You're The One For Me, Fatty (single)

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MORRISSEY Single
Name You're The One For Me, Fatty
Release 6 July 1992
Total Length 2:58
Recorded Spring 1992
Writer/composer Morrissey/Alain Whyte
Producer Mick Ronson
Art work Photo: Linder Sterling (front)
Photo: Gareth Brown (rear)
Designland, Eddie Riff, Jo Slee
Vinyl Etching No Matrix message
Publisher HMV_Records
Format(s) 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #19
Single chronology
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
You're The One For Me, Fatty
Tomorrow

Information

Morrissey made a statement on June 8, 2021 which stated this song was not about Chas Smash (AKA "Cathal Smyth").

Alain Whyte said of the song:

Fatty! Mozzer asked me to come up with an idea like The Ramones Want To Be Your Boyfriend. It also has a feel, accidentally, like Saturday's Kids by The Jam.".

Quote via Your Arsenal Twitter Listening Party (April 26, 2020).
"E. Riff" in the credits is Morrissey.

Track list

7" Vinyl

[HMV POP1630]

  1. You're The One For Me, Fatty – 2:56 (Morrissey/Whyte)
  2. Pashernate Love – 2:22 (Morrissey/Whyte)

12" Vinyl, CD

[HMV 12POP1630, HMV CDPOP1630]

  1. You're The One For Me, Fatty – 2:56 (Morrissey/Whyte)
  2. Pashernate Love – 2:22 (Morrissey/Whyte/Day)
  3. There Speaks A True Friend – 2:22 (Morrissey/Whyte)

Lyrics

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way

All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair
All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way

All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair
All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one for me

Music Video

Credits

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 209

Morrissey live history:

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Discogs Information

Credits

  • Engineer - Peter Jones (2)
  • Performer [Played By] - Alain Whyte
  • Performer [Played By] - Boz Boorer
  • Performer [Played By] - Gary Day
  • Performer [Played By] - Spencer Cobrin
  • Photography By [Front Cover] - Linder Sterling
  • Photography By [Scooter Boys] - Gareth Brown
  • Producer - Mick Ronson
  • Sleeve - E. Riff
  • Sleeve [Articulated By] - Jo Slee
  • Sleeve [Manifested By] - Designland
  • Written-By - Alain Whyte
  • Written-By - Gary Day
  • Written-By - Morrissey

Notes

Blue labels with black text. Issued in a side opening gloss card sleeve, spine with text. Copies may come with a polylined white paper inner showing DRG Malago.

Images

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Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

This is a His Master's Voice 10" DJ promo with the same track on both sides housed in a replica old fashioned HMV POP sleeve with titles of old HMV singles listed on the back of the sleeve.

Side A plays at 78rpm and side B at 45rpm.

Made in Gt. Britain Runouts are etched.

Images

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Wikipedia Information

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"You're the One for Me, Fatty" is a single by Morrissey released in July 1992. It was taken from the then-unreleased Your Arsenal album and was the second Morrissey single to be co-written with Alain Whyte and produced by glam rock legend Mick Ronson. The title is a pun on the Marvelettes' song "You Are the One for Me, Bobby". The track reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.

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