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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] [[File:How-Soon-Is-Now.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] [[File:HowsoonUS12.jpg | thumb | right | US 12" cover art]] [[File:Howsoon1992.jpg | thumb | right | Reissue cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = How Soon Is Now? | Total Length = 6:43<br>3:41 (edit) | Recorded = July 1984<br>August 1984 (Peel Session) | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]] | Mastered = | Art = Cover star: [[Mention::SeΓ‘n Barrett]] in '[[Mention::Dunkirk]]' (1958) / [[Mention::Vanessa Redgrave]] & [[Mention::David Hemmings]] in '[[Mention::Blowup]]' (1966)<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]] | Vinyl Etching = THE TATTY TRUTH | Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US) | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD | Release = 28 January 1985 (reissued 1992) | Chart = UK #24<br> UK #16 (reissue) | Type = Single | ArtistType = The Smiths | Previous = William, It Was Really Nothing | PreviousLink = William, It Was Really Nothing (single) | Next = Shakespeare's Sister | NextLink = Shakespeare's Sister (single) | Reissue = true | ReissueDescription = WEA reissue | ReissuePrevious = This Charming Man (WEA reissue) | ReissuePreviousLink = This Charming Man (single) | ReissueNext = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (WEA release) | ReissueNextLink = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single) }} ==Information== * A studio outtake version of this song (likely the "William..." Italian 12" version) is available on the [[A Nice Bit Of Meat (LP bootleg)|A Nice Bit Of Meat]] bootleg LP. * An instrumental version of this song is available on the [[A Nice Bit Of Meat 2 (LP bootleg)|A Nice Bit Of Meat 2]] bootleg LP. * The Italian 12" version of this song is available on the [[Blessings Of The Highest Order (LP bootleg)|Blessings Of The Highest Order]] bootleg LP, the [[Asleep (CD bootleg)|Asleep]] bootleg CD, [[The Complete BBC Sessions 1983-1986 (CD bootleg)|The Complete BBC Sessions 1983-1986]] bootleg CD, the [[From The One You Left Behind (CD bootleg)|From The One You Left Behind]] bootleg CD and the [[Wilde About The Smiths Unlimited Rarities (CD bootleg)|Wilde About The Smiths Unlimited Rarities]] bootleg CD. ==Track list== ===7" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RT 176] {{tracklist | 01 = How Soon Is Now? | 01link = How Soon Is Now? (single) | 01-duration = 3:41 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Well I Wonder | 02link = Well I Wonder | 02-duration = 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===12" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RTT 176] {{tracklist | 01 = How Soon Is Now? | 01link = How Soon Is Now? (single) | 01-duration = 6:43 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Well I Wonder | 02link = Well I Wonder | 02-duration = 4:00 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = Oscillate Wildly | 03link = Oscillate Wildly | 03-duration = 3:26 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===US 12" Vinyl=== US - [Sire 0-20284] {{tracklist | 01 = How Soon Is Now? | 01link = How Soon Is Now? (single) | 01-duration = 6:43 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Girl Afraid | 02link = Girl Afraid | 02-duration = 2:46 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = How Soon Is Now? | 03link = How Soon Is Now? (single) | 03app = (edit) | 03-duration = 3:43 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===7" Vinyl Re-issue=== UK - [WEA YZ 0002] {{tracklist | 01 = How Soon Is Now? | 01link = How Soon Is Now? (single) | 01-duration = 6:43 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Hand In Glove | 02link = Hand In Glove (single) | 02-duration = 3:10 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===CD 1 Re-issue=== UK - [WEA YZ0002CD1] {{tracklist | 01 = How Soon Is Now? | 01link = How Soon Is Now? (single) | 01app = (edit) | 01-duration = 3:39 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = The Queen Is Dead | 02link = The Queen Is Dead (song) | 02-duration = 6:06 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = Handsome Devil | 03link = Handsome Devil | 03-duration = 2:46 (Morrissey/Marr) | 04 = I Started Something I Couldn't Finish | 04link = I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (single) | 04-duration = 3:47 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===CD 2 Re-issue=== UK - [WEA YZ0002CD2] {{tracklist | 01 = I Know It's Over | 01link = I Know It's Over | 01-duration = 5:49 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Suffer Little Children | 02link = Suffer Little Children | 02-duration = 5:29 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = Back To The Old House | 03link = Back To The Old House | 03-duration = 3:04 (Morrissey/Marr) | 04 = How Soon Is Now? | 04link = How Soon Is Now? (single) | 04-duration = 6:43 (Morrissey/Marr) }} == Lyrics == <poem> I am the son and the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular You shut your mouth! How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am Human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does I am the son and the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular You shut your mouth! How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am Human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does There's a club, if you'd like to go You could meet somebody who really loves you So you go, and you stand on your own And you leave on your own And you go home, and you cry and you want to die When you say it's gonna happen "now" Well, when exactly do you mean? See, I've already waited too long And all my hope is gone You shut your mouth! How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am Human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does </poem> == Sleeve Artwork == <gallery perrow="6"> File:How-Soon-Is-Now.jpg | Cover art. (1985) File:HowsoonUS12.jpg | US 12" cover art. (1985) File:Howsoon1992.jpg | Reissue cover art. (1992) </gallery> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpILIIo9ek</youtube> ===Credits=== *[[Sire Records]] Promo Film {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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