It's Over (single)

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MORRISSEY Single
Name	It's Over
Release	24 January 2020
Total Length	2:52
Recorded	Fall 2018
Writer/composer	Roy Orbison/Bill Dees
Producer	Joe Chiccarelli
Art work	Cover star: Robert Mitchum still from The Lusty Men (1952)
Vinyl Etching	No matrix message 'Rodeo' instead of 'Side B' on the record
Publisher	Étienne / BMG
Format(s)	Digital Download, 7" Blue Vinyl
Chart position	UK Vinyl Chart #1
Single chronology
Bobby, Don't You Think They Know? ← It's Over → Love Is On Its Way Out

Information

Backing vocals: LP (Laura Pergolizzi).

Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - [Étienne ‎– 538559871]

1. It's Over – 2:52 (Bill Dees, Roy Orbison)
2. It Happens Every Time – 2:00 (Tim Buckley)

Lyrics

Your baby doesn't love you anymore
Golden days before they end
Whisper secrets to the wind
Your baby won't be near you any more

Tender nights before they fly
Send falling stars that seem to cry
Your baby doesn't want you anymore
It's over

It breaks your heart in two, To know she's been untrue
But oh what will you do? Then she said to you
There's someone new We're through We're through
It's over It's over It's over

All the rainbows in the sky
Start to weep, then say goodbye
You won't be seeing rainbows any more
Setting suns before they fall, Echo to you that's all that's all
But you'll see lonely sunset after all

It's over It's over It's over It's over

Release Information

Due to the complicated and protracted circumstances around this release, it has its own dedicated release information timeline.
See:
It's Over - Release History Timeline

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0

Appears On

• California Son
• It's Over (single)

Mentioned In

• Roy Orbison
• California Son - Release Information (February 26, 2019)
• EXCLUSIVE: Morrissey - Music-News.com (May 27, 2019)
• The Interview. A LARKS' TONGUE IN APRIL. - Morrissey Central (June 24, 2019)
• New Single. - Release Information (September 18, 2019)
• Update. - Release Information (October 1, 2019)
• BMG - Release Information (October 9, 2019)
• … AND ‘IT’S OVER’ CAME TUMBLING AFTER. - Morrissey Central (December 20, 2019)
• IT’S OVER, - Release Information (January 1, 2020)
• IT BREAKS YOUR HEART IN TWO - Release Information (January 2, 2020)
• SETTING SUNS BEFORE THEY FALL ECHO TO YOU ‘THAT’S ALL, THAT’S ALL’ … - Release Information (January 22, 2020)
• Turning The Inside Out. - Morrissey Central (July 5, 2021)

Discogs Information

Credits

• Mixed By - Ken Sluiter
• Producer - Joe Chiccarelli

Notes

Issued in a side opening card sleeve. The vinyl is translucent to strong light Copies may come shrink-wrapped.

Slated for a 10th January 2020 release by online retailers Signed copies were also sold at the merch stand for Viva Moz Vegas concerts in Caesars Palace , Las Vegas 2021.

Images

• It's Over - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/1656768
• It's Over (7" 45 RPM Single Stereo Cyan) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/14549480-Morrissey-Featuring-LP-Its-Over

Wikipedia Information

"It's Over" is an American song composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees and sung by Orbison. The single was produced by Fred Foster and engineered by Bill Porter. "It's Over" typifies the operatic rock ballad. The song also appears on Orbison's 1964 album More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special. Billboard said of the song that "the drama-ballad king scores again with pathos and chorus and strings that build, build, build." Cash Box described it as "a throbbing, martial beat-like lover's lament that once again builds to a big finish" and praised the instrumental arrangement by Bill Justis.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Over_(Roy_Orbison_song)

Related Forum Threads

• LP interview in Repubblica.it mentions "It's Over" duet on "California Son", meeting Morrissey - Morrissey-solo (Dec 10, 2018)
• "It's Over" (Roy Orbison cover) posted on Spotify; "California Son" sleeve revealed - Morrissey-solo (Feb 25, 2019)
• "It's Over" - physical release & cover art - Morrissey Central (26 Feb, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Feb 26, 2019)
• New unofficial video by Ariadne Rimbaud "It's Over"; linked on Morrissey Central - Morrissey-solo (Mar 27, 2019)
• MozCentral: New Single - "It's Over" / "It Happens Every Time"; "Lady Willpower" scrapped - Morrissey-solo (Sep 18, 2019)
• BMG have decided against releasing 'It's Over' as a single - Morrissey Central - Morrissey-solo (Oct 01, 2019)
• Morrissey Central: "BMG" (October 9, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Oct 09, 2019)
• Morrissey Central: "HOLD ON, IT’S COMING" (October 11, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Oct 11, 2019)
• Morrissey Central: "IT'S STARTING" - It's Over cover art & blue vinyl (October 12, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Oct 14, 2019)
• "It's Over" 7" vinyl appears on Italian record sites with Dec. 13, 2019 release date, updated sleeve - Morrissey-solo (Nov 14, 2019)
• Morrissey Central: " IT’S … SOMEWHERE" (November 22nd 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Nov 22, 2019)
• Morrissey Central: "… AND ‘IT’S OVER’ CAME TUMBLING AFTER" (December 20, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Dec 20, 2019)
• Morrissey Central: "Miracle" (December 25, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Dec 25, 2019)
• Morrissey's It's Over enters vinyl singles chart at number 2 - Morrissey-solo (Dec 27, 2019)
• Morrissey Central: "Morrissey Single" (December 28, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Dec 28, 2019)
• [Morrissey Central] "IT'S OVER, IT'S UNDER, IT'S SIDEWAYS, IT'S DOWN" (January 1, 2020) - Morrissey-solo (Jan 01, 2020)
• [Morrissey Central] "IT BREAKS YOUR HEART IN TWO" (January 2, 2020) - Morrissey-solo (Jan 02, 2020)
• [Morrissey Central] "Roy Orbison" (January 2, 2020) - Morrissey-solo (Jan 02, 2020)
• [Morrissey Central] "'It's Over' is number 1" (January 6, 2020) - Morrissey-solo (Jan 06, 2020)
• "It's Over" b/w "It Happens Every Time" blue vinyl 7" released (UK Jan. 24, 2020; HMV-Dec 20, 2019) - Morrissey-solo (Dec 20, 2019)
• [Morrissey Central] "SETTING SUNS BEFORE THEY FALL ECHO TO YOU ‘THAT’S ALL, THAT’S ALL’…" - Morrissey-solo (Jan 22, 2020)
• Morrissey A-Z: "It's Over" - Morrissey-solo (May 04, 2021)