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| Name = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
| Name = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
| Total Length = 3:35
| Total Length = 3:35
| Recorded = Fallout Shelter, Hammersmith, London
| Recorded = Fallout Shelter, Hammersmith, London<br>March 1984
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
| Producer = [[John Porter]]
| Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]]
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art = [[Viv Nicholson]]
| Art = [[Mention::Viv Nicholson]]<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]]  
| Vinyl Etching = SMITHS INDEED (7" A-side)<br>ILL FOREVER (7" B-side)<br> SMITHS PRESUMABLY (12" A-side)<br>FOREVER ILL (12" B-side)
| Vinyl Etching = SMITHS INDEED (7" A-side)<br>ILL FOREVER (7" B-side)<br> SMITHS PRESUMABLY (12" A-side)<br>FOREVER ILL (12" B-side)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
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| Type = Single
| Type = Single
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| Previous = This Charming Man
| Previous = Hand In Glove (Sandie Shaw release)
| PreviousLink = This Charming Man (single)
| PreviousLink = Hand In Glove (single)
| Next = William, It Was Really Nothing
| Next = William, It Was Really Nothing
| NextLink = William, It Was Really Nothing (single)
| NextLink = William, It Was Really Nothing (single)
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==Information==
==Information==
===Recording===
===Release===


==Track list==
==Track list==
===7" Vinyl===
===7" Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
UK - [Rough Trade RT 156]
US - []
 
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===12" Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
US - []  


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| 01 = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
| 01link =  
| 01link = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (single)
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| 01-duration = 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 =  
| 02 = Suffer Little Children
| 02link =  
| 02link = Suffer Little Children
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02-duration = 5:27 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 =
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===CD Single===
===12" Vinyl / CD===
UK - []
UK - [Rough Trade RTT 156 / RTT 156CD]


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| 01 =  
| 01 = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
| 01link =  
| 01link = Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (single)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01-duration = 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 =  
| 02 = Girl Afraid
| 02link =  
| 02link = Girl Afraid
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02-duration = 2:46 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 =  
| 03 = Suffer Little Children
| 03link =  
| 03link = Suffer Little Children
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = 5:27 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 =
| 04link =
| 04-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


{{lyrics
<poem>
|I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But Heaven knows I'm miserable now
But Heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
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Oh, why do I give valuable time
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or I die?  
To people who don't care if I live or I die?  
 
</poem>
}}
 
==Personnel==
 
 
== Sleeve Artwork ==
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==Music Video==
==Music Video==
[[Video:Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (TOTP, 31 May 1984)|640px]]
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPhzgxe3L0</youtube>
 
===Credits===
===Credits===
*Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 31 May 1984
*Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 31 May 1984
===Credits===


==Live History==
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== Related Items ==
 
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 15:11, 2 February 2023

Cover art
THE SMITHS Single
Name Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Release 21 May 1984
Total Length 3:35
Recorded Fallout Shelter, Hammersmith, London
March 1984
Writer/composer Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer John Porter
Art work Viv Nicholson
Layout: Caryn Gough
Vinyl Etching SMITHS INDEED (7" A-side)
ILL FOREVER (7" B-side)
SMITHS PRESUMABLY (12" A-side)
FOREVER ILL (12" B-side)
Publisher Rough Trade Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #10
Single chronology
Hand In Glove (Sandie Shaw release)
←
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
→
William, It Was Really Nothing

Information

Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RT 156]

  1. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now – 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Suffer Little Children – 5:27 (Morrissey/Marr)

12" Vinyl / CD

UK - [Rough Trade RTT 156 / RTT 156CD]

  1. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now – 3:34 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Girl Afraid – 2:46 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Suffer Little Children – 5:27 (Morrissey/Marr)

Lyrics

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But Heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And Heaven knows I'm miserable now

In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or I die?

Two lovers entwined pass me by
And Heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And Heaven knows I'm miserable now

In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or I die?

What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed!
"You've been in the house too long" she said
And I naturally fled

In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye?

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But Heaven knows I'm miserable now
"Oh, you've been in the house too long" she said
And I naturally fled

In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or I die?

Music Video

Credits

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 107

The Smiths live history:

... further results

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0


Appears On

Appears On Covers Compilation

Cover Versions

Discogs Information

Credits

  • Bass Guitar [The Bass Guitar] - Andy Rourke
  • Drums [The Drums] - Mike Joyce
  • Engineer - Bob Potter
  • Guitar [Guitars], Music By - Johnny Marr
  • Layout - Caryn Gough
  • Model [Cover Star] - Vivian Nicholson
  • Producer - John Porter
  • Voice, Words By, Sleeve - Morrissey
  • Written-By - Johnny Marr
  • Written-By - Morrissey

Notes

Paper labels, the colour of which co-ordinates with the sleeve. Four prong push-out centre. Side opening flipback card sleeve with a gloss finish and with a die cut thumb section.

Labels: © 1984 Warner Bros. Music Side B: From the ROUGH TRADE album "The Smiths" (Rough 61)

Back cover: Cover star: VIV NICHOLSON shot from SPEND SPEND SPEND (V Nicholson and Steven Smith) Photograph by courtesy of Syndication International Layout [...] at Ai Recorded at Matrix (London) Feb 1984 ℗ © 1984 ROUGH TRADE RECORDS Ltd.

Runouts: - Runouts are stamped except for the hand-etched 'SMITHS INDEED' and 'ILL FOREVER' - Variant 1 (side B): '1-1-1G' in reverse

Images

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Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Cover Star: Viv Nicholson shot from Spend Spend Spend (V Nicholson and Steven Smith) Photograph by courtesy of Syndication International Recorded at Matrix (London), Feb 1984

B2 taken from the Rough Trade Album "[r=370207]" (Rough 61)

© 1984 Warner Bros. Music ℗ © 1984 Rough Trade Records Ltd

Female vocals "Annalisa Jablonska" and the Engineers "Phil Bush", "Neill King" are not credited on this release. "John Porter" is credited as producer on back cover in general (not only for tracks A and B1). Sleeve has an orange spine (as opposed to the withdrawn release which has a white spine).

Runouts: - Runouts are hand-etched except for the stamped Aston Clinton stamper numbers and letters - Letter 'A' appears as 'Λ'

Images

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Wikipedia Information

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"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" is a song by English rock band the Smiths. Released as a single in May 1984, it reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's first top ten single. It was later included on the November 1984 compilation album Hatful of Hollow and the March 1987 compilation album Louder Than Bombs. The song is listed as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

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