Well, I certainly hope that "How Soon is Now" doesn't make it. As great as that song is, that guitar sure gets annoying after the millionth listen.

Well I Wonder
Girl Afraid
There is a light that never goes out
Unloveable
My Love Life
The Ordinary Boys
What Difference Does it Make?
I know it's over
William it was really nothing
That Joke isn't funny anymore
Let the Right one Slip In
Last of the Famous
Bigmouth Strikes Again
This Charming Man
Paint a Vulgar Picture
Tomorrow
The Edges are No Longer Parallel
Sister I'm a Poet
Suedehead
The Operation

1) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2) This Charming Man
3) How Soon Is Now
4) Everyday Is Like Sunday
5) Panic
6) Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
7) What Difference Does It Make
8) Suedehead
9) I Know It's Over
10)William, It Was Really Nothing

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
I Know It's Over
The Girl Least Likely To
Suedehead
Paint a Vulgar Picture
Speedway
The Boy With a Thorn In His Side
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
This Charming Man
The National Front Disco

Do they mean they'll have two separate lists (one for The Smiths and one for Moz). The sentence

"please submit your lists"

could mean "your (one person's) two lists"

or "your (the collective) lists (one each)"

And we'll only have heard a few tracks off the new album by the deadline (the ones played on the last tour). ... So, YATQ is not a contender?

For what it's worth, my top 20, in no particular order:

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Bigmouth Strikes Again
I Know It's Over
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
The Headmaster Ritual
Well I Wonder
Nowhere Fast
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
This Charming Man (Peel version)
Still Ill
Tomorrow
Seasick, Yet Still Docked
The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
Speedway
Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
Now My Heart Is Full
Half A Person
Asleep
Back To The Old House (Peel version)
Panic

But there's probably many others I could add at a whim!

That makes it rather tough. How about a top 50? That's more reasonable. I can't say my list here is in an exact order. I don't have a first favourite and a second favourite etc. Most of them are tied for first place. So here are the 20 that are tied for 1st place.

BACK TO THE OLD HOUSE
WELL I WONDER
BREAK UP THE FAMILY
I KNOW IT’S OVER
I KNOW IT’S GONNA HAPPEN SOMEDAY
THE EDGES ARE NO LONGER PARALLEL
NOBODY LOVES US
JACK THE RIPPER
SING YOUR LIFE
THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS
PRETTY GIRLS MAKE GRAVES
WHY DON’T YOU FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF
I CAN HAVE BOTH
NOW MY HEART IS FULL
ALMA MATTERS
THE BOY RACER
TOMORROW
YOU’RE GONNA NEED SOMEONE ON YOUR SIDE
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
DO YOUR BEST AND DON’T WORRY

Terry

must put this on my list in the hope that it gets a proper CD release somewhere.

At the top of my head.

1. I Know It's Over.
2. Seasick, Yet Still Docked
3. Thes Things Take Time
4. Well I Wonder
5. Now My Heart Is Full
6. Hold Onto Your Friends.
7. You Know I Couldn't Last
8. Late Night, Maudlin Street
9. I Won't Share You
10. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
11. Bengali In Platforms
12. What Difference Does It Make
13. Suedehead
14. Trouble Loves Me
15. William, It Was Really Nothing
16. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get
17. What Ever Happens I Love You
18. Girl Drowning, Lifeguard Sleeping
19. This Charming Man
20. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

Striptease with a Difference(am i alone on this one?
I know it's Over
This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Well I Wonder
Girl Least Likely To
Speedway
Southpaw
Deat of a Disco Dancer
This Charming Man
Nowhere Fast
There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Cemetry Gates
Trouble Loves Me
Paint a Vulgar Picture
Still Ill
What Difference Does it Make
Mute Witness
Half a Person
November Spawned a Monster
Skin Storm

1. You've got everything now
2. What difference does it make?
3. Well I wonder
4. There is a light
5. I started something
6. A rush and a push
7. I know it's gonna happen someday
8. The more you ignore me
9. Will never marry
10.Trouble loves me
11.Mutewitness
12.Now my heart is full
13.National front disco
14.Girl afraid
15.Unloveable
16.Every day is like Sunday
17.Disappointed
18.The Headmaster Ritual
19.Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me
20.That joke isn't funny anymore

I think. That was quite difficult!

