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! colspan="2" | MORRISSEY Song
| Name = The Ordinary Boys
|-
| Album = [[Viva Hate]]
| Name  
| Length = 3:10
| {{{Name |<span class="unknown">The Ordinary Boys</span>}}}
| Writer = Morrissey/Street
|-
| Producer = [[Stephen Street]]  
| Album/Single
| Recorded = Autumn-Winter 1987
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| Release = March 1988
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| Length
| {{{Length |<span class="unknown">3:10</span>}}}
|-
| Recorded
| {{{Recorded |<span class="unknown">Autumn-Winter 1987</span>}}}
|-
| Writer
| {{{Writer |<span class="unknown">Morrissey/Street</span>}}}
|-
| Producer
| {{{Producer |<span class="unknown">[[Stephen Street]]</span>}}}
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[[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]]


==Information==
==Information==
'''The Ordinary Boys''' is a song that appears on [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''. It was co-written and produced by [[Stephen Street]].
'''The Ordinary Boys''' is a song that appears on [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''. It was co-written and produced by [[Stephen Street]].
===Recording===
Recording for ''Viva Hate'' commenced at The Wool Hall studios in Bath, England in early October and would last until late December. Street recruited Durutti Column guitarist [[Vini Reilly]] and session drummer [[Andrew Paresi]] to back Morrissey, with Street himself taking over bass duties.
===Release===
''Viva Hate'' was was released on 14 March 1988 by HMV Records and debuted at #1 on the UK charts.


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


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|Ordinary boys
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Ordinary boys
Happy knowing nothing
Happy knowing nothing
Happy being no one but themselves
Happy being no one but themselves
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Revision as of 20:24, 3 September 2021

Cover art
MORRISSEY song
Name The Ordinary Boys
Album/single Viva Hate
Length 3:10
Writer/composer Morrissey/Street
Producer Stephen Street
Release March 1988
Recorded Autumn-Winter 1987


Information

The Ordinary Boys is a song that appears on Morrissey's debut album, Viva Hate. It was co-written and produced by Stephen Street.

Lyrics

Ordinary boys Happy knowing nothing Happy being no one but themselves

Ordinary girls Supermarket clothes Who think it's very clever to be cruel to you

For you were so different You stood all alone And you knew that it had to be so Avoiding...

Ordinary boys Happy going nowhere Just around here in their rattling cars

Ordinary girls Never seeing further than the cold, small streets that trap them

But you were so different You had to say no When those empty fools Tried to change you and claim you For the lair of their ordinary world

Where they feel so lucky So lucky, so lucky With their lives laid out before them They're lucky, so lucky So lucky, so lucky So...

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