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“Can You Forgive Her?“ is a song by Pet Shop Boys, recorded for their 1993 album Very. Starting with a huge crash of synth and trumpet, it remains one of the more dramatic songs recorded by the duo—reminiscent of early hits like “It’s a Sin”. It was released as Verys lead single, almost four months before the LP itself, and became the duo’s 13th Top 10 single in the UK. Although it peaked outside the Billboard Hot 100, it became a #1 single on the US Dance chart. The lyrics describe in the second person a young man’s humiliation when his girlfriend accuses him of still being in love with a childhood friend (implicitly male); the woman is “not prepared to share you with a memory”, and is “going to go and get herself a real man instead”. The title of the... Read on...