Hand In Glove
Well I wonder
Rusholme Ruffians
Jeane
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Never Had No One Ever
A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
Rubber Ring
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Girl Least Likely To
He Cried
Nobody Loves Us
Lost
Trouble Loves Me
Late Night, Maudlin Street
Jack The Ripper
Skin Storm
Sunny

Here are my top 20 Mozz/Smiths somber songs since i can only fit that many songs in a top 20:

1.Death of a Disco Dancer
2.I Know it's Gonna Happen
3.Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me
4.I am Hate for Loving
5.There is a Light..
6.We'll Let You Know
7.Reel Around the Fountain
8.Hold on to Your Friends
9.That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
10.Used to be a Sweet Boy
11.How Soon is Now?
12.Disappointed
13.Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
14.Break Up The Family
15.The Ordinary Boys
16.Our Frank
17.SeaSick Yet Still Docked
18.There is a Place in Hell Reserved for Me & My Friends
19.Dial-a-Cliche
20.Ouija Board, Ouija Board

!!LONG LIVE MORRISSEY!! Thank you for DEPRESSING ME SO !! :)

I'm sure I'm not the only one tired to death of journalists tripping over themselves in a desperate attempt to appear credible by name-dropping Morrissey at every opportunity, having ignoring him for the best part of 12 years. At least this poll will uncover the songs fans worldwide love, and not the songs journalists think they should love most.

I don't post very often, but I'm very excited about the new album. I just want to thank david T for keeping this site going through the past seven years. Had it not been for Morrissey-solo.com I wouldn't have been able to see Morrissey at the Royal Albert Hall or the MEN, which, I hope, will be just as wonderful. I'll be sticking with morrissey-solo than the rather desperate official morrissey site that begs us to email radio 1 journalists to get morrissey's single on the A-list! I think it might be time for Morrissey to release a sequel to "paint a vulgar picture" only perhaps called "actually, that picture isn't so vulgar after all, and anyway at least I'm not Elton John - have you seen *those* shoes?!"

No, seriously, it's good to see Morrissey finally getting some much-deserved publicity! First of the gang to die will be in my top 20 close to the top when it's finally unleashed on the charts!

My top 20:

1 I Know It's Over
(for old times' sake - remember all those nights!)
2 Everyday Is Like Sunday
3 Paint a Vulgar Picture
4 Lost
5 I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday
6 TLOTFI Playboys
7 The Boy With The Thorn in his Side
8 Seasick, Yet Still Docked
9 Alma Matters
10 I've Changed my Plea
11 What She Said (if only for the lyric about a tattooed boy from Birkenhead)
12 Reel Around the Fountain
13 Now My Heart is Full
14 Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
15 There is a light that never goes out
16 Maladjusted
17 Southpaw
18 half a person
19 The Operation
20 Meat is Murder

1.Asleep
2.Back to the old house
3.Please please please let me get what I want
4.I know it`s over
5.Stretch out and wait
6.Half a person
7.Seasick yet still docked
8.Driving your girlfriend home
9.Used to be a sweet boy
10.Well I wonder
12.The boy with the thorn in his side
13.Now my heart is full
14.Lost
15.The edges are no longer parallel
16.I don`t owe you anything
17.This charming man
18.Tomorrow
19.Jeane
20.Wonderful woman

There is my top twenty.I think "driving your girlfriend home" is one of Morrissey`s most underrated songs.As you can tell it`s one of my favorites.

It gets difficult to put them in order beyond the first few which are set in stone, but here's some of my faves:

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
3. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
4. I Know It's Over
5. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
6. Panic
7. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
8. This Charming Man
9. Back To The Old House (BBC version, natch)
10. Seasick, Yet Still Docked
11. Suffer Little Children
12. Everyday Is Like Sunday
13. Now My Heart Is Full
14. Bigmouth Strikes Again
15. Asleep
16. Used To Be A Sweet Boy
17. How Soon Is Now
18. Well, I Wonder
19. Hairdresser On Fire
20. The Headmaster Ritual

Reel Around The Fountain
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Rubber Ring
Nobody Loves Us
Asleep
Speedway
Still Ill
This Charming Man
The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
Handsome Devil
I Know It's Over
The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
Jack The Ripper
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
Disappointed
Half A Person
Late Night, Maudlin Street
Stretch Out And Wait
Trouble Loves Me
Tomorrow

Here are my top 20 tracks, in order

1. Half A Person
2. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
3. Tomorrow
4. Suedehead
5. I Can Have Both
6. Every Day is Like Sunday
7. Hand In Glove
8. How Soon Is Now?
9. Billy Budd
10. Jeane
11. The National Front Disco
12. Miserable Lie
13. Paint A Vulgar Picture
14. Stretch Out And Wait
15. This Charming Man
16. What Difference Does It Make?
17. Well I Wonder
18. What She Said
19. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
20. The Ordinary Boys

Everyday Is Like Sunday
At Amber
I Want The One I Can't Have
Southpaw
Swallow On My Neck
I Don't Mind If You Forget Me
Now My Heart Is Full
Still Ill
Now I Am a Was
Interesting Drug

Are we supposed to make a list for both Moz and the Smiths or a conglomorate list with both of them? How can anyone choose just 10 songs from each?

Damn I just sent off my list and realized I left off Interesting Drug....GRR!

these lists are always so suspect anyway....I mean how is it possible to *really* categorize all your favorite songs, IN ORDER, without changing your damn mind about 50 times? Everyday I come up with a new list....

anyway on that note here is my list.....

1. This Charming Man
2. William, It was Really Nothing
3. Sheila Take a Bow
4. Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me
5. Now My Heart is Full
6. That Joke Isn't Funny anymore
7. Everyday is Like Sunday
8. The Queen is Dead
9. Alsatian Cousin
10. Speedway
11. Sing Your Life
12. London
13. November Spawned a Monster
14. I don't Mind if you Forget Me
15. I Know it's Gonna Happen Someday
16. The boy with the Thorn in His Side
17. Sister I'm a Poet
18. Last of the Famous International Playboys
19. Headmaster Ritual
20. Bigmouth Strikes Again

It is hard to nail it down to 20, but my first love was the Smiths so I am going to go a little heavy on their songs.

1. Please, Please, Please let me get what I want
2. The boy with a thorn in his side
3. I know its over
4. Everyday is like sunday
5. Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me
6. Well I wonder
7. Heaven knows I'm miserable now
8. Back to the old house (Peel session)
9. Suffer little children
10. This charming man
11. Unloveable
12. Asleep
13. I won't share you
14. Ask
15. Hairdresser on Fire
16. Suedehead
17. I know it's gonna happen someday
18. At amber
19. There is a light that never goes out
20. Stretch out and wait

Morrissey/Smiths Top Twenty

1 Still Ill

2 I Won’t Share You

3 November Spawned A Monster

4 Late Night Maudlin Street

5 Girl Least Likely To

6 Girl Afraid

7 Everyday Is Like Sunday

8 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me

9 Last Of The Famous International Playboys

10 Nobody Loves Us

11 Frankly, Mr.Shankly

12 Unhappy Birthday

13 Suedehead

14 Sweet And Tender Hooligan

15 Ouja Board Ouja Board

16 Little Man, What Now?

17 Speedway

18 National Front Disco

19 Girlfriend In A Coma

20 Cemetry Gates

made me realise again what a fantastic songwriter Morrissey and his various companions were and are and what gems they have made.

Now how about some goodies for our efforts!!

National Front Disco

I know it's over
why don't you find out for yourself
you're gonna need someone by your side
reel around the fountain
I dont't owe you anything
unloveable
the last of the famous international playboys
speedway
now my heart is full
glamerous glue
I started something I couldn't finish
paint a vulgar picture
the loop
well I wonder
that joke isn't funny anymore
the world s full of crashing bores
king leer
the death of a disco dancer
glmerous glue
bigmouth strikes again

but right now, here is mine :

1. Stop me if you think you've heard this one before
2. Now my heart is full
3. Speedway
4. This charming man
5. Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me
6. Shoplifters of the world unite
7. We'll let you know
8. There is a light that never goes out
9. Such a little thing makes such a big difference
10. Will never marry
11. Half a person
12. I know it's over
13. Trouble loves me
14. Alsatian cousin
15. How soon is now ?
16. Reel around the fountain
17. Nobody loves us
18. Have-a-go merchant
19. The headmaster ritual
20. Mute witness

The wierdest thing about compiling this list is how many Smiths songs are in the top 10. I've always felt I'm more of a Morrissey fan than a Smiths fan but I seem to have been wrong. Quite scary really. Okay, IN ORDER (some people have been very lazy not putting their lists in order);

1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
2. Nobody Loves Us
3. Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me
4. Trouble Loves Me
5. What Difference Does It Make?
6. Everyday Is Like Sunday
7. What She Said
8. Still Ill
9. Shoplifters Of The World Unite
10. Sweet And Tender Hooligan
11. Girl Least Likely To
12. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
13. Hold Onto Your Friends
14. National Front Disco
15. These Things Take Time
16. I Know It's Over
17. Striptease With A Difference
18. The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils
19. Speedway
20. Will Never Marry

Two pence well spent.

