Would have been more shocked if it had made the Top 40. After all the promotional work he did this week too! - He must be gutted.

because the song is 20 years old?

its number 42

It's a shame...a lovely song, one of his best, and a nice pointer for the "Bona Drag" anniversary re-issue.

All the arguments about the rights and wrongs of re-issues aside I would have dearly loved to see a Morrissey track in the top half of the charts again.

2004 seems a long time ago...the only artist to score 4 consecutive top ten hits that year.

With no new material to entice fans who already have the track to part with the money ("November the Second" doesn't count really, does it?) and with no promotional work (thanks, I would suggest, to Mozzers own noose like tongue) to support it I guess this was inevitable.

I do wonder if this points to a bigger issue about Mozzers "relevance"? He has a large, loyal fan-base who will always buy concert tickets and releases but his ability to connect with a new market is dwindling I think...at least in the numbers needed to propel a release like this into the charts.

With Alain Whyte now enjoying a level of success away from Mozzer that he hasn't enjoyed before (Will.i.am, Rihanna and tracks on several big television shows) and with few impressed with the work of Tobias I also wonder if there is another "comeback" left in Mozzer?

I sound a bit critical here I think...which isn't really my intention. Just genuine questions...be gentle with me!

http://www.theofficialcharts.com/singles-chart/ [theofficialcharts.com]

Anonymous above must take the credit as the first to post the chart position; but here's an official source for it.

Let's change this thread to Everyday is Like Sunday reaches within the top 50~!

Now we know why Moz cut and run from the planned radio and TV appearances this week. It's a bit pathetic really.

Moz probably had to rush back home to practice his best man speech for Russell Brand's wedding>

I love Moz, but c'mon, why the heck would this song make the Top 40 20 years later? It's an AMAZING song, and better than anything in the Top 40 (at least most), but there is no reason why this would chart.

Plus, the chart system is dead. Who (besides Moz even cares??) In the age of .mp3s, file sharing, and a crap world wide economy, other than hard core collectors no one is really going to buy single.

He SHOULD have written a proper new song and released it as a single in conjunction with the re-release of Bona Drag. Then MAYBE.

Speaking of should be singles, had he released that demo of Sweetie Pie without all the distortion/effects (that could be found here on the site at one time), that song would have been HUGE! It was one of his best songs of late. But he didn't, and the consumer version was crap.

They weren't even selling it in HMV in Dublin which has the most record shops. it was only available by order.

i think its safe to say its clear to everyone
i wasn't overly optimistic, but hey ho, nice to have it on vinyl for my own consumption

I'm a hardcore Moz collector and I don't want to buy it. So who is going to buy this? I'm shocked that it even made the charts (not that I care about the charts) let alone #42. This song has had it's day in the sun. Does anyone really care how many copies sell of a song we already have? I'm not even crazy about the remaster I heard anyway. It sounds overdone, much like the release itself.

It was at number 28 on Wednesday afternoon, what happened!! I wanted to get it on cd just for the totp performance but they didn't even have it at HMV, I really thought it was going to crack the top 20, maybe if he had put those appearances in he would have had another hit on his hands.

Mr. Selfsabotage strikes again it would seem

I can't even begin to gin-up a response either way to this news. I wish there was Morrissey news that was helpful...like, will the Bona Drag re-release be available on iTunes in the US on October 5th? Does anybody know?

A song that had its DEBUT in the top 50 was a cause to celebrate as the next week it would likely see a further rise to a higher position.
Now the first week for most singles is their peak and a few weeks later, its over and out.

...no.42..the meaning of life...it's all starting to make sense now...

Is it just me or does anyone else think they have made a bollocks of November Spawned A Monster?!