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Cover art

MORRISSEY song
Name	Margaret On The Guillotine
Album/single	Viva Hate
Length	3:42
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Stephen Street
Producer	Stephen Street
Release	March 1988
Recorded	Autumn-Winter 1987

Information

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

The song's title pre-dates the song's recording as it was also the proposed initial title of The Queen Is Dead as asserted by [Rhino Records]

'Produced by Morrissey and Johnny Marr in conjunction with engineer Stephen Street, who’d proven his mettle on Meat is Murder, the process of recording The Queen is Dead began with the album tentatively set to be called Margaret on the Guillotine, a title which – as fans of Viva Hate well know – Morrissey recycled a few years down the line.'

Lyrics

The kind people
Have a wonderful dream
Margaret on the guillotine

Because people like you
Make me feel so tired
When will you die?
When will you die?
When will you die?
When will you die?
When will you die?

And people like you
Make me feel so old inside
Please die...

And kind people
Do not shelter this dream
Make it real

Make the dream real
Make the dream real
Make it real
Make the dream real
Make it real

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0

Appears On

Viva Hate

Related Forum Threads

Morrissey A-Z: "Margaret on the Guillotine" - Morrissey-solo (Jun 06, 2021)

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+| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Stephen Street]]
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+| Producer = [[Producer::Stephen Street]]
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 '''Margaret On The Guillotine''' 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's title pre-dates the song's recording as it was also the proposed initial title of [[The Queen Is Dead]] as asserted by [[https://www.rhino.com/article/happy-anniversary-the-smiths-the-queen-is-dead Rhino Records]]
+<blockquote>
-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.
+'Produced by Morrissey and Johnny Marr in conjunction with engineer Stephen Street, who’d proven his mettle on Meat is Murder, the process of recording The Queen is Dead began with the album tentatively set to be called Margaret on the Guillotine, a title which – as fans of Viva Hate well know – Morrissey recycled a few years down the line.'
+</blockquote>
-===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.
-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
+<poem>
-|The kind people
+The kind people
 Have a wonderful dream
 Margaret on the guillotine
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 Make the dream real
 Make it real
-}}
+</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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