"Winner" is a 2012 single by the Pet Shop Boys and the first to be taken from the duo's eleventh studio album Elysium. On 2 July 2012, it received its UK radio premiere on The Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2. The following day, it was made available for download via iTunes.

The track was BBC Radio 2's "Record of the Week" for the second week of July 2012.

The track has been added on the B-list of the BBC Radio 2's playlists for three weeks.

Neil Tennant commented that the song "is called ‘Winner’ and superficially it’s a sort of ‘We Are the Champions’ song but actually it’s not. It’s really about that moment...and really what’s important is the camaraderie of everything that got you there. Enjoy the moment, enjoy the memory 'cause it’s just a little moment."

"Winner" was received generally well. NME stated "Pet Shop Boys have released one of the most uplifting songs in the history of their songs."Daily Telegraph said the song was patently timed to match the Olympic mood and "triumphant, low key; a very English take on things".Popjustice commented that the song "kind of works in the context of all the sport in the air at the moment, but as the lead single from a Pet Shop Boys album it’s probably the worst since ‘Before’", also stating that the three b-sides eclipse the lead song.Metro stated that the single reminds us the pop icons "... do gently persuasive feelgood with panache".Guardian.co.uk commented "the Pet Shop Boys kicked that idea round the studio and thought better of it".Daily Star gave the song 9 out of 10 and commented, "deserving a gold medal for cashing in on Olympics fever, the duo's first taste of their new album is a gorgeous epic", and added the song is "such a lovely tune nobody can begrudge them their chance" and it is "a champion performance".

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