Bigmouth Strikes Again
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| Single by The Smiths | |||||
| from the album The Queen Is Dead | |||||
| Released | May 19, 1986 | ||||
| Format | 7", 12" | ||||
| Recorded | Autumn 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 3:14 | ||||
| Label | Rough Trade | ||||
| Writer(s) | Johnny Marr Morrissey |
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| Producer | Morrissey and Johnny Marr | ||||
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"Bigmouth Strikes Again" is a song by The Smiths. It appears on their third album The Queen Is Dead and was the lead single from the album, reaching #26 in the UK Singles Chart in 1986. It was also the closing song on The Smiths' only live album, Rank.
Since the breakup of The Smiths, Morrissey has performed this song live, including it on his Live at Earls Court (2005).
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[edit] Music and lyrics
The lyrics describe the protagonist's frustration of being hounded by others for his comments, to which he replies "I was only joking" and he compares himself to Joan of Arc as she was being burned.
The high-pitched voice in the background is actually Morrissey's, but credited as Ann Coates. Ancoats is the area of Manchester from which the band originated.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] 7": Rough Trade / RT192 (UK)
- "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
- "Money Changes Everything"
[edit] 12": Rough Trade / RTT192 (UK)
- "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
- "Money Changes Everything"
- "Unloveable"
[edit] Etchings on vinyl
- UK 7" and 12": BEWARE THE WRATH TO COME / TALENT BORROWS, GENIUS STEALS
The A-side etching was seen on a banner in Hobson's Choice, one of Morrissey's most loved films. The B-side etching is a line from Oscar Wilde.
[edit] Artwork
The single contained a photograph of James Dean by Nelva Jean Thomas. James Dean is an idol to Morrissey, who even wrote a book about him entitled James Dean is not Dead.
[edit] Covers
The song is covered by Placebo, who substitute the words "Discman" and "Mega Drive" for "Walkman" and "Hearing aid". It appears as a B-side to "Nancy Boy", as well as on Disc 2 of the Sleeping with Ghosts special edition and on the various artists compilation The Smiths Is Dead. "Bigmouth Strikes Again" has also been covered by Treepeople, The Entertainment System, Slapshot, and The Ukrainians (under the title "Batyar"). Chumbawamba also recorded a song by this title, which is mistakenly described in The Great Rock Discography as being a Smiths cover.
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