Istanbul (single)

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Digital download cover art including clone stamp.
10" white label 4-track EP
MORRISSEY Single
Name Istanbul
Release 20 May 2014 (Digital Download)
Total Length 4:41
3:20 (radio edit)
Recorded February 2014
Writer/composer Morrissey/Boorer
Producer Joe Chiccarelli
Art work Photo by La Fabrique Studio, Avignon, France (before image alterations).
Vinyl Etching No matrix message
Publisher Harvest Records
Format(s) Digital Download
Chart position UK - did not chart
Single chronology
World Peace Is None Of Your Business
Istanbul
Earth Is The Loneliest Planet

Information

Istanbul was the second single released off Morrissey's tenth solo album, World Peace Is None Of Your Business. The song was produced by Joe Chiccarelli and co-written by Boz Boorer.

Recording

Morrissey began the recording of World Peace Is None Of Your Business on 1 February 2014 in France with producer Joe Chiccarelli. On 7 March 2014 it was announced that the forthcoming album was finished and provisionally set for a late June/early July release through the Harvest Records label.

Release

Istanbul was released as a digital single on 20 July 2014. The single peaked at #53 on the UK charts.

It was included on a limited edition 4-track white label 10" EP released 07 July 2014.[1]

Track list

Digital Download

  1. Istanbul – 4:41 (Morrissey/Boorer)

Lyrics

When he first cried his mother died I had tried to be his guide when he was born I was too young the father searches for the son in Istanbul give him back to me Istanbul, give me back my brown-eyed son

Moonlight jumping through the trees sunken eyes avoiding me from dawn to dusk the hunt is on the father searches for the son in Istanbul give him back to me Istanbul, give me back my brown-eyed son

On secret streets in disbelief Little Shadow shows the lead Prostitutes stylish and glum in amongst them you are one oh, what have I done?

Rolling breathless off the tongue The vicious street gang slang I lean into a box of pine identify the kid as mine.


Music Video

Credits

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 124

Morrissey live history:

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Appears On


References

  1. www.thesmithschile.cl. (2014-07-01). "World Peace Is None Your Business" [10 Inch Vinyl Indie Exclusive] 4 track EP released (July 7, 2014). Morrissey-solo. Retrieved from morrissey-solo.com.

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Notes

Istanbul Misprinted as *Instanbul on the back

Images

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Wikipedia Information

"Istanbul" is a song by English singer Morrissey. It is the fourth track on his World Peace Is None of Your Business album and was released as the second single off the album via digital download on 20 May 2014, through Harvest and Capitol Records. Due to changes in global music consumption, the physical versions of the first four singles from this album were released together as one 10" vinyl. Joe Chiccarelli, the album's producer, stated that "Morrissey wanted to evoke the feeling of the hectic and chaotic streets of the city of Istanbul, so he used a cigar-box guitar, a lap steel guitar and a complicated and bussy drum rhythm, plus an actual gong as percussion, as well as vocal samples from a field recording taken in the streets of Istanbul by guitarist Jesse Tobias."

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