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| Total Length = 2:20
| Total Length = 2:20
| Recorded = May 1986
| Recorded = May 1986
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]]
| Producer = [[John Porter]]  
| Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]]  
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art = Cover star: [[Richard Bradford]] in 'The Man In A Suitcase' series (1967)
| Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Richard Bradford]] in the [[Mention::Man In A Suitcase]] TV series (1967)<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]]
| Vinyl Etching = I DREAMT ABOUT STEW LAST NIGHT  <br>UK 7" & 12" (A-side only)<br>HANG THEM HIGH MONIKA<br>German 12" (A & B-side)  
| Vinyl Etching = I DREAMT ABOUT STEW LAST NIGHT  <br>UK 7" & 12" (A-side only)<br>HANG THEM HIGH MONIKA<br>German 12" (A & B-side)  
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD, <br>Cassette (Brazil only)
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD, <br>Cassette (Brazil only)
| Release = July 1986
| Release = Vinyl - 21 July 1986<br>CD - late 1988
| Chart = UK #11
| Chart = UK #11
| Type = Single
| Type = Single
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== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
{{Lyrics
<poem>
|
Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
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Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ
}}
</poem>


==Music Video==
==Music Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMykYSQaG_c</youtube>
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMykYSQaG_c</youtube>
===Credits===
* Directed by [[Director::Derek Jarman]]


==Eurotube 1986==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkM5Qy2KbA</youtube>
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkM5Qy2KbA</youtube>


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Latest revision as of 15:15, 2 February 2023

Cover art
THE SMITHS Single
Name Panic
Release Vinyl - 21 July 1986
CD - late 1988
Total Length 2:20
Recorded May 1986
Writer/composer Morrissey / Johnny Marr
Producer John Porter
Art work Cover star: Richard Bradford in the Man In A Suitcase TV series (1967)
Layout: Caryn Gough
Vinyl Etching I DREAMT ABOUT STