That's How People Grow Up (single)

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MORRISSEY Single
Name	That's How People Grow Up
Release	4 February 2008
Length	2:59
Recorded	Spring 2007
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Boorer
Producer	Jerry Finn
Art work	Jake Walters
Vinyl Etching	No matrix message
Publisher	Decca Records
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, CD, Digital
Chart position	UK #14
Single chronology
I Just Want To See The Boy Happy ← That's How People Grow Up → All You Need Is Me

Track list

CD

1. That's How People Grow Up – 2:59 (Morrissey/Boorer)
2. The Last Of The Famous International Playboys [Live - 27 October 2007, New York City] – 3:54 (Morrissey/Street)

7" Vinyl

1. That's How People Grow Up – 0:00 (Morrissey/)
2. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side [Live - 11 May 2007, Omaha] – 3:41 (Morrissey/Marr)

7" Vinyl

1. That's How People Grow Up – 2:59 (Morrissey/Boorer)
2. Why Don't You Find Out For Yourself [Live - 15 October 2007, Salt Lake City] – 3:27 (Morrissey/Whyte)

Lyrics

I was wasting my time Trying to fall in love Disappointment came to me and booted me And bruised and hurt me

But that's how people grow up That's how people grow up

I was wasting my time Looking for love Someone must look at me and see their sunlit dream I was wasting my time Praying for love For a love that never comes From someone who does not exist

And that's how people grow up That's how people grow up

Let me live before I die ...Not me, not I

I was wasting my life Always thinking about myself Someone on their death-bed said: "There are other sorrows, too." I was driving my car I crashed and broke my spine So, yes, there are things worse in life Than never being someone's sweetie

That's how people grow up That's how people grow up That's how people grow up That's how people grow up As for me, I'm OK For now, anyway

Sleeve Artwork

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Music Video

Credits

• Directed by Bucky Fukumoto

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 66

Morrissey live history:

• Ann Arbor, Michigan 2009-03-31 (Morrissey concert)
• Atlanta, Georgia 2007-07-20 (Morrissey concert)
• Atlantic City, New Jersey 2007-07-24 (Morrissey concert)
• Bakersfield, California 2007-06-10 (Morrissey concert)
• Baltimore, Maryland 2007-10-31 (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 2009-03-29 (Morrissey concert)
• Castellon, Spain 2008-07-20 (Morrissey concert)

... further results

Appears On

• Greatest Hits
• That's How People Grow Up (single)
• Years Of Refusal

Discogs Information

Credits

• Crew [At The Helm] - Merck Mercuriadis
• Mastered By - Simon Francis
• Photography By [Cover] - Jake Walters

Notes

Track 1 recorded at Sonic Sound, Houston, Texas. Track 2 recorded live at Orpheum Theater, Omaha, Nebraska, 11th May, 2007. Made in the EU

Printed card inner sleeve.

Images

• That's How People Grow Up - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/26234
• That's How People Grow Up (7" 45 RPM Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1257659-Morrissey-Thats-How-People-Grow-Up

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Track 1 recorded at Sonic Sound, Houston, Texas. Track 2 recorded live at Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, UT, 15th October, 2007.

Made in the EU

Printed card inner sleeve.

Images

• That's How People Grow Up (7" 45 RPM Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1257652-Morrissey-Thats-How-People-Grow-Up

Wikipedia Information

"That's How People Grow Up" is a 2008 single by British singer Morrissey. The song, released on 4 February 2008, was used to promote his latest Greatest Hits album. The song also appears on his 2009 album Years of Refusal. The song was composed by long-time Morrissey guitarist and musical director Boz Boorer, which made this his first composition to be released as a single since "Satan Rejected My Soul", taken from the album Maladjusted (1997). The song made its television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman, and received its first radio play on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show on 17 December. Prior to release, it featured on the BBC Radio 2 A-list, receiving around 20 plays per week. On 10 February 2008, "That's How People Grow Up" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 14. Four days later it also entered the Swedish singles chart, at number 26.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_How_People_Grow_Up

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