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"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and lead vocalist Morrissey. Featured on the band's third studio album The Queen Is Dead (1986), it was not released as a single in the United Kingdom until 1992, five years after their split, to promote the compilation album ...
This song was number 80 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The cover received a mixed review from musicOMH reviewer Jenny Cole, who remarked that the notion of " discoing up a Smiths track" was a "travesty", and queried that " Morrissey would no doubt hate the idea of someone who has previously worked with ...
The Smiths: 1984 [29] "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" # Johnny Marr Morrissey: Louder Than Bombs (B-side to "Sheila Take a Bow") 1987 [26] [34] "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" ‡ Johnny Marr Morrissey: Meat Is Murder: 1985 [21] "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" ‡ Johnny Marr Morrissey: The Queen Is Dead: 1986 [22] "These Things Take Time ...
Hatful of Hollow is a compilation album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 2 November 1984 [11] by Rough Trade Records.The album features tracks from BBC Radio 1 sessions, their first single "Hand in Glove" (a different mix of which had been included on their first album) and two new singles and their B-sides.
Billboard ranked the song as the band's second best, [14] while NME named it the band's fourth best. [15] Paste called it the band's tenth best, [16] while Louder included it in their unranked top ten, writing, "This could be their most iconic song." [17] Rolling Stone ranked it as the Smiths' 13th best, writing, " 'Bigmouth' was the funniest ...
Rank is the only official live album by English band The Smiths. It was released a year after the band’s breakup, in September 1988, through Rough Trade Records, and reached No. 2 in the British charts. In the United States, the album was released on Sire Records and made No. 77.
According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, by Alfred Music Publishing, the song is written in the key of G major, and moves at a tempo of 167 beats per minute. The general chord progression of the song is made from the progression G - Am - C - D. Morrissey's vocals in the song span from the note of G 4 to the note of E 5. [4]
WEA (now the Warner Music Group) had acquired the entire Smiths back catalogue in early 1992 (sister label Sire Records already had the North American rights). Along with the re-release of the eight original albums (the four studio albums, the Rank live album and the three compilation albums issued while the band were still active), they immediately set to work compiling a 'best of' collection ...