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[[File:Headmasterritual1985.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]]
[[File:Headmasterritual1985.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art (UK CD)]]
[[File:Headmasterritual.jpg | thumb | right | Alternate cover art]]
[[File:Headmasterritual.jpg | thumb | right | Dutch cover art]]
{{Discobox
{{Discobox
| Name = The Headmaster Ritual
| Name = The Headmaster Ritual
| Total Length =
| Total Length = 4:52
| Recorded =  
| Recorded = October 1984
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
| Producer =  
| Producer = [[Producer::The Smiths]]<br>[[Stephen Street]] (Recording Engineer)
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art =  
| Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Viv Nicholson]] (UK CD)<br>Dutch cover: Robert Duncan from [[Mention::The Uncle]] (1965) designed by Morrissey<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]]
| Vinyl Etching =  
| Vinyl Etching = No matrix message
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Publisher = [[Megadisc]] (Netherlands)<br>[[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
| Release =  
| Release = February 1985 (Album version)<br>Summer 1985 (Holland - exact date unknown)<br>December 1988 (UK CD)<br>2009 (Reissue)
| Chart = UK #
| Chart = Not applicable (UK release 1988)
| Type = Single
| Type = Single
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| ArtistType = The Smiths
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}}
}}
[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
==Information==
==Information==


===Recording===
Excerpt from [[Mention::Peepholism: Into The Art Of Morrissey]]:
<blockquote>
The sleeve photograph is a still taken from an obscure 1960's film called 'The Uncle'.


===Release===
The single was originally released in Holland only, as an alternative to 'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore', with the same four live B-sides on the 12".
 
The sleeve was originally intended to be a still of Sir [[Mention::Laurence Olivier]] with cane raised over [[Mention::Terence Stamp]]'s hand from the film ''Term of Trial'', but although Terence Stamp gave his consent. Olivier was not forthcoming - at least, not in time for release. Such a gripping illustration would doubtless have got up the the noses of, e g. the ''Manchester Evening News'' even more than the lyrics alone did when the song first came out on ''Meat Is Murder''... with enraged protestations of the Greater Manchester Education Committee, talk of picketing the concerts, etc.
</blockquote>
<gallery>
File:Peepholism - The Headmaster Ritual.jpg | "The Headmaster Ritual" - Peepholism entry
File:Term Of Trial - Laurence Olivier and Terence Stamp.jpg | Laurence Olivier and Terence Stamp in "Term Of Trial"
</gallery>


==Track list==
==Track list==
===7" Vinyl===
===7" Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
Netherlands - [Megadisc – MD 5290]
US - []


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01link =  
| 01link = The Headmaster Ritual (single)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 =  
| 02 = Oscillate Wildly
| 02link =  
| 02link = Oscillate Wildly
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02-duration = 2:32 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


===12" Vinyl===
===12" Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
Netherlands - [Megadisc – MD 125295]
US - []  


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01link =  
| 01link = The Headmaster Ritual (single)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 =  
| 02 = Nowhere Fast
| 02link =  
| 02link = Nowhere Fast
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (live in Oxford)
| 03 =  
| 02-duration = 2:31 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03link =  
| 03 = Stretch Out And Wait
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03link = Stretch Out And Wait
| 03app = (live in Oxford)
| 03-duration = 2:49 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = Shakespeare's Sister
| 04link = Shakespeare's Sister (single)
| 04app = (live in Oxford)
| 04-duration = 2:12 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05 = Meat Is Murder
| 05link = Meat Is Murder (song)
| 05app = (live in Oxford)
| 05-duration = 5:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


===CD Single===
===CD===
UK - []
UK - [Rough Trade – RTT 215CD]


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = The Headmaster Ritual
| 01link =  
| 01link = The Headmaster Ritual (single)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01-duration = 4:52 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 =  
| 02 = Nowhere Fast
| 02link =  
| 02link = Nowhere Fast
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (live in Oxford)
| 03 =  
| 02-duration = 2:31 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03link =  
| 03 = Stretch Out And Wait
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03link = Stretch Out And Wait
| 04 =
| 03app = (live in Oxford)
| 04link =  
| 03-duration = 2:49 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = Meat Is Murder
| 04link = Meat Is Murder (song)
| 04app = (live in Oxford)
| 04-duration = 5:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


{{lyrics
<poem>
|Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools
Belligerent ghouls
Spineless swines, cemented minds
run Manchester schools
spineless swines
cemented minds
Sir leads the troops
Sir leads the troops
Jealous of youth
jealous of youth
Same old suit since 1962
same old suit since 1962
He does the military two-step down the nape of my neck
he does the military two-step
 
down the nape of my neck
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
I don't want to stay
I don't want to stay
Give up education as a bad mistake
give up education
 
as a bad mistake
Mid-week on the playing fields
mid-week on the playing fields
Sir thwacks you on the knees
Sir thwacks you on the knees
Knees you in the groin
knees you in the groin
Elbow in the face
elbow in the face
Bruises bigger than dinner plates
bruises bigger than dinner plates
 
I wanna go home  
I wanna go home  
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay


Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools
Belligerent ghouls
Spineless bastards all
run Manchester schools
spineless bastards all
Sir leads the troops
Sir leads the troops
Jealous of youth
jealous of youth
Same old joke since 1902
same old jokes since 1902
He does the military two-step down the nape of my neck
he does the military two-step
 
down the nape of my neck
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
I don't want to stay
I don't want to stay
Give up life as a bad mistake
give up life
 
as a bad mistake
Please excuse me from gym
please excuse me from gym
I've got this terrible cold coming on
I've got this terrible cold coming on
He grabs and devours
he grabs and devours
He kicks me in the showers
he kicks me in the showers
Kicks me in the showers
kicks me in the showers
And he grabs and devours
and he grabs and devours
 
I want to go home
I want to go home
I don't want to stay  
I don't want to stay  
}}
</poem>
 
==Personnel==
 
* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals
* [[Johnny Marr]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], [[Keyboardists|piano]]
* [[Andy Rourke]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]]
* [[Mike Joyce]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]
* [[Producers|Producer]] - [[The Smiths]]
* Producer - [[John Porter]] (US CD Edition)
* Engineer - [[Stephen Street]]
 
== Sleeve Artwork ==
<gallery  perrow="6">
File: | Cover art. (198)
</gallery>
 


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{{Page
|DiscogsReleaseId=546534
|DiscogsAdditionalReleaseId=1566244, 482458
}}
{{PageDate
|Date=1985-05-01
}}
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