Suedehead reaches 100 million plays milestone on Spotify

Suedehead, Morrissey's first single released 35 years ago this month, has today become the first Morrissey-song to reach the milestone of 100 million plays on Spotify.

The top-5 Morrissey-songs on Spotify now are:

1. Suedehead, 100 million
2. Everyday Is Like Sunday, 71,7 million
3. First of the Gang To Die, 63,4 million
4. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get, 21 million
5. Let Me Kiss You, 20,7 million.

The Smiths have 6 songs that have reached the 100 million plays milestone on Spotify: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (382, 2 million), This Charming Man (332,1 million), How Soon Is Now? (202, 1), Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (195,6 million), Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (159,5) and Bigmouth Strikes Again (146,5 million).


Update (March 1, 2023):
Now a Central post:

"TIME ONCE WAS"
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Merck Mercuriadis (left) and Morrissey.

Morrissey's "Suedehead" has received one hundred million hits on Spotify (100,000,000).

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Anyone else think it's possible that Merck Mercuriadis is Morrissey's 'new' manager? Based on the seemingly random posting of this photo of the two of them and the fact he's recently followed Morrissey along with several current band members (and Andrew Watt) on Instagram. I admit, it's not much to go on but all we've got is speculation at the moment...
He's also following Sam.
 
Some people listened to some songs by a minor, former pop-star that I still like. I didn't know this was possible.
 
The first 2 tracks are the ones for which Moz will always be remembered; for eternity, globally, or even intergalactically.
 


Interesting, given the demise of the other IG acc.
FWD.

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To be more complete, all the Moz songs with at least 2 million plays on Spotify.

1. Suedehead, 100 million
2. Everyday Is Like Sunday, 71,7 million
3. First of the Gang To Die, 63,4 million
4. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get, 21 million
5. Let Me Kiss You, 20,7 million.
6. Spent the Day in Bed 19,3 million
7. The Last of the Famous International Playboys 16,2 million
8. Irish Blood, English Heart (15.6 million)
9. Back on the Chain Gang 13,9 million
10. Alma Matters 13,2 million

11. You Have Killed Me (12.5 million)
12. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself 8,3 million
13. Speedway 7,9 million
14. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 6,4 million
15. I Wish You Lonely 5,8 million
16. Hairdresser On Fire 5,3 million
17. I Have Forgiven Jesus 5,0 million
18. We'll Let You Know 4,9 million
19. You're the One For Me, Fatty 4,7 million
20. Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? 4,5 million

21. Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On the Stage 4,2 million
22. November Spawned a Monster 4,1 million
23. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful 4,1 million
24. Glamorous Glue 3,8 million
25. All You Need Is Me 3,8 million
26. Boxers 3,7 million
27. Interesting Drug 3,7 million
28. Piccadilly Palare 3,6 million
29. Now My Heart is Full 3,5 million
30. I Don't Mind If You Forget Me 3,2 million

31. Ouija Board, Ouija Board 3,1 million
32. In the Future When All's Well 3,0 million
33. Sing Your Life 2,9 million
34. Trouble Loves Me 2,8 million
35. Something is Squeezing My Skull 2.8 million
36. Break Up the Family 2,7 million
37. My Love Life 2,7 million
38. That's How People Grow Up 2,7 million
39. Morning Starship 2,6 million
40. Hold On To Your Friends 2,5 million

41. I'm Not Sorry 2,5 million
42. Alsatian Cousin 2,4 million
43. It's Over 2,4 million
44. Wedding Bell Blues 2,4 million
45. The Youngest Was the Most Loved 2,2 million
46. The World Is Full of Crashing Bores 2,1 million
47. My Love. I'd Do Anything For You 2,1 million
48. Life is a Pigsty 2,1 million
49. You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side 2,1 million
50. Late Night, Maudlin Street 2,1 million
51. Seasick, Yet Still Docked 2,0 million
 
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Do we know who runs this account?
It appeared when Quest were on the scene & they were referencing it. Instantly verified too.
Regards,
FWD.
 
To be more complete, all the Moz songs with at least 2 million plays on Spotify.

1. Suedehead, 100 million
2. Everyday Is Like Sunday, 71,7 million
3. First of the Gang To Die, 63,4 million
4. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get, 21 million
5. Let Me Kiss You, 20,7 million.
6. Spent the Day in Bed 19,3 million
7. The Last of the Famous International Playboys 16,2 million
8. Back on the Chain Gang 13,9 million
9. Alma Matters 13,2 million
10. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself 8,3 million

11. Speedway 7,9 million
12. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 6,4 million
13. I Wish You Lonely 5,8 million
14. Hairdresser On Fire 5,3 million
15. I Have Forgiven Jesus 5,0 million
16. We'll Let You Know 4,9 million
17. You're the One For Me, Fatty 4,7 million
18. Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? 4,5 million
19. Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On the Stage 4,2 million
20. November Spawned a Monster 4,1 million

21. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful 4,1 million
22. Glamorous Glue 3,8 million
23. All You Need Is Me 3,8 million
24. Boxers 3,7 million
25. Interesting Drug 3,7 million
26. Piccadilly Palare 3,6 million
27. Now My Heart is Full 3,5 million
28. I Don't Mind If You Forget Me 3,2 million
29. Ouija Board, Ouija Board 3,1 million
30. In the Future When All's Well 3,0 million

31. Sing Your Life 2,9 million
32. Trouble Loves Me 2,8 million
33. Something is Squeezing My Skull 2.8 million
34. Break Up the Family 2,7 million
35. My Love Life 2,7 million
36. That's How People Grow Up 2,7 million
37. Morning Starship 2,6 million
38. Hold On To Your Friends 2,5 million
39. I'm Not Sorry 2,5 million
40. Alsatian Cousin 2,4 million

41. It's Over 2,4 million
42. Wedding Bell Blues 2,4 million
43. The Youngest Was the Most Loved 2,2 million
44. The World Is Full of Crashing Bores 2,1 million
45. My Love. I'd Do Anything For You 2,1 million
46. Life is a Pigsty 2,1 million
47. You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side 2,1 million
48. Late Night, Maudlin Street 2,1 million
49. Seasick, Yet Still Docked 2,0 million

Many of those songs are newer tracks which is great and makes total sense.
 
To be more complete, all the Moz songs with at least 2 million plays on Spotify.

1. Suedehead, 100 million
2. Everyday Is Like Sunday, 71,7 million
3. First of the Gang To Die, 63,4 million
4. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get, 21 million
5. Let Me Kiss You, 20,7 million.
6. Spent the Day in Bed 19,3 million
7. The Last of the Famous International Playboys 16,2 million
8. Back on the Chain Gang 13,9 million
9. Alma Matters 13,2 million
10. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself 8,3 million

11. Speedway 7,9 million
12. I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris 6,4 million
13. I Wish You Lonely 5,8 million
14. Hairdresser On Fire 5,3 million
15. I Have Forgiven Jesus 5,0 million
16. We'll Let You Know 4,9 million
17. You're the One For Me, Fatty 4,7 million
18. Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? 4,5 million
19. Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up On the Stage 4,2 million
20. November Spawned a Monster 4,1 million

21. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful 4,1 million
22. Glamorous Glue 3,8 million
23. All You Need Is Me 3,8 million
24. Boxers 3,7 million
25. Interesting Drug 3,7 million
26. Piccadilly Palare 3,6 million
27. Now My Heart is Full 3,5 million
28. I Don't Mind If You Forget Me 3,2 million
29. Ouija Board, Ouija Board 3,1 million
30. In the Future When All's Well 3,0 million

31. Sing Your Life 2,9 million
32. Trouble Loves Me 2,8 million
33. Something is Squeezing My Skull 2.8 million
34. Break Up the Family 2,7 million
35. My Love Life 2,7 million
36. That's How People Grow Up 2,7 million
37. Morning Starship 2,6 million
38. Hold On To Your Friends 2,5 million
39. I'm Not Sorry 2,5 million
40. Alsatian Cousin 2,4 million

41. It's Over 2,4 million
42. Wedding Bell Blues 2,4 million
43. The Youngest Was the Most Loved 2,2 million
44. The World Is Full of Crashing Bores 2,1 million
45. My Love. I'd Do Anything For You 2,1 million
46. Life is a Pigsty 2,1 million
47. You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side 2,1 million
48. Late Night, Maudlin Street 2,1 million
49. Seasick, Yet Still Docked 2,0 million
Top 20 Smiths?
 
On the subject of Morrissey managers past and present is there a list and timeline of
Managers and management companies that have worked with Morrissey since becoming a solo artist??

Please create one if there is not one as it would be interesting to see who he has worked with.
 
It pays Moz £99 which he can put towards his self-release fund. Spotify are well known for making artists filthy rich from streaming.

https://news.sky.com/story/gary-numan-one-of-my-songs-got-over-a-million-streams-i-got-37-12192462
Informative article. That is daylight robbery. Money is being made somewhere. New technologies are great, but more and more for those who wield them, by design, while it gets harder for users to understand complex data-heavy terms. Goes beyond the music industry.

Anyway, a German music magazine instructs how to write great songs like The Smiths did : )
 
Update (March 1, 2023):
Now a Central post:

"TIME ONCE WAS"


"Oh, time. No friend of mine."
 
On the subject of Morrissey managers past and present is there a list and timeline of
Managers and management companies that have worked with Morrissey since becoming a solo artist??

Please create one if there is not one as it would be interesting to see who he has worked with.

In progress:
 
Wow! Well, Suedehead is absolutely mind-blowing, so it's no surprise that this song is in the top.

It looks like some fans of The Smiths decided to re-listen to Morrissey's solo works, because you won't be able to sit on several albums of The Smiths for a long time, you will want to listen to "the same, but a little different".
My Morrissey vs The Smiths listening ratio is 75%/25%
 
Morrisseyofficial IG stories:

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Speculation:
Possibly had the 'keys' handed back (and would explain the killing off of the other IG acc.)?
 

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