Our Frank (single)

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MORRISSEY Single
Name Our Frank
Release 4 February 1991
Total Length 3:25
Recorded Autumn-Winter 1990
Writer/composer Morrissey/Nevin
Producer Clive Langer
Alan Winstanley
Art work Pennie Smith
Vinyl Etching FREE RON, FREE REG (7" A-side)
DRUNKER QUICKER (7" B-side)
FREE REG, FREE RON (12" A-side)
DRUNKER QUICKER (12" B-side)
Publisher HMV Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #26
Single chronology
Piccadilly Palare
Our Frank
Sing Your Life

Track list

7" Vinyl

[HMV POP1625]

  1. Our Frank – 3:25 (Morrissey/Nevin)
  2. Journalists Who Lie – 4:10 (Morrissey/Nevin)

12" Vinyl

UK - [HMV 12POP1625]
US - [Sire/Reprise 9 40043-0]

  1. Our Frank – 3:25
  2. Journalists Who Lie – 4:10
  3. Tony The Pony – 4:11 (Morrissey/Nevin)

CD

UK - [HMV CDPOP1625]
US - [Sire/Reprise 9 40043-2]

  1. Our Frank – 3:25
  2. Journalists Who Lie – 4:10
  3. Tony The Pony – 4:11

Lyrics

Our frank and open

Deep conversations They get me nowhere They bring me down, so Give it a rest, won't you? Give me a cigarette God give me patience Just no more conversation

Give us a drink And make it quick Or else I'm gonna be sick Sick all over Your frankly vulgar Red pullover Now see how the colours blend

Our frank and open Deep conversations They get me nowhere They just bring me down, so Give it a rest, won't you? Now will you just give over The world may be ending But look, I'm only human

So Give us a drink And make it quick Or else I'm gonna be sick All over Your frankly vulgar Red pullover Now see how the two colours blend My friend Won't somebody...

...Won't somebody stop me From thinking, from thinking all the time About everything Oh, somebody From thinking all the time So deeply So bleakly So bleakly all the time About everything? (Who I am) (How I end up here) (Somebody, somebody, somebody...) Somebody stop me From thinking From thinking all the time So bleakly, so bleakly From thinking all the time

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Music Video

Credits

  • Directed by James Maybury

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 112

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On


Discogs Information

Credits

  • Bass [Basses] - Mark Bedford
  • Coordinator [Art Co-ordination], Artwork [Art Co-ordination] - Jo Slee
  • Design [Sleeve Design], Sleeve [Sleeve Design] - Terrace Stomp
  • Drums - Andrew Paresi
  • Engineer [Assistant Engineers] - Paul Mortimer
  • Engineer [Assistant Engineers] - Simon Metcalf
  • Guitar [Guitars] - Mark E Nevin
  • Harmonium - Steve Heart
  • Layout - Designland
  • Photography By [Photograph] - Pennie Smith
  • Piano - Seamus Beaghen
  • Producer [Produced By] - Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
  • Violin - Nawazish Ali Khan
  • Written-By - Mark E Nevin
  • Written-By - Morrissey
  • Written-By - Stephen Street

Notes

Presented in a side opening gloss sleeve, spine with text. Side A lyrics printed on reverse. Came with a black poly-lined inner sleeve. Durations not printed on labels or cover.

Sleeve printed in England. Manufactured in England [printed on cover back] Made in Gt. Britain [printed on labels]

Publishers: A, B2: Warner Chappell Music Ltd/Copyright Control B1: Warner Chappell Music Ltd/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd

Runouts are stamped except for “free Reg, free Ron” and “DRUNKER QUICKER”, which are etched.

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Wikipedia Information

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"Our Frank" is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in February 1991. It was the first single taken from the Kill Uncle album. It was also the first of his collaborations with Mark Nevin to be released. The single reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart. This was the lowest any Morrissey single had charted since his first release "Suedehead" in 1988. The accompanying video shows Morrissey surrounded by skinheads in a park: the video was not included on the 1992 The Malady Lingers On video compilation. Despite its title, the song lyrics are not about a person named Frank, but rather they describe "frank and open, deep conversations" that get Morrissey nowhere and leave him disheartened. Throughout the song he complains about his frustration, asking his conversation partner to stop and uncharacteristically demanding cigarettes and alcohol to get through the dross. The final verse, however, sees Morrissey singing "Won't somebody stop me from thinking? From thinking all the time, about everything. So deeply, so bleakly..." indicating that the conversations he so dreads are in fact with himself. This introspective twist gives the song a hit of Morrissey's wry wit, but at the same time it displays the dark uniqueness that pervades the album. The lyrics of "Our Frank", along with the brooding music and strange production (Morrissey's voice is overdubbed and echoed) offer some insight into why the album was poorly received and also why some of the songs have become particularly popular with fans.

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