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| Name = Frankly, Mr. Shankly | |||
| Album = [[The Queen Is Dead]] | |||
| Length = 2:17<br>2:21 (Trumpet version)<br>2:26 (Studio outtake) | |||
| | | Writer = Morrissey/Marr | ||
| Producer = Initially:<br>[[Morrissey]], [[Johnny Marr]]<br>[[Stephen Street]] (Trumpet version)<br>Then:<br>[[Morrissey]], [[Johnny Marr]]<br>[[John Porter]] (Album version) | |||
| | | Recorded = Winter 1985 | ||
| Release = | |||
| ArtistType = The Smiths | |||
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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] | |||
[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] | |||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
* A [[Stephen Street]] produced version of this song with trumpet appears on [[The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP.<br> | |||
The 'Trumpet version' of the song featured as an extra on the deluxe edition of [[The Queen Is Dead]] (2017).<br> | |||
Morrissey made a [[https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/wikipedia statement]] on June 8, 2021 which stated this song was not about [[Geoff Travis]]. | |||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
{{lyrics | {{lyrics | ||
|Frankly, Mr. Shankly | | | ||
Frankly, Mr. Shankly | |||
This position I've held: | This position I've held: | ||
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul | It pays my way and it corrodes my soul | ||
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