High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "West End Girls" is a song by British pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single. It is a synthpop song, influenced by hip hop music. The lyrics focus on class, and inner-city pressure, and were inspired by T.S. Eliot`s poem The Waste Land. It was generally well received by contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo`s career.