10,961
edits
The Queen Is Dead (single): Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (12 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
| Total Length = 6:24 (Album version)<br>6:06 (No Intro)<br>7:29 (Demo)<br>3:36 (Instrumental demo) | | Total Length = 6:24 (Album version)<br>6:06 (No Intro)<br>7:29 (Demo)<br>3:36 (Instrumental demo) | ||
| Recorded = Winter 1985 | | Recorded = Winter 1985 | ||
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr | | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | ||
| Producer = [[Morrissey]] | | Producer = [[Producer::Morrissey]] / [[Producer::Johnny Marr]] | ||
| Mastered = | | Mastered = | ||
| Art = Cover star: [[ | | Art = Cover star: [[Margherita Caruso]] in "[[Il vangelo secondo Matteo]]" (1964) | ||
| Vinyl Etching = | | Vinyl Etching = None | ||
| Publisher = | | Publisher = [[Warner Bros. Records]] | ||
| Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl | | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl | ||
| Release = June 1986, 16 June 2017 (single to mark | | Release = June 1986, 16 June 2017 (single to mark 31st anniversary of [[The Queen Is Dead]] album release and 2017 re-issue) | ||
| Chart = UK #85<br>UK Vinyl Chart #1 | | Chart = UK #85<br>UK Vinyl Chart #1 | ||
| Type = Single | | Type = Single | ||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
* An unedited version of this song appears on [[The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP. | * An unedited version of this song appears on [[The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths – Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP. | ||
==Track list== | |||
===7" Vinyl Picture Disc=== | |||
UK & Europe - [Warner Music UK Ltd. – QID2017] | |||
{{tracklist | |||
| 01 = The Queen Is Dead | |||
| 01link = The Queen Is Dead (single) | |||
| 01-duration = 6:05 (Morrissey/Marr) | |||
| 02 = I Keep Mine Hidden | |||
| 02link = I Keep Mine Hidden | |||
| 02-duration = 1:57 (Morrissey/Marr) | |||
}} | |||
===12" Vinyl=== | |||
UK & Europe - [Warner Bros. Records – 12QID2017] | |||
{{tracklist | |||
| 01 = The Queen Is Dead | |||
| 01link = The Queen Is Dead (single) | |||
| 01-duration = 6:05 (Morrissey/Marr) | |||
| 02 = Oscillate Wildly | |||
| 02link = Oscillate Wildly | |||
| 02-duration = 3:26 (Morrissey/Marr) | |||
| 03 = Money Changes Everything | |||
| 03link = Money Changes Everything | |||
| 03-duration = 4:10 (Marr) | |||
| 04 = The Draize Train | |||
| 04link = The Draize Train | |||
| 04-duration = 5:08 (Marr) | |||
}} | |||
==Video== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS3UMjNUqFM</youtube> | |||
* A Film by [[Director::Derek Jarman]] | |||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
<poem> | |||
Oh! Take me back to dear old Blighty, | Oh! Take me back to dear old Blighty, | ||
Put me on the train for London Town, | Put me on the train for London Town, | ||
| Line 93: | Line 127: | ||
Life is very long when you're lonely | Life is very long when you're lonely | ||
Life is very long when you're lonely | Life is very long when you're lonely | ||
</poem> | |||
{{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}} | {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}} | ||
{{Page | |||
|RelatedForumThreads=149508, 140246, 150128 | |||
|DiscogsReleaseId=9958556 | |||
|DiscogsAdditionalReleaseId=9690729 | |||
}} | |||
{{PageDate | |||
|Date=2017-06-16 | |||
}} | |||