This was a pretty tough choice, unlike the last poll, YATQ? The more you ignore me won me over 'cause it is Morrissey! Lyrically, musically and melodically perfect. Although Suedehead and Sunday are classics, I find them a bit tiresome now, where as The more you ignore me never seems to lose it's charm. Please no one vote for Let me Kiss you, you'll be doing yourself and this poll a huge disfavour.

I really wanted to vote for something more current, but.... As old as Suedehead is now, I just don't think those others have topped it. A shame that "My Love Life" didn't make it in there. That may have done well in the poll.

When you look at this poll, it shows how Morrissey didn't have a UK Top 10 from Kill Uncle or Your Arsenal (actually '90 - '93!!!) This was the height of his popularity, wasn't it? Again from '95-2001 (but that's easier to believe.) However, I think Boy Racer and Satan Rejected are far better than I Have Forgiven Jesus for instance.

I guess it has to do with more factors than actual song quality.

it really is not a strong song
I never liked it, and i am not sure why it always shows up on a morrissey tour or is number one so far in this poll.
I don't get it

I voted for Sunday. The sheer title of the song is a beautiful poem in itself. The lyrics, the music, the playing...it's a unique, superb song by any standards.

I am actually surprised it has beaten Suedehead off the number one spot, though.

As a whole, Morrissey's first seven singles are magical.

I believe Satan, friends successful, Fatty , sing yourr life are way better than Jesus and Kiss you, and Killed me.

Alma Matters should have made the top 5. It's an awesome record, especially if you take the bonus tracks into account.

Whereas, Ignore me has never really hit me. I like it. I think it's an ok track,but not more than that.

just because I like this song more than the other 9, Suedehead is a close second though.

Not surprised by the lead which Everyday Is Like Sunday is taking. Simply the best Morrissey-solo anthem, although I would have expected First of the Gang to be closer.

Over on the Morrissey-solo-forums we are assessing every Morrissey and Smiths-song (yes, all 200+ ones...) starting with the letter A, by rating them 1 to 10.
We are currently at How Soon Is Now? [morrissey-solo.com]

Sunday is in the lead, but lots of great songs to come, of course, like most of the ones in the current poll above.

Score so far is:
1) Everyday Is Like Sunday, rating: 9,65
2) Bigmouth Strikes Again, rating: 9,38
3) Hand In Glove, rating: 9,27
4) Cemetry Gates, rating: 9,18
5) Half A Person, rating: 9,15
6) First Of The Gang To Die, rating: 9,06
7) Hairdresser On Fire, rating: 9,05
8) Asleep, rating: 9,04
9) A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours, rating: 8,98
10) Girlfriend In A Coma, rating: 8,93
11) Disappointed, rating: 8,87
12) Handsome Devil, rating: 8,87
13) Frankly, Mr Shankly, rating: 8,56
14) Girl Afraid, rating: 8,56
15) Back To The Old House, rating: 8,47
16) Ask, rating: 8,46
17) Come Back To Camden, rating: 8,44
18) Friday Mourning, rating: 8,32
19) Alsatian Cousin, rating: 8,31
20) Barbarism Begins At Home, rating: 8,27

Have a look ,and register,over here:
The Morrissey/Smiths Top 100 [morrissey-solo.com]

early and late period solo songs.
they also show that Moz's 21st century comeback was nothing to do with writing really good songs again but just timing, marketing and cultural impact.

Who the %#¤* are the 18 people who have voted for Let Me Kiss You so far? LMKY is his worst single by a mile, in fact it is probably one of his worst songs altogether.

there he is (with his obsession with chart positions) sincerely believing that the top 3 successes of You Killed Me and Irish Blood are genuinely his greatest (or two of his best) singles, and here's us lot saying that the recent singles simply aren't a patch on the early stuff (except First Of). it's not as if we're journo's with a Moz hating agenda...

For me, there were only really four songs in the running:

Everyday Is Like Sunday
The Last Of The Famous International Playboys
I Have Forgiven Jesus
Let Me Kiss You

Everyday Is Like Sunday won. Wistful yet catchy. I've always been a sucker for pop songs with orchestration, and this song is a perfect example. (For a perfect non-Moz example check out 'Reflections Of My Life' by The Marmalade).

There's something quintessentially *Engish* about this song, and that's one of the things that makes it a true work of art. It's a period piece. Remember what English Sundays used to be like...? lol

There's that classic double entendre going on... at first you are presented with run-down seaside town picture that he's painting (which is a funny bitter-sweet tale in itself) and then he reveals that he's comparing the utter desolation and emptiness of those surroundings to his own loneliness.

Everyday is like Sunday...when your on your own.

Sheer poetry. Enough said.

the more you ignore me,the closer i get
the more you abhorr me,i'll make you remember the day we met

As seminal as "Suedehead," "...Playboys" and "You Have Killed Me" all are, the best of this bunch in my opinion is the incredulous "Interesting Drug" -- just as i consider "Boy With The Thorn In The Side" the most essential Smiths song in that it contains all of the dizzying elements in a fundamental Smiths tune - complete with the best yodelled outro ever committed to vinyl, I think "Interesting Drug" - melodically, lyrically and especially with it's wistful, breezy instrumentation, is a Moz-defining jam and one of the inebriating highlights of Morrissey's would-be greatest album (if it wouldn't have ended up a Singles and B-Sides collection) Bona Drag

This is a really hard choice to make!
My top three favourite Morrissey songs change on a weekly basis depending on my mood. I usually listen to him in my car, so I will change the CD every couple of weeks. With each CD I have a favourite (or two!) and keep telling myself "This one has to be my all time favourite," then I will put on another CD and say the same about another song!
After several mind changes, I have finally come up with "Every day is like Sunday" followed by "Suedehead" and then "Interesting Drug."

the first thirty seconds of this song take me to a certain town, a certain room, and a certain person - so crystalline clear in my memory that it could have been yesterday...

but it was twenty years ago.

the single of the first gang to die was the 1st in my place, the more you ignore me also a hits here!

nevermind!

That song is so much fun and the guitar work is brilliant! The lyrics are really funny and it's such a great side of Moz that we rarely get to see. Love that song. Also, it was the first Morrissey 12" I ever owned.

Based off the UK CD singles, Everyday Is Like Sunday is definitely the best due to its 3 b-sides which are all great.
Also the cover photo is beautiful, better than Suedehead for sure, such cool hair.
As for the newer tunes - I voted for Irish Blood but First Of The Gang is killing it in the poll. That's interesting, must be the latino vote.

The rest are just so much white noise in comparison.

Ha ha ha!

Wasn't "How Soon is Now" the top 10? It's the only Moz song being played on the radio in the USA. And the TV show Charmed has it as the them song. Wouldn't that be the top song?

Also did you guys check out that new guy on Myspace? A ton of Moz fans are flocking to his site. He reminds me of the SMiths, like a younger moz. www.myspace.com/noprognosis

Simply because it is the best song for Kari-Oke! That is what chart singles are all about- catchy tune, lots of energy, and short! Add a little black humour, and you have a classic. I quiff up my hair on Saturday nights and sing it at my local with all the moves- superb. Of course, the best Morrissey songs do not chart well (if released at all)- they fall into a superior category. Alas, poetry is not for the masses- but this poll is not about his best songs, it is about chart hits.

it's a really, really hard decision. I voted for "Interesting drug", because I like that song very much and think it's underrated. But "Everyday" and "Suedehead" I love as well, and out of the newer singles "Irish blood, english heart" and "I have forgiven Jesus" (great title) - although I know that opinion is not very popular. The song I don't get is "last of the famous international playboys". But others do - well it's all a matter of taste ;)