There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single)
THE SMITHS Single | |
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Name | There Is A Light That Never Goes Out |
Release | 16 November 1992 - Single[1] 16 June 1986 - Original release on The Queen Is Dead |
Total Length | 4:02 |
Writer/composer | Morrissey/Marr |
Producer | Johnny Marr and Morrissey |
Publisher | WEA (UK) |
Format(s) | 7" Vinyl, CD, Cassette |
Chart position | UK #26 |
Single chronology | |
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
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Information
- An alternate take of this song appears on The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals bootleg LP.
Track list
7" Vinyl
UK - [WEA YZ0003]
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
- Handsome Devil (live) – 2:53 (Morrissey/Marr)
CD Single 1
UK - [WEA YZ0003CD1]
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
- Hand In Glove (live) – 2:48 (Morrissey/Marr)
- Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (live) – 5:04 (Morrissey/Marr)
- Money Changes Everything – 4:38 (Marr)
CD Single 2
UK - [WEA YZ0003CD2]
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – 4:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
- Hand In Glove (featuring Sandie Shaw) – 2:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
- I Don't Owe You Anything (featuring Sandie Shaw) – 4:04 (Morrissey/Marr)
- Jeane (featuring Sandie Shaw) – 2:50 (Morrissey/Marr)
Lyrics
Take me out tonight
where there's music and there's people who are young and alive driving in your car I never never want to go home because I haven't got one anymore take me out tonight because I want to see people and I want to see lights driving in your car oh please don't drop me home because it's not my home, it's their home and I'm welcome no more and if a double-decker bus crashes into us to die by your side such a heavenly way to die and if a ten ton truck kills the both of us to die by your side the pleasure and the privilege is mine take me out tonight oh take me anywhere, I don't care and in the darkened underpass I thought Oh, God, my chance has come at last (but then a strange fear gripped me and I just couldn't ask) take me out tonight take me anywhere, I don't care just driving in your car I never want to go home because I haven't got one I haven't got one
Music Video
Credits
- Directed by Derek Jarman
Live History
Play count (The Smiths concert): 41
The Smiths live history:
- Liverpool, England 1986-02-08 (The Smiths concert)
- Dublin, Ireland 1986-02-10 (The Smiths concert)
- Belfast, Northern Ireland 1986-02-12 (The Smiths concert)
- Glasgow, Scotland 1986-07-16 (The Smiths concert)
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1986-07-17 (The Smiths concert)
- Manchester, England 1986-07-19 (The Smiths concert)
- Salford, England 1986-07-20 (The Smiths concert)
- London, Ontario, Canada 1986-07-30 (The Smiths concert)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1986-07-31 (The Smiths concert)
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 1986-08-02 (The Smiths concert)
Play count (Morrissey concert): 171
Morrissey live history:
- Phoenix, Arizona 2002-08-09 (Morrissey concert)
- Tucson, Arizona 2002-08-10 (Morrissey concert)
- Yuma, Arizona 2002-08-11 (Morrissey concert)
- Osaka, Japan 2002-08-17 (Morrissey concert)
- Tokyo, Japan 2002-08-18 (Morrissey concert)
- Seattle, Washington 2002-08-22 (Morrissey concert)
- Eugene, Oregon 2002-08-23 (Morrissey concert)
- Portland, Oregon 2002-08-24 (Morrissey concert)
- Salt Lake City, Utah 2002-08-26 (Morrissey concert)
- Colorado Springs, Colorado 2002-08-29 (Morrissey concert)
Morrissey live history - played in concert twice:
Appears On
Appears On Covers Compilation
- The World Still Won't Listen (A Tribute To The Smiths)
- The Smiths Is Dead
- Godfathers Of Change Vol. 1: A Tribute To The Smiths
- Romantic And Square Is Hip And Aware (A Matinée Tribute To The Smiths)
- The String Quartet: Tribute To The Smiths
- How Soon Is Now? The Songs Of The Smiths By...
- Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: A Tribute To The Smiths
- Please, Please, Please: A Tribute To The Smiths
- The Queen Is 25
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star: Lullaby Versions of The Smiths & Morrissey
- Rockabye Baby! (Lullaby Renditions Of The Smiths)
Cover Versions
- Acid House Kings
- Anberlin
- Betty Loop Loop
- Blossoms
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Eddie Vedder
- Edison Shine
- Erlend Øye
- Gaz Coombes
- Mikel Erentxun
- Miley Cyrus
- My Awesome Compilation
- Nada Surf
- Neil Finn
- Neuroticfish
- Noel Gallagher
- Pete Yorn
- Razed In Black
- Rick Astley
- Schneider TM