Purple Zone (song)

Record and release
The song first became public with a music video published on Marc Almond's official web site. It was part of the album until new version recorded with Prt Shop Boys has become the definite one, receving a single release. However vinyl edition of the album was long in production, meaning that LP copies will stay with original, while the rest formats got updated.

Live
“Purple Zone” was first performed live on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret 40th Anniversary tour. It is during the last show Neil Tenant and Chris Lowe heard it and were proposed to make a remix of it, with Lowe stating that he liked this track best.

Music video
The video for “Purple Zone” was filmed on 18th August 2021, in Tate Britain Museum, London, UK. The set of the video is blue lit part of installation Rupture No.1: Blowtorching The Bitten Peach by artist Heather Phillipson.

Finished video appeared on Almond's official web site, on November 6th 2021.

Trivia

 * Marc Almond's official web site remains to be the only place where original “Purple Zone” can be heard online, with its music video in Tate Britain Museum.
 * *Happiness Not Included was leaked on streaming platforms on its initial release date, February 25, containing original version. However release was quickly taken down and not available until new date, May 6, and with Pet Shop Boys version.