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That's How People Grow Up (single)
| MORRISSEY Single | |
|---|---|
| Name | That's How People Grow Up |
| Release | 4 February 2008 |
| Total Length | 2:59 |
| Recorded | Spring 2007 |
| Writer/composer | Morrissey / Boz 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
| |
Information
Track list
CD
- That's How People Grow Up – 2:59 (Morrissey/Boorer)
- The Last Of The Famous International Playboys [Live - 27 October 2007, New York City] – 3:54 (Morrissey/Street)
7" Vinyl
- That's How People Grow Up – 0:00 (Morrissey/)
- The Boy With The Thorn In His Side [Live - 11 May 2007, Omaha] – 3:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
7" Vinyl
- That's How People Grow Up – 2:59 (Morrissey/Boorer)
- 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
Original cover art. (2008)
Alt cover. (2008)
Music Video
Credits
- Directed by Bucky Fukumoto
Live History
Play count (Morrissey concert): 67
Morrissey live history:
- Houston, Texas 2007-05-28 (Morrissey concert)
- El Paso, Texas 2007-05-30 (Morrissey concert)
- Tucson, Arizona 2007-05-31 (Morrissey concert)
- Phoenix, Arizona 2007-06-02 (Morrissey concert)
- San Diego, California 2007-06-03 (Morrissey concert)
- Ventura, California 2007-06-05 (Morrissey concert)
- Riverside, California 2007-06-06 (Morrissey concert)
- Los Angeles, California 2007-06-08 (Morrissey concert)
- Las Vegas, Nevada 2007-06-09 (Morrissey concert)
- Bakersfield, California 2007-06-10 (Morrissey concert)
Appears On
Mentioned In
- That's How People Grow Up: New single UK release information - release information (February 1, 2008)
- That's How People Grow Up: New single released today in the UK - release information (February 4, 2008)
- That's How People Grow Up: New single studio version and live renditions available for download in the UK - release information (February 6, 2008)
- Of Which I Am Most Proud / singles: List from Morrissey - true-to-you.net (January 10, 2012)
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
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"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.
Related Forum Threads
- Morrissey A-Z: "That's How People Grow Up" - Morrissey-solo (Sep 11, 2021)