The Smiths Lyrics
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From the Album
1. A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
2. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
3. Death Of A Disco Dancer
4. Girlfriend In A Coma
5. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
6. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
7. Unhappy Birthday
8. Paint A Vulgar Picture
9. Death At Ones Elbow
10. I Wont Share You
From the Album
1. The Queen Is Dead
2. Frankly Mr. Shankly
3. I Know Its Over
4. Never Had No One Ever
5. Cemetry Gates
6. Bigmouth Strikes Again
7. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
8. Vicar In A Tutu
9. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
From the Album
1. The Headmaster Ritual
2. Rusholme Ruffians
3. I Want The One I Cant Have
4. What She Said
5. That Joke Isnt Funny Anymore
6. Nowhere Fast
7. Well I Wonder
8. Barbarism Begins At Home
9. Meat Is Murder
10. How Soon Is Now
From the Single
How Soon Is Now
From the Album
1. Reel Around The Fountain
2. Youve Got Everything Now
3. Miserable Lie
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves
5. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
6. Still Ill
7. Hand In Glove
8. What Difference Does It Make?
9. I Dont Owe You Anything
10. Suffer Little Children
11. This Charming Man
Other Songs
Accept Yourself
Ask
Asleep
Back To The Old House
Girl Afraid
Golden Lights
Half A Person
Handsome Devil
Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now
His Latest Flame/Rusholme Ruffians [Live]
Is It Really So Strange?
London
Money Changes Everything
Oscillate Wildly
Painting a Vulgar Picture
Panic
Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty) [Medley]
Rubber Ring
Rubber Ring/What She Said [Live]
Shakespeares Sister
Sheila Take A Bow
Shoplifters Of The World Unite
Stretch Out And Wait
Sweet And Tender Hooligan
The Draize Train
The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty)
These Things Take Time
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Unloveable
William It Was Really Nothing
You Just Havent Earned It Yet Baby
From the Album
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums). Morrissey and Marr formed the songwriting partnership. The Smiths are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from 1980s British independent music.
The Smiths signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records in 1983 and released their first album, The Smiths, in 1984. Their focus on a guitar, bass and drum sound, fusing 1960s rock and post-punk, was a rejection of the synth-pop sound predominant at the time. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, and all their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album Meat Is Murder (1985). From that time, they bolstered their sound with the use of keyboards while retaining the guitar as the lead instrument. They achieved mainstream success in Europe with The Queen Is Dead (1986) and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), which both entered the top 20 of the European Albums Chart. In 1986, the band briefly became a five-piece with the addition of guitarist Craig Gannon.
Internal tensions led to the Smiths' breakup in 1987, followed by public lawsuits over royalties. The members each said that the band would never reunite and refused all offers to do so.
Members:
The Smiths signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records in 1983 and released their first album, The Smiths, in 1984. Their focus on a guitar, bass and drum sound, fusing 1960s rock and post-punk, was a rejection of the synth-pop sound predominant at the time. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, and all their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album Meat Is Murder (1985). From that time, they bolstered their sound with the use of keyboards while retaining the guitar as the lead instrument. They achieved mainstream success in Europe with The Queen Is Dead (1986) and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), which both entered the top 20 of the European Albums Chart. In 1986, the band briefly became a five-piece with the addition of guitarist Craig Gannon.
Internal tensions led to the Smiths' breakup in 1987, followed by public lawsuits over royalties. The members each said that the band would never reunite and refused all offers to do so.
Morrissey - lead vocals, percussion (1982-1987)
Johnny Marr - guitars, piano, keyboards, harmonica (1982-1987)
Andy Rourke - bass (1982-1986, 1986-1987; died 2023)
Mike Joyce - drums, percussion (1982-1987)
From: Manchester, England
Genre(s): Indie pop, indie rock, jangle pop, post-punk, alternative rock, proto-emo
Active From: 1982-1987
Associated Acts: Morrissey, Johnny Marr