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{{SmithsDiscobox
{{Discobox
| Name = What Difference Does It Make?
| Name = What Difference Does It Make?
| Total Length =
| Total Length = 3:25 (7" edit)<br>3:50 (album, 12", CD version)<br>3:10 (Peel Session)<br>4:04 (Troy Tate studio)<br>3:19 (Troy Tate outtake)<br>3:56 (Troy Tate earliest outtake)<br>4:06 (Crazy Face rehearsal)
| Recorded =  
| Recorded = October, 1983 (single version)
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
| Producer =  
| Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]]
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art =  
| Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Terence Stamp]] in "[[Mention::The Collector]]" (1965)<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]]
| Vinyl Etching =  
| Vinyl Etching = No matrix message
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
| Release =  
| Release = 16 January 1984
| Chart = UK #
| Chart = UK #12
| Type = Single
| Type = Single
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| Previous = This Charming Man  
| Previous = This Charming Man  
| PreviousLink = This Charming Man (single)
| PreviousLink = This Charming Man (single)
| Next = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
| Next = Hand In Glove (Sandie Shaw release)
| NextLink = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (single)
| NextLink = Hand In Glove (single)
}}
}}
[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
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==Information==
==Information==


===Recording===
* An "original demo" version of this song is available on the [[Shoplifters From Manchester (CD bootleg)|Shoplifters From Manchester]] bootleg CD.
 
===Release===


==Track list==
==Track list==
===7" Vinyl===
===7" Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
UK - [Rough Trade RT 146]
US - []


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = What Difference Does It Make?
| 01link =  
| 01link = What Difference Does It Make? (single)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 01-duration = 3:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 =  
| 02 = Back To The Old House
| 02link =  
| 02link = Back To The Old House
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02-duration = 3:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


===12" Vinyl===
===12" Vinyl / CD===
UK - []<br>
UK - [Rough Trade RTT 146 / RTT 146CD]
US - []  


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = What Difference Does It Make?
| 01link =  
| 01link = What Difference Does It Make? (single)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01-duration = 3:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 =
| 02 = Back To The Old House
| 02link =
| 02link = Back To The Old House
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02-duration = 3:00 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 =
| 03 = These Things Take Time
| 03link =
| 03link = These Things Take Time
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = 2:20 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
 
===CD Single===
UK - []
 
{{tracklist
| 01 =
| 01link =
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 =  
| 02link =  
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 =  
| 03link =  
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 =
| 04link =
| 04-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


{{lyrics
<poem>
|
All men have secrets and here is mine
 
So let it be known
}}
For we have been through hell and high tide
I think I can rely on you
And yet you start to recoil
Heavy words are so lightly thrown
But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you


==Personnel==
So, what difference does it make?
So, what difference does it make?
It makes none
But now you have gone
And you must be looking very old tonight


The devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole and I lied, and why?
Because you asked me to!
But now you make me feel so ashamed
Because I've only got two hands
Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh


== Sleeve Artwork ==
So, what difference does it make?
<gallery  perrow="6">
Oh, what difference does it make?
File: | Cover art. (198)
Oh, it makes none
But now you have gone
And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight


Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do
I stole, and then I lied
Just because you asked me to
But now you know the truth about me
You won't see me anymore
Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh


</gallery>
But no more apologies
No more, no more apologies
Oh, I'm too tired
I'm so sick and tired
And I'm feeling very sick and ill today
But I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh
Oh, my sacred one
Oh
</poem>


==Music Video==
==Music Video==
===Credits===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOx8TyvUmI</youtube>
*Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 9 Feb 1984


==Live History==
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==Appears On==
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|Date=1984-01-16
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== Related Items ==
 
 
== References ==
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