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{{Infobox song
| name       = Pleasure Boys
| cover      = Visage-Pleasure-Boys.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Visage (band)|Visage]]
| album      = [[Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection]]
| B-side     = The Anvil
| released   = 29 October 1982
| recorded   = [[Trident Studios]], 1982
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = *[[Synth-pop]]
*[[New wave music|new wave]]
| length     = 3:35
| label      = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| writer     = [[Steve Strange]], [[Rusty Egan]], [[Billy Currie]], [[Dave Formula]], Steve Barnacle
| producer   = Visage
| prev_title = [[Night Train (Visage song)|Night Train]]
| prev_year  = 1982
| next_title = [[Love Glove]]
| next_year  = 1984
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
| header  = 12" single cover
| type    = single
| cover   = Visage-Pleasure-Boys-12A.jpg
| border  =
| alt     =
| caption =
}}
}}
"'''Pleasure Boys'''" is a song by the British [[synth-pop]] group [[Visage (band)|Visage]], released as a single on [[Polydor Records]] in October 1982.
==Background==
Initially a non-album single, "Pleasure Boys" was included on the ''[[Fade to Grey – The Singles Collection]]'' compilation album in 1983. As well as the standard 7" and 12" formats, the single was also released as a limited edition 7" picture disc. It was the first release by Visage after the departure of [[Midge Ure]], who had left the group due to creative differences with [[Steve Strange]] and also to concentrate on his role in [[Ultravox]]. Possibly due to Ure's absence, "Pleasure Boys" was the first Visage single to miss the UK Top 40 after a string of five hits during the 1981-82 period.
==Music video==
The music video for "Pleasure Boys" was directed by [[Tim Pope]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=29213 |title=Visage - "Pleasure boys" |work=www.mvdbase.com |accessdate=2012-10-10}}</ref> The black and white clip pictures [[Steve Strange]] recreating [[Marlon Brando]]'s look from his 1953 film ''[[The Wild One]]'', riding a [[Harley-Davidson]] motorbike.<ref>{{cite book |title=Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange |last=Strange |first=Steve |authorlink=Steve Strange |year=2002 |publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group]] |location=London |isbn=0-75284-936-0 |page=99}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSsVi6rBMs8  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/gSsVi6rBMs8 |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Visage - Pleasure Boys |work=www.youtube.com |accessdate=2012-10-10}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The clip was included on band's 1986 video release, ''[[Visage (video)|Visage]]''.
==Track listing==
* '''7" single (1982)'''
:A. "Pleasure Boys" – 3:34
:B. "The Anvil" – 4:26
* '''12" single (1982)'''
:A. "Pleasure Boys" (Dance Mix) – 6:58
:B. "The Anvil" (Dance Mix) – 6:14
==Personnel==
*[[Steve Strange]] — vocals
*[[Rusty Egan]] — electronic drums programming
*[[Billy Currie]] — synthesizer
*[[Dave Formula]] — synthesizer
*[[Steve Barnacle]] — bass
==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Pleasure+Boys|title=The Official Charts Company - Pleasure Boys by Visage Search |date=6 May 2013|publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref>
|align="center"|44
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Visage}}
[[Category:1982 singles]]
[[Category:Visage (band) songs]]
[[Category:1982 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Steve Strange]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rusty Egan]]
[[Category:Songs written by Billy Currie]]
[[Category:Songs written by Dave Formula]]
[[Category:Polydor Records singles]]