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===Credits===
===Credits===
*Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 24 November 1983
*Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 24 November 1983

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Reissue cover art
THE SMITHS Single
Name This Charming Man
Release 28 October 1983[1]

3 August 1992 (UK CD1 re-issue)[1]
10 August 1992 (UK CD2 re-issue)[1]

Total Length 2:41
Recorded October, 1983
Writer/composer Morrissey/Marr
Producer John Porter
Art work Jean Marais in "Orphée" (1950)
Vinyl Etching SLAP ME ON THE PATIO (7" B-side)
WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET (12" A-side)
Publisher Rough Trade Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #25
UK #8 (1992 Reissue)
Single chronology
Hand In Glove
This Charming Man
What Difference Does It Make?

Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RT 136]

  1. This Charming Man – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Jeane – 3:02 (Morrissey/Marr)

12" Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136]

  1. This Charming Man (Manchester) – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. This Charming Man (London) – 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Accept Yourself – 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Wonderful Woman – 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr)

12" New York Mix Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136 NY]
Remixed by Francois Kervorkian

  1. This Charming Man (New York Vocal) – 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. This Charming Man (New York Instrumental) – 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr)

CD Single 1

UK - [WEA YZ0001CD1]

  1. This Charming Man (Manchester) – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. This Charming Man (London) – 2:47 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Wonderful Woman – 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Accept Yourself – 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)

CD Single 2

UK - [WEA YZ0001CD2]

  1. This Charming Man (Manchester) – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. This Charming Man (London) – 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. This Charming Man (New York Vocal) – 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. This Charming Man (New York Instrumental) – 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. This Charming Man (Peel Session) – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
  6. This Charming Man (Single Remix) – 2:44 (Morrissey/Marr)
  7. This Charming Man (Original Single Version) – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)

Lyrics

Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate

Will Nature make a man of me yet? When in this charming car This charming man

Why pamper life's complexity When the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?

I would go out tonight But I haven't got a stitch to wear This man said: "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"

A jumped-up pantry boy Who never knew his place He said - "Return the ring" He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things

I would go out tonight But I haven't got a stitch to wear This man said: "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"

This charming man This charming man

A jumped-up pantry boy Who never knew his place He said - "Return the ring" He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things

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Music Video


Credits

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 95

The Smiths live history:

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The Smiths live history - played in concert twice:

Play count (Morrissey concert): 115

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Appears On

Appears On Covers Compilation

Cover Versions

Related Items

References And Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Smiths Discography compiled by Stephane Daigle. It May All End Tomorrow. Retrieved from [1].