Cornflakes
"A bit iffy" ★★☆☆☆ - AV Club
There's no more evidence of him trying raise his profile than there is of him trying to make a tender gesture. If there such evidence of motivation please share it because him wanting to rerelease it doesn't speak to his motivation. Also how would it raise his profile anymore than it already is beyond his fans now. Do you think the news at eleven so gonna start running stories about morrissey rereleasing get a single that praises Paris. Do you think that's what he believes. You're seeing what you want to see and stating your beliefs as facts
He seemed to think the song could have got to number one. Or, if you think he was acting on his own initiative, Boz did. Quite a few musical tributes did make the TV news and grazed the charts at the time, so it kind of implies that Morrissey had at least that sort of exposure in mind. It's the out-of-touch with reality aspect to the whole thing, as well as the cynicism and bullying, that made it so cringe-inducing.