What Difference Does It Make?

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"What Difference Does It Make?"
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"What Difference Does It Make?" is a 1984 single by British band The Smiths. The single version can be found on the band's self-titled debut album The Smiths. A different version recorded for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio One is featured on the compilation album Hatful of Hollow.

Morrissey has stated that "What Difference Does It Make?" is among his least favourite Smiths songs.[2] However, it became one of the band's first significant chart hits, peaking at #12 in the UK.

The song is recognized by the opening riff by guitarist Johnny Marr and the falsetto by Morrissey towards the end of the song.

Cover artwork

The single cover is a photograph taken on the set of the film The Collector (but not depicted in the actual film), based on the novel by John Fowles. Originally Terence Stamp denied permission for the still to be used, and some pressings featured lead singer Morrissey in a re-enacted scene. In the re-enactment Morrissey is holding a glass of milk, as opposed to a chloroform pad in the original. Eventually, however, Stamp changed his mind, and the covers featuring Morrissey are now very rare and collectible. The song was performed by Neil Diamond at several U.S concerts.

Music video

"What Difference Does It Make?" was released without an accompanying music video. Speaking to Tony Fletcher on The Tube in 1984, Morrissey remarked that he felt that the video market was something that was going to "die very quickly", and that he wanted to "herald the death" of it.[3]

Track listing

7" RT146
No.TitleLength
1."What Difference Does It Make?" (single edit)3:25
2."Back to the Old House"3:04
  • in original green sleeve
12" RTT146/CD RTT146CD
No.TitleLength
1."What Difference Does It Make?"3:50
2."Back to the Old House"3:04
3."These Things Take Time"2:20

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ "What Difference Does it Make rating". Allmusic. Retrieved on 29 October 2012.
  2. ^ Critical Discography - What Difference Does It Make?
  3. ^ The Tube interview with Tony Fletcher 27 January 1984. Channel 4. The Haçienda, Manchester

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