotional single in the U.S. and peaked at #15 on the US dance charts. It never got a commercial release though.

The song is infamous to Pet Shop Boys fans for its unusual video, directed by Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans is a German Fine-art photographer and artist. His comprehensive and diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. In 2000, Tillmans was the first photographer and also the first...

, showing mice running across tracks and eating discarded food at Tottenham Court Road tube station

Tottenham Court Road tube station

Tottenham Court Road is a London Underground station in central London. It is an interchange between the Central line and the branch of the Northern line.On the Central line it is between and , and on the Northern line it is between and...

. There are only several short shots of the duo performing. Many felt this was a strange choice for the video of a lead single, and that because of its commercially unappealing video, the song did not achieve the level of success it could have.

The track was remixed the same year by German trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 duet Blank & Jones

Blank & Jones

Blank & Jones is a Cologne, Germany based Trance duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank , known as Piet Blank; René Runge , better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold...

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UK CD single 2: Parlophone

1. "Home and dry" (Ambient Mix)
2. "Break 4 Love" (UK Radio edit)
3. "Break 4 Love" (Friburn & Urik Hi Pass Mix)

UK DVD single: Parlophone

1. "Home and dry" (video)
2. "Nightlife"
3. "Break 4 Love" (USA Club Mix)

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 ...	14
US Hot Dance Club Play	44
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...	12
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 ....	44