I can never resist attempting these things, even though I struggle every time...

1. Reel Around The Fountain
2. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
3. What Difference Does It Make?
4. Sunny
5. Speedway
6. Handsome Devil
7. These Things Take Time
8. Bigmouth Strikes Again
9. Well I Wonder
10. Alsatian Cousin
11. That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
12. Jeane
13. Pretty Girls Make Graves
14. Sheila Take A Bow
15. Panic
16. Angel, Angel Down We Go Together
17. Such a Little Thing Makes Such A Big Difference
18. Jack The Ripper
19. How Soon Is Now?
20. The Operation

1. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
2. I Know It's Over
3. Now My Heart Is Full
4. Speedway
5. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
6. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
7. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
8. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
9. Cemetry Gates
10. I Won't Share You
11. Sunny
12. Hand in Glove
13. Rubber Ring
14. Oscillate Wildly
15. Billy Budd
16. Miserable Lie
17. Handsome Devil
18. Vicar in a Tutu
19. Reel Around the Fountain
20. This Night Has Opened My Eye

Although a rare recording, Jeane is probably one of the Smiths' best. Please look for it at Kazaa. The opening lines are just moving:

Jeane,
the lowlife has lost its appeal
and I'm tired of walking these streets
to a room with its cupboards bare.

in no particular order AND i reserve the right to change my mind in three seconds...

there is a light (oh yes there is.)
i know it's over
jack the ripper
i've changed my plea to guilty
suffer little children
now my heart is full
last night i dreamt
i won't share you
reel around the fountain
the boy with a thorn in his side
nobody loves us
jeane
late night maudlin street
i know it's gonna happen
what difference does it make
ouija board ouija board
bigmouth strikes again
piccadilly palare
the girl least likely to
jack the ripper

so now you know. anyone else noticed how much mozzer looks like kermit the frog nowadays? with a quiff obviously....

I don't even know where to start with this list!
I'll get back to you on this one:))
xx
chez Kray

I've been on hiatus and I have come to seek the advice/steal a look from my breathen.I see I am not the only one struggling. Yes, separate Morrissey tunes from those of Smiths conundrum.
And they don't even write when the deadline is??????
My technique was to go to the Lasik index of songs (www.oz.net/~moz/lyrics/azindex.htm)
and add stars and try not to be biased with my own negative associations...Think of the craft.I love That's entertainment but that's a Jam song.Ditto with Moonriver... I am sure the hits shall prevail- if we are predicting outcomes.
I suppose Morrissey songs shall be eclipsed.

I shall put the 3/4 stars on top.I hope I can afford the magazine onslaught May mayhem.The vintage posters in NME which weren't readily available in the bookshops, i am devoted to Q.
Enough blather

1 There's a light that never goes out
2 What she said
3 Still Ill
4 Oscillate Wildly (if a non-instrumental doesn't get on the definite list, this is an affront to Marr)
5 Bigmouth strikes again - a collective effort
6 Reel around the Fountain - the literary references
7 Rusholme Ruffians
8 Alsatian Cousin (I overlook my prejudice of Alsatians)
9 Everyday is like a Sunday (i love the greased tea line)
10 Miserable Lie
11 Jack the Ripper - i think a cover
12 Paint a vulgar picture- is one of my favourites but I admit it's not a well-crafted song.Dorian bias.
13 Hand in Glove- i am sure a top ten-ner
14 Queen is dead - on the longish side but well-crafted
15 Nowhere Fast
16 Asleep
17 The Loop - oft-overlooked
18 You've got everything now
19 Whatever happens, I love you
20 Last of the international playboys - cinematic

Honourable mentions (because i can't fit any more):
Spring-heeled Jim - takes awhile- i like the cinematic/Coronation distortion
Heaven knows I'm miserable now- the caligula line
Stop me if you heard this before- just for made a shy Buddhist monk planning genocide. ok, it's not a great song.
Seasick and yet docked

why don't they want 2 separate lists, a top 10 for each?...why should i have to combine the two...don't you think Moz would want it that way? (i guess he probably doesn't care, eh..)

Here's my list of top 20 Smiths/Morrissey songs:
 
1.Half a Person
2.Headmaster Ritual
3.Shoplifters of The World Unite
4.Hand in Glove
5.Stop Me If You Think...
6.Pretty Girls Make Graves
7.Boy With the Thorn in His Side
8.There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
9.This Charming Man
10.That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
11. Interesting Drug
12. We'll Let You Know
13. Hairdresser on Fire
14. Break Up The Family
15. Find Out For Yourself
16. Sunny
17. Reader Meets Author
18. Lazy Sunbathers
19. Picadilly Palare
20. Lucky Lisp
 
Thank You!

Top 20 Smiths/Morrissey
01 Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
02 Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
03 Smiths - How Soon Is Now
04 Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
05 Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
06 Morrissey - Speedway
07 Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
08 Morrissey - Tomorrow
09 Morrissey - Southpaw
10 Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister
11 Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
12 Morrissey - Suedehead
13 Morrissey - Sister I'm A Poet
14 Smiths - A Rush And A Push And The Land is Ours
15 Smiths - Well I Wonder
16 Smiths - Half A Person
17 Morrissey - Lost
18 Morrissey - My Love Life
19 Smiths - Jeane
20 Smiths - Ask

Top 20 Smiths
01 Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
02 Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
03 Smiths - How Soon Is Now
04 Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
05 Smiths - That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
06 Smiths - Shakespeare's Sister
07 Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again
08 Smiths - A Rush And A Push And The Land is Ours
09 Smiths - Well I Wonder
10 Smiths - Half A Person
11 Smiths - Jeane
12 Smiths - Ask
13 Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
14 Smiths - Hand In Glove
15 Smiths - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
16 Smiths - Stretch Out And Wait
17 Smiths - Pretty Girls Make Graves
18 Smiths - Unloveable
19 Smiths - This Charming Man
20 Smiths - Rubber Ring

Top 20 Morrissey
01 Morrissey - Speedway
02 Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
03 Morrissey - Tomorrow
04 Morrissey - Southpaw
05 Morrissey - Suedehead
06 Morrissey - Sister I'm A Poet
07 Morrissey - Lost
08 Morrissey - My Love Life
09 Morrissey - Late Night, Maudlin Street
10 Morrissey - The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
11 Morrissey - Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself
12 Morrissey - You're Gonna Need Someone On Your Side
13 Morrissey - Now My Heart Is Full
14 Morrissey - Oh Well, I'll Never Learn
15 Morrissey - He's Knows I'd Love To See Him
16 Morrissey - Jack The Ripper (Studio Version)
17 Morrissey - Break Up the Family
18 Morrissey - The Edges Are No Longer Parallel
19 Morrissey - Interesting Drug
20 Morrissey - Let the Right One Slip In

1/Last night i dreamt that somebody loved me
2/There is a light that never goes out
3/I know it's over
4/Everyday is like sunday
5/How soon is now ?
6/Speedway
7/Bigmouth strikes again
8/The national front disco
9/Meat is murder
10/The queen is dead
11/Alma matters
12/Now my heart is full
13/Hand in glove
14/This charming man
15/Suedehead
16/Death of a disco dancer
17/November spawned a monster
18/Boxers
19/Late night, Maudlin street
20/The boy racer

The Smiths/Morrissey Top Twenty

    1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
    2. Reel Around The Fountain
    3. Back To The Old House
    4. I Know Its Over
    5. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
    6. Frankly Mr Shankly
    7. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
    8. This Charming Man
    9. Well I Wonder
10. Everyday Is Like Sunday
11. Suffer Little Children
12. How Soon Is Now
13. Suedehead
14. Asleep
15. William It Was Really Nothing
16. Now My Heart Is Full
17. Last Of The Famous International Playboys
18. That Joke Isnt Funny Anymore
19. Lifeguard Sleeping, Girl Drowning
20. Speedway

1. Nobody Loves Us
2. Trouble Loves Me
3. Now My Heart If Full
4. Seasick Yet Still Docked
5. Speedway
6. Yes I Am Blind
7. Billy Budd
8. November Spawned A Monster
9. The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores
10. National Front Disco
11. There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends
12. Interesting Drug
13. Jack The Ripper
14. Will Never Marry
15. You Must Please Remember
16. Sunny
17. Michael's Bones
18. East West
19. Have A Go Merchant
20. (I'm) The End Of The Family Line

What difference does it make?
William, it was really nothing
Accept yourself
The headmaster ritual
That joke isn't funny anymore
The queen is dead
Ask
You just haven't earned it yet, baby
Sheila take a bow
Death of a disco dancer
Girlfriend in a coma
Late night, Maudlin Street
Every day is like Sunday
Sister, I'm a poet
Disappointed
Will never marry
I've changed my plea to guilty
The National Front disco
Jack the Ripper
Nobody loves us