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 {{Discobox
 | Name = Ask
-| Total Length =
+| Total Length = 2:29 (Single version)<br>3:15 (Album version)<br>3:26 (Demo version)
-| Recorded =
+| Recorded = June 1986
-| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
+| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
-| Producer =
+| Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]] <br>then mixed by [[Steve Lillywhite]]
 | Mastered =
-| Art = Yootha Joyce<br>'Catch Us If You Can' (1965) by John Boorman
+| Art = Cover star: [[Yootha Joyce]] in [[Catch Us If You Can]] (1965) by John Boorman / Germany 12" Vinyl: [[Colin Campbell]] in "[[The Leather Boys]]" (1964)
-| Vinyl Etching =
+| Vinyl Etching = A: "ARE YOU LOATHSOME TONIGHT?" <br>B: "TOMB IT MAY CONCERN"
 | Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
 | Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
-| Release =
+| Release = 20 October 1986
 | Chart = UK #14<br>UK #62 (reissue)
 | Type = Single
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 | Previous = Panic
 | PreviousLink = Panic (single)
-| Next = Shoplifters Of The World Unite
+| Next = Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
-| NextLink = Shoplifters Of The World Unite (single)
+| NextLink = Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (single)
+| Reissue = true
+| ReissueDescription = WEA reissue
+| ReissuePrevious = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
+| ReissuePreviousLink = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single)
+| ReissueNext = Sweet And Tender Hooligan
+| ReissueNextLink = Sweet And Tender Hooligan (single)
 }}
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 * An alternate take of this song appears on [[The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP.
+* The Australian cover is a cropped image sourced from a press photograph credited to Jo Novark (actually [[Pat Bellis]]).
+==Track list==
+===7" Vinyl===
+UK - [Rough Trade RT 194]
+{{tracklist
+| 01 = Ask
+|	01link = Ask (single)
+|	01-duration = 2:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
+| 02 = Cemetry Gates
+|	02link = Cemetry Gates
+|	02-duration = 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
+}}
+===12" Vinyl / CD===
+UK - [Rough Trade RTT 194 / RTT 194CD]
+{{tracklist
+| 01 = Ask
+|	01link = Ask (single)
+|	01-duration = 2:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
+| 02 = Cemetry Gates
+|	02link = Cemetry Gates
+|	02-duration = 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
+| 03 = Golden Lights
+|	03link = Golden Lights
+|	03-duration = 2:38 (Twinkle)
+}}
+===12" Vinyl===
+Australia - [Rough Trade RTANZ 12019]
+{{tracklist
+| 01 = Ask
+|	01link = Ask (single)
+|	01-duration = 2:59 (Morrissey/Marr)
+| 02 = Shoplifters Of The World Unite
+|	02link = Shoplifters Of The World Unite (single)
+|	02-duration = 2:56 (Morrissey/Marr)
+| 03 = Cemetry Gates
+|	03link = Cemetry Gates
+|	03-duration = 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
+}}
 == Lyrics ==
-{{lyrics
+<poem>
-|
 Shyness is nice
 And Shyness can stop you
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 So, ask me, ask me, ask me
 Ask me, ask me, ask me
-}}
+</poem>
-== Sleeve Artwork ==
-<gallery  perrow="6">
- File:Ask.jpg | Cover art. (1986)
- File:Askaustralia12.jpg | Australia 12" cover art. (1986)
- File:Askgermany12.jpg | Germany 12" cover art. (1986)
-</gallery>
 ==Music Video==
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 {{CommonSongSections | Artist =  The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
 {{Page
+|RelatedForumThreads=149010
+|DiscogsReleaseId=703296
+|DiscogsAdditionalReleaseId=487333, 789350, 2915476, 385491
 |WikipediaPageTitle=Ask_(song)
+}}
+{{PageDate
+|Date=1986-10-20
 }}