<P> This version became the UK's Christmas number one single that year . It went on to top the charts for four weeks in total, and reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 . </P> <P> The Pet Shop Boys version introduces a harmonic variation not present in the original version . In the original the ending phrase "always on my mind" is sung to a IV - V - I cadence (C-D - G). The Pet Shop Boys extend this cadence by adding two further chords: C-D - Gm / B ♭ - C-G (i.e. a progression of IV - V - III - IV - I). </P> <P> In November 2004, The Daily Telegraph newspaper placed the version at number two in a list of the fifty greatest cover versions of all time . In October 2014, a public poll compiled by the BBC saw the song voted the all - time best cover version . </P> <P> In the video for Pet Shop Boys' version of "Always on My Mind" (an excerpt from their surreal music film It Couldn't Happen Here), Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are seated in the front of a taxi cab, when an eccentric passenger gets in, played by notable British actor Joss Ackland . At the end of the song, he gets out of the car, which drives away . Standing alone, he mutters: "You went away . It should make me feel better . But I don't know how I'm going to get through", which is part of the lyrics for another Pet Shop Boys track, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?", which was released earlier in the year . </P>

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