Getting Away with It

"Getting Away with It"
Cover of UK 7-inch
Single by Electronic
from the album Electronic
B-side	"Lucky Bag"
Released	December 4, 1989 (1989-12-04)
Format	7-inch, 12-inch, CD, cassette
Recorded	1989
Genre	Synthpop, alternative dance
Label	Factory (UK) FAC 257 Virgin (Europe) Warner (Australia, Canada, U.S.)
Writer(s)	Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr, Neil Tennant
Producer(s)	Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr, Neil Tennant
Electronic singles chronology
"Getting Away with It" (1989) "Get the Message" (1991)
Remix 12-inch Cover of second UK 12-inch

"Getting Away with It" was the first single by the English band Electronic, which comprised Bernard Sumner of New Order, ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, and guesting vocalist Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys. It was first released in 1989.

Musically, Bernard Sumner wrote the verse and Johnny Marr wrote the chorus. The lyrics, co-written by Tennant with Sumner, are a parody of Marr's Smiths partner Morrissey, and his public stereotyping as morose and masochistic (Pet Shop Boys would further satirise this trend on their 1990 song "Miserablism").

The fluid, rich production incorporates a full orchestra (conducted by Art of Noise's Anne Dudley) and a rare guitar solo by Marr, while the three remixes that appeared on the two UK 12-inch releases take in disparate musical styles like disco and acid house.

"Getting Away with It" was first issued by Factory Records in the United Kingdom in December 1989, and released the following year in the rest of the world. It appeared on 7-inch, 12-inch, CD and cassette. The primary B-side was an instrumental called "Lucky Bag", the only unadulterated reflection of Marr and Sumner's early, shared enthusiasm for Italo house. This song was also remixed and released on the UK maxi single.