The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)
THE SMITHS Single | |
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Name | The Boy With The Thorn In His Side |
Release | 16 September 1985 |
Total 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
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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:
- Irvine, Scotland 1985-09-22 (The Smiths concert)
- Edinburgh, Scotland 1985-09-24 (The Smiths concert)
- Glasgow, Scotland 1985-09-25 (The Smiths concert)
- Dundee, Scotland 1985-09-26 (The Smiths concert)
- Lerwick, Scotland 1985-09-28 (The Smiths concert)
- Aberdeen, Scotland 1985-09-30 (The Smiths concert)
- Inverness, Scotland 1985-10-01 (The Smiths concert)
- Liverpool, England 1986-02-08 (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:
- Stockton, California 2007-04-27 (Morrissey concert)
- Sparks, Nevada 2007-04-28 (Morrissey concert)
- Sparks, Nevada 2007-04-29 (Morrissey concert)
- Oakland, California 2007-05-01 (Morrissey concert)
- Santa Rosa, California 2007-05-02 (Morrissey concert)
- Spokane, Washington 2007-05-05 (Morrissey concert)
- Seattle, Washington 2007-05-06 (Morrissey concert)
- Salt Lake City, Utah 2007-05-08 (Morrissey concert)
- Denver, Colorado 2007-05-09 (Morrissey concert)
- Omaha, Nebraska 2007-05-11 (Morrissey concert)
Appears On
- The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single)
- The Queen Is Dead
- The World Won't Listen
- Rank
- ...Best II
- The Complete Picture
- Singles
- The Very Best Of The Smiths
- That's How People Grow Up (single)
- The Sound Of The Smiths
- The Smiths Singles Box
- Complete
- 25 Live
Appears On Covers Compilation
- The Smiths Is Dead
- Godfathers Of Change Vol. 1: A Tribute To The Smiths
- Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: A Tribute To The Smiths
- The Queen Is 25
Cover Versions
- Bis
- Blossoms
- Fernanda Takai
- G. W. Childs
- Garden On A Trampoline
- Home
- J Mascis
- James Collin
- Jeff Buckley
- John Ulhoa
- Mockbirth
- Rick Astley
- Spiritual Front