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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
[[File:ThisCharmingMan.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]]
[[File:ThisCharmingMan.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]]
[[File:Thischarmingman1992.jpg | thumb | right | Reissue cover art]]
[[File:Thischarmingman1992.jpg | thumb | right | Reissue cover art]]
{{SmithsDiscobox
{{Discobox
| Name = This Charming Man
| Name = This Charming Man
| Total Length =
| Total Length =2:41
| Recorded =  
| Recorded = October, 1983
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Producer =  
| Producer = John Porter
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art =  
| Art = [[Jean Marais]] in "Orphée" (1950)
| Vinyl Etching =  
| Vinyl Etching = SLAP ME ON THE PATIO (7" B-side)<br>WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET (12" A-side)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
| Release =  
| Release = 28 October 1983<ref name="smithsdiscography"/><br>
| Chart = UK #
3 August 1992 (UK CD1 re-issue)<ref name="smithsdiscography"/><br>
10 August 1992 (UK CD2 re-issue)<ref name="smithsdiscography"/>
| Chart = UK #25<br>UK #8 (1992 Reissue)
| Type = Single
| Type = Single
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| Previous = Hand In Glove
| Previous = Hand In Glove
| PreviousLink = Hand In Glove (single)
| PreviousLink = Hand In Glove (single)
| Next = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
| Next = What Difference Does It Make?
| NextLink = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (single)
| NextLink = What Difference Does It Make? (single)
}}
}}
[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]


==Information==
==Track list==
===7" Vinyl===
UK - [Rough Trade RT 136]


===Recording===
{{tracklist
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 01-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 02 = Jeane
| 02link = Jeane
| 02-duration = 3:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}


===Release===
===12" Vinyl===
UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136]


==Track list==
{{tracklist
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01app = (Manchester)
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 01-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 = This Charming Man
| 02app = (London)
| 02link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02-duration = 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = Accept Yourself
| 03link = Accept Yourself
| 03-duration = 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = Wonderful Woman
| 04link = Wonderful Woman
| 04-duration = 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}


===7" Vinyl===
===12" New York Mix Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136 NY]<br>
US - []
Remixed by [[Francois Kervorkian]]


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01link =  
| 01app = (New York Vocal)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02 =  
| 01-duration = 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02link =  
| 02 = This Charming Man
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (New York Instrumental)
| 02link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02-duration = 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}
 
===CD Single 1===
===12" Vinyl===
UK - [WEA YZ0001CD1]
UK - []<br>
US - []  


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01link =  
| 01app = (Manchester)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02 =  
| 01-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02link =  
| 02 = This Charming Man
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (London)
| 03 =  
| 02link = This Charming Man (single)
| 03link =  
| 02-duration = 2:47 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = Wonderful Woman
| 03link = Wonderful Woman
| 03-duration = 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = Accept Yourself
| 04link = Accept Yourself
| 04-duration = 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


===CD Single===
===CD Single 2===
UK - []
UK - [WEA YZ0001CD2]


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01link =  
| 01app = (Manchester)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02 =  
| 01-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02link =  
| 02 = This Charming Man
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (London)
| 03 =  
| 02link = This Charming Man (single)
| 03link =  
| 02-duration = 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = This Charming Man
| 04 =
| 03app = (New York Vocal)
| 04link =  
| 03link = This Charming Man (single)
| 04-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = This Charming Man
| 04app = (New York Instrumental)
| 04link = This Charming Man (single)
| 04-duration = 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05 = This Charming Man
| 05app = (Peel Session)
| 05link = This Charming Man (single)
| 05-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06 = This Charming Man
| 06app = (Single Remix)
| 06link = This Charming Man (single)
| 06-duration = 2:44 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07 = This Charming Man
| 07app = (Original Single Version)
| 07link = This Charming Man (single)
| 07-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


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This charming man
This charming man


Why pamper life's complexities
Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?
When the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?


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A jumped-up pantry boy
A jumped-up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
Who never knew his place
He said - "return the ring"
He said - "Return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things  
He knows so much about these things  
}}
}}
==Personnel==


== Sleeve Artwork ==
== Sleeve Artwork ==
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  File:ThisCharmingMan.jpg | Cover art. (1983)
  File:ThisCharmingMan.jpg | Cover art. (1983)
  File:Thischarmingman1992.jpg | Reissue cover art. (1992)
  File:Thischarmingman1992.jpg | Reissue cover art. (1992)
 
File:The-Charming-Man-Poster-01.jpg|Advertising Poster
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Music Video==
==Music Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJRP3LRcUFg</youtube>
<br>
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2s9ke-pKWw</youtube>
===Credits===
===Credits===
*Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 24 November 1983


==Live History==
{{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
 
==Appears On==
<gallery  perrow="8">
File:The-smithsalbum.jpg | ''[[The Smiths (album)|The Smiths]]'' <br><br><br><br>(1984)
File:Best_I.jpg | ''[[Best...I]]'' <br><br><br><br>(1992)
File:Smiths-singles.jpg | ''[[Singles]]''<br><br><br><br>(1995)
File:SmithsVeryBest.jpg | ''[[The Very Best Of The Smiths]]'' <br><br><br>(2001)
File:Soundofsmiths1.png | ''[[The Sound Of The Smiths]]'' <br><br><br><br>(2008)
File:The_Smiths_Singles_Box_cover.jpg | ''[[The Smiths Singles Box]]''<br><br><br><br>(2008)
File:Complete.jpg | ''[[Complete]]''<br><br><br><br> (2011)
</gallery>
 
== Related Items ==
== Related Items ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Charming_Man "This Charming Man" Wikipedia page] - Wikipedia
* [http://www.vulgarpicture.com/s1983.html "This Charming Man" 1983 release info/scans] - Vulgar Picture


 
==References And Notes==
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="smithsdiscography">{{cite | title=The Smiths Discography compiled by Stephane Daigle | url=http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/lyrics/smit-d.htm | pub=It May All End Tomorrow | author= | date= | dom= | type=ext }}
</ref>
</references>
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