"The Night I Fell in Love" is a song on the Pet Shop Boys' 2002 album Release.
The lyrics were written by Neil Tennant and the music co-written with Chris Lowe.
The song describes a homosexual encounter between a teenage boy (who is telling the story) and his rap music idol after a concert.
The most obvious reference is when the musician refers to Eminem's song "Stan": Discussing the song's inspiration Tennant said: "Eminem's defence of the homophobic lyrics on his albums has always been that he's not speaking as himself, he's speaking as a character, and he's representing homophobia in America...I thought it would be quite interesting to take that method and just to imagine a scene where a boy meets a famous rap star backstage at his concert and is surprised to discover he's gay and ends up sleeping with him.
wondrous, transcendent, a blow against rap homophobia, a great work of art.