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The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)
| THE SMITHS Single | |
|---|---|
| Name | The Boy With The Thorn In His Side |
| Release | 16 September 1985 |
| Length | 3:18 |
| Recorded | August 1985 |
| Writer/composer | Morrissey/Marr |
| Producer | The Smiths |
| Art work | Truman Capote Photo by Cecil Beaton (1949) |
| Vinyl Etching | ARTY BLOODY FARTY "IS THAT CLEVER"...JM |
| Publisher | Rough Trade Records (UK) Sire Records (US) |
| Format(s) | 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD |
| Chart position | UK #23 UK #172 (demo) UK Vinyl Chart #2 (demo) |
| Single chronology | |
|
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore ← The Boy With The Thorn In His Side → Bigmouth Strikes Again
| |
Lyrics
The boy with the thorn in his side
Behind the hatred there lies A murderous desire for love
How can they look into my eyes Still they don't believe me? How can they hear me say those words Still they don't believe me?
And if they don't believe me now Will they ever believe me? And if they don't believe me now Will they ever, will they ever believe me?
The boy with the thorn in his side Behind the hatred there lies A plundering desire for love
How can they see the Love in our eyes And still they don't believe us? And after all this time They don't want to believe us...
And if they don't believe us now Will they ever believe us? And when you want to Live: How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know?
Music Video
Credits
- The Smiths, Promo Film
Live History
Play count (The Smiths concert): 48
The Smiths live history:
- Aberdeen, Scotland 1985-09-30 (The Smiths concert)
- Belfast, Northern Ireland 1986-02-12 (The Smiths concert)
- Berkeley, California 1986-08-23 (The Smiths concert)
- Boulder, Colorado 1986-09-03 (The Smiths concert)
- Carlisle, England 1986-10-13 (The Smiths concert)
- Chicago, Illinois 1986-08-15 (The Smiths concert)
- Cleveland, Ohio 1986-08-11 (The Smiths concert)
- Detroit, Michigan 1986-08-14 (The Smiths concert)
- Dublin, Ireland 1986-02-10 (The Smiths concert)
- Dundalk, Ireland 1986-02-11 (The Smiths concert)
Play count (Morrissey concert): 63
Morrissey live history:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 2007-05-14 (Morrissey concert)
- Atlanta, Georgia 2007-07-20 (Morrissey concert)
- Atlantic City, New Jersey 2007-07-24 (Morrissey concert)
- Austin, Texas 2007-05-26 (Morrissey concert)
- Bakersfield, California 2007-06-10 (Morrissey concert)
- Birmingham, Alabama 2007-07-19 (Morrissey concert)
- Boca Raton, Florida 2007-07-14 (Morrissey concert)
- Boston, Massachusetts 2007-07-07 (Morrissey concert)
- Boston, Massachusetts 2007-10-30 (Morrissey concert)
- Chicago, Illinois 2007-05-15 (Morrissey concert)
Appears On
- 25 Live
- Rank
- That's How People Grow Up (single)
- The Complete Picture
- The Queen Is Dead
- The World Won't Listen