I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing

"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing"
Single by Pet Shop Boys
from the album Very
B-side	"Too Many People" "Violence" (Haçienda version)
Released	29 November 1993 (1993-11-29)
Genre	Dance-pop disco[1]
Length	3:03 (album version) 4:45 (Beatmasters 7-inch mix)
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Producer(s)	Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys singles chronology
"Go West" (1993) "I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" (1993) "Liberation" (1994)
Music video
"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" on YouTube

"I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind of Thing" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their fifth studio album, Very (1993). The song, both written and produced by the duo, describes a person normally hesitant to unwind and show his feelings, who—because of some event in his life—suddenly becomes willing to loosen up. It was released in the United Kingdom on 29 November 1993 by Parlophone as the album's third single, reaching number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, where it was released in January 1994, it reached number two on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh.