There was a Smiths reference today on VH1, during Pop-Up Videos - One-Hit Wonders. On Dream Academy's "Life In a Northern Town", bubbles came up mentioning bands from Northern England in the 80's. One of them was The Smiths. The next scene passed by the Salford Lads Club and another bubble came up asking where the Smiths had taken photos for their The Queen Is Dead album. An arrow and another bubble came up pointing to the Salford Lads Club in the video.

...In the middle of the video a series of pop-ups contains names of famous bands who emerged from the northern England scene in the late 70's/ early 80's. Among others mentioned were Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order and last but most definitely not least our favourite, The Smiths! I thought that would be the only mention, but I was wrong. The video proceeded to have more pop-ups related to The Smiths, including one in front of the Salford Lads Club. I was very pleased.