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! colspan="2" | MORRISSEY Song
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| Name = Little Man, What Now?
| Name  
| Album = [[Viva Hate]]
| {{{Name |<span class="unknown">Little Man, What Now?</span>}}}
| Length = 1:48
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| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Stephen Street]]
| Album/Single
| Producer = [[Producer::Stephen Street]]
| {{{Album |<span class="unknown">[[Viva Hate]]</span>}}}{{
| Recorded = Autumn-Winter 1987
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| Length
| {{{Length |<span class="unknown">1:48</span>}}}
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| Recorded
| {{{Recorded |<span class="unknown">Autumn-Winter 1987</span>}}}
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| Writer
| {{{Writer |<span class="unknown">Morrissey/Street</span>}}}
|-
| Producer
| {{{Producer |<span class="unknown">[[Stephen Street]]</span>}}}
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==Information==
==Information==
'''Little Man, What Now?''' is a song that appears on [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''. It was co-written and produced by [[Stephen Street]].
'''Little Man, What Now?''' is a song that appears on [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] debut album, ''[[Viva Hate]]''. It was co-written and produced by [[Stephen Street]].


===Recording===
The song is said to derive its title from the novel "Little Man, What Now?" by German author Hans Fallada (1932).
 
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.
 
===Re-releases===


EMI, in celebration of their 100th anniversary, released a special edition of ''Viva Hate'' in the UK in 1997. In addition to featuring brand new artwork, including a new cover shot by Eamonn McCabe, the Centenary Edition features 8 bonus tracks — only one of which was contemporaneous with the album. Surprisingly, "[[Hairdresser On Fire]]" does not appear on this version despite originally appearing on the North American version of the album as a bonus track.
Read more at: https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/meaning-little-man-now-morrissey/
 
On 02 April 2012, a newly remastered special edition of ''Viva Hate'', supervised by Stephen Street, was released. Controversially, Morrissey chose to omit one of the album's original tracks, "[[The Ordinary Boys]]," and include the session demo "[[Treat Me Like A Human Being]]." In addition to the track list changes, the intro and extended fadeout of "[[Late Night, Maudlin Street]]" has been edited. The original album artwork was restored for this release, however, the typeface font on the front cover has been changed, as was the case with the 2011 [[Bona Drag]] remaster.


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


{{lyrics
<poem>
|An afternoon nostalgia  
An afternoon nostalgia  
Television show
Television show
You spoke in silhouette  
You spoke in silhouette  
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Oh, but I remembered you
Oh, but I remembered you
I remembered you
I remembered you
}}
</poem>
 
==Personnel==
 
* [[Morrissey]] - Vocals <br>
* [[Vini Reilly]] - [[Guitarists|Guitars]], [[Keyboardists|Keyboards]]<br>
* [[Stephen Street]] - [[Bassists|Bass guitar]], guitars<br>
* [[Andrew Paresi]] - [[Drummers|Drums]]<br>
* John Metcalfe - Viola<br>
* Fenella Barton - Violin<br>
* Mark Davies - Cello<br>
* Richard Koster - Violin<br>
* Robert Wollard - Cello<br>
* Rachel Maguire - Cello<br>
* [[Producers|Producer]] - Stephen Street<br>
* Assistant Engineer - Steve Williams<br>
* Art co-ordination - [[Jo Slee]]<br>
* Layout - Caryn Gough<br>
* Photography - [[Anton Corbijn]]<br>
* Photography - Steve Wright<br>
 


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Latest revision as of 13:30, 3 November 2022

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MORRISSEY song
Name Little Man, What Now?
Album/single Viva Hate
Length 1:48
Writer/composer Morrissey / Stephen Street
Producer Stephen Street
Recorded Autumn-Winter 1987


Information

Little Man, What Now? is a song that appears on Morrissey's debut album, Viva Hate. It was co-written and produced by Stephen Street.

The song is said to derive its title from the novel "Little Man, What Now?" by German author Hans Fallada (1932).

Read more at: https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/meaning-little-man-now-morrissey/

Lyrics

An afternoon nostalgia
Television show
You spoke in silhouette
But, they couldn't name you
Though the panel were very polite to you

But I remembered you
Friday nights 1969
ATV - you murdered every line
Too old to be a child star
Too young to take leads
Four seasons passed
And they AXED you

Nervous juvenile
- WON'T SMILE! -
What became of you?
Did that swift eclipse torture you?
A star at eighteen and then-suddenly gone
Down to a few lines on the back page
Of a faded annual
Oh, but I remembered you
I remembered you

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