Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (single)

Cover art

THE SMITHS Single
Name	Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Release	December 1987
Length	5:04 (Album version) 3:11 (Single edit)
Recorded	Spring 1987
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Marr
Producer	Stephen Street Assisted by Morrissey & Johnny Marr
Art work	Cover star: Billy Fury
Vinyl Etching	"THE RETURN OF THE SUBMISSIVE SOCIETY" (x) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDE "THE BIZARRE ORIENTAL VIBRATING PALM DEATH" (x) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDE
Publisher	Rough Trade Records (UK)
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position	UK #30
Single chronology
Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before ← Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me → This Charming Man (WEA reissue)

Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RT 200]

1. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (edit) – 3:11 (Morrissey/Marr)
2. Rusholme Ruffians (Peel session, August 1984) – 4:04 (Morrissey/Marr)

12" Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RTT 200]

1. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me – 5:04 (Morrissey/Marr)
2. Rusholme Ruffians (Peel session, August 1984) – 4:04 (Morrissey/Marr)
3. Nowhere Fast (Peel session, August 1984) – 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)

CD

UK - [Rough Trade RTT 200 CD]

1. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me – 5:04 (Morrissey/Marr)
2. Rusholme Ruffians (Peel session, August 1984) – 4:04 (Morrissey/Marr)
3. Nowhere Fast (Peel session, August 1984) – 2:39 (Morrissey/Marr)
4. William, It Was Really Nothing (Peel session, August 1984) – 2:04 (Morrissey/Marr)

Lyrics

Last night I dreamt That somebody loved me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm

Last night I felt Real arms around me No hope, no harm Just another false alarm

So, tell me how long Before the last one? And tell me how long Before the right one?

The story is old - I know But it goes on The story is old - I know

But it goes on Oh, goes on And on Oh, goes on And on

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 0

Play count (Morrissey concert): 144

Morrissey live history:

• Akron, Ohio 2000-02-14 (Morrissey concert)
• Amsterdam, Netherlands 2006-04-10 (Morrissey concert)
• Asbury Park, New Jersey 2004-10-07 (Morrissey concert)
• Athens, Greece 1999-11-06 (Morrissey concert)
• Athens, Greece 2012-07-16 (Morrissey concert)
• Austin, Texas 2006-03-16 (Morrissey concert)
• Aylesbury, England 1999-12-06 (Morrissey concert)
• Baltimore, Maryland 2007-10-31 (Morrissey concert)
• Belfast, Northern Ireland 1999-11-25 (Morrissey concert)
• Berlin, Germany 1999-10-19 (Morrissey concert)

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Appears On

• ...Best II
• Complete
• Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (single)
• Live At Earls Court
• Singles
• Strangeways, Here We Come
• The Sound Of The Smiths
• The Very Best Of The Smiths

Discogs Information

Credits

• Bass - Andy Rourke
• Coordinator [Art Co-ordination] - Jo Slee
• Cover [Cover Star] - Billy Fury
• Drums - Mike Joyce
• Guitar - Johnny Marr
• Layout - Caryn Gough
• Mastered By - Tim Young
• Sleeve - Morrissey
• Voice - Morrissey
• Written-By - Johnny Marr
• Written-By - Morrissey

Notes

A: Taken from the LP Strangeways, Here We Come, B1 & B2: Recorded for The John Peel Show (Session 9, August 1984)

Black innersleeve with label number: RTT200.

Mastered at CBS. Distributed by The Cartel.

© 1987 Warner Bros. Music Ltd. A: ℗ Rough Trade Records 1987 B1 & B2: Released by arrangement with BBC Enterprises Ltd ℗ BBC 1987 Made in England

Images

• Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/21034
• Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (12" 45 RPM Single CBS) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/490744-The-Smiths-Last-Night-I-Dreamt-That-Somebody-Loved-Me

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

© 1987, ℗ 1987 Made in England

A-Side: Taken from the LP "Strangeways here we come" B-Side: Recorded for the John Peel Show, 1984

"Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" is an edited, shorter version, it does not have the instrumental intro. "Rusholme Ruffians" is an early version (recorded 09/08/1984) and not the album version used on 'Meat Is Murder'.

Images

• Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (7" 45 RPM Single EMI, push-out centre) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/6500039-The-Smiths-Last-Night-I-Dreamt-That-Somebody-Loved-Me

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Cover Star: Billy Fury (April 17 1941-January 29 1983)

1: Taken from the LP [url=http://www.discogs.com/master/21143]"Strangeways, Here We Come"[/url] 2 to 4: Recorded for The John Peel Show (Session 9, August) 1984. Released by arrangement with BBC Enterprises Ltd.

Mastered at CBS. Distributed by The Cartel.

© 1987 Warner Bros Music Ltd. 1: ℗ 1987 Rough Trade Records 2 to 4: ℗ BBC 1987. Made in England Made in U.K.

Images

• Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/487337-The-Smiths-Last-Night-I-Dreamt-That-Somebody-Loved-Me

Wikipedia Information

"Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. Released as a single in December 1987, it reached No. 30 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the last of three UK singles from the band's fourth and final studio album, Strangeways, Here We Come. The album version contains a one-minute and 55-second introduction, consisting of piano playing against a backdrop of crowd noises from the miners' strike of 1984–85. The 7" single release does not include the introduction, while the 12" single does. Both Morrissey and Johnny Marr, the co-writers, have nominated it as the best Smiths song.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Night_I_Dreamt_That_Somebody_Loved_Me