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| Total Length = 3:54<br>6:37 (Mael Mix)<br>3:35 (Mael Mix, 2012) | | Total Length = 3:54<br>6:37 (Mael Mix)<br>3:35 (Mael Mix, 2012) | ||
| Recorded = Autumn-Winter 1987 | | Recorded = Autumn-Winter 1987 | ||
| Writer = Morrissey/Street | | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Stephen Street]] | ||
| Producer = [[Stephen Street]] | | Producer = [[Producer::Stephen Street]] | ||
| Mastered = | | Mastered = | ||
| Art = Geri Caulfield (cover)<br>Kevin Cummins (Mael Mix cover) | | Art = Photo: [[Photographer::Geri Caulfield]] (original cover)<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]]<br>Photo: [[Photographer::Kevin Cummins]] (Mael Mix cover) | ||
| Vinyl Etching = DREAMS...ARE JUST...DREAMS | | Vinyl Etching = DREAMS...ARE JUST...DREAMS | ||
| Publisher = [[HMV Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)<br>[[EMI Records]] (Mael Mix) | | Publisher = [[HMV Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)<br>[[EMI Records]] (Mael Mix) | ||
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[[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] | [[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] | ||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
"'''Suedehead'''" was [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut single as a solo artist. Released on 27 February 1988 by HMV Records, the single came a mere nine weeks after [[The Smiths]]' single "[[Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (single)|Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me]]" from their final album, ''[[Strangeways, Here We Come]]''. "Suedehead" was produced and co-wrote by [[Stephen Street]], and was the first single released from Morrissey's debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''. | "'''Suedehead'''" was [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut single as a solo artist. Released on 27 February 1988 by HMV Records, the single came a mere nine weeks after [[The Smiths]]' single "[[Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (single)|Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me]]" from their final album, ''[[Strangeways, Here We Come]]''. "Suedehead" was produced and co-wrote by [[Stephen Street]], and was the first single released from Morrissey's debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''.<br> | ||
The cover photograph was taken live at The Smiths concert at The Palladium, London (October 26, 1986). | |||
===Recording=== | ===Recording=== | ||
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===Mael / Sparks Mix=== | ===Mael / Sparks Mix=== | ||
"Suedehead", as remixed by Ron and Russell Mael of [[Sparks]] (6:37) was released on the Rhino Records UK compilation ''[http://www.rhino.co.uk/artists/product,artist_3491.htm Future Retro]'' (Jan. 24, 2006)<ref name="ms20060111"/>. | "Suedehead", as remixed by Ron and Russell Mael of [[Mention::Sparks]] (6:37) was released on the Rhino Records UK compilation ''[http://www.rhino.co.uk/artists/product,artist_3491.htm Future Retro]'' (Jan. 24, 2006)<ref name="ms20060111"/>. | ||
From the Sparks mailing list (April, 2005)<ref name="ms20050411"/>: | From the Sparks mailing list (April, 2005)<ref name="ms20050411"/>: | ||
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== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
<poem> | |||
Why do you come here | |||
And why, why do you hang around? | And why, why do you hang around? | ||
I'm so sorry | I'm so sorry | ||
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It was a good lay, good lay, good lay | It was a good lay, good lay, good lay | ||
It was a good lay... | It was a good lay... | ||
</poem> | |||
==Music Video== | ==Music Video== | ||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjeMWCa716E</youtube> | <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjeMWCa716E</youtube> | ||
===Credits=== | ===Credits=== | ||
* Directed by [[Tim Broad]] | * Directed by [[Director::Tim Broad]] | ||
==Image Gallery== | |||
<gallery perrow="6"> | |||
File:Record Mirror 1988-02-13 P002.jpg | News blurb in the February 13th, 1988 issue of Record Mirror (U.K.) | |||
File:1988-02-15 'Suedehead' by Morrissey (U.K. EMI Swindon for U.K. His Master's Voice Pressing) (CDPOP 1618) (Slimline Cover).jpg | J-card slimline case front cover insert for the U.K. CD single | |||
File:1988-02-15 'Suedehead' by Morrissey (U.K. EMI Swindon for U.K. His Master's Voice Pressing) (CDPOP 1618) (Slimline Rear).jpg | J-card slimline case rear cover insert for the U.K. CD single | |||
File:Music Week (1988-02-13) P005 ('Suedehead' Ad).jpg | Music Week full-page ad (Feb. 13, 1988) | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{CommonSongSections | Artist = Morrissey | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}} | {{CommonSongSections | Artist = Morrissey | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}} | ||
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== Related Items == | == Related Items == | ||
* [http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/disc/suedehead.htm "Suedehead" discography] - Passions Just Like Mine | * [http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/disc/suedehead.htm "Suedehead" discography] - Passions Just Like Mine | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKMTWN5fDoA "Suedehead" UK TV ad with voiceover by John Peel] - YouTube link [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/126604-This-might-be-very-old-I-have-no-idea posted by Uncleskinny / Morrissey-solo Forums] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKMTWN5fDoA "Suedehead" UK TV ad with voiceover by John Peel] - YouTube link [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/126604-This-might-be-very-old-I-have-no-idea posted by Uncleskinny / Morrissey-solo Forums] | ||
* [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/16642-quot-Suedehead-quot-filming-Fairmount-Indiana-photos-from-1988-are-HERE "Suedehead" filming / Fairmont Indiana photos by Kevin Cavanaugh from 1988] - Morrissey-solo forums, [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1734225 original story from Kevin Cavanaugh] (Mar. 20, 2003). | * [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/16642-quot-Suedehead-quot-filming-Fairmount-Indiana-photos-from-1988-are-HERE "Suedehead" filming / Fairmont Indiana photos by Kevin Cavanaugh from 1988] - Morrissey-solo forums, [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/20/1734225 original story from Kevin Cavanaugh] (Mar. 20, 2003). | ||
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</references> | </references> | ||
{{Page | {{Page | ||
|RelatedForumThreads=121815, | |RelatedForumThreads=16642, 129375, 42000, 90128, 121815, 150732, 148590 | ||
|DiscogsReleaseId=410610 | |||
|DiscogsAdditionalReleaseId=2108905, 3552782 | |||
|WikipediaPageTitle=Suedehead | |||
}} | |||
{{PageDate | |||
|Date=1988-02-27 | |||
}} | }} |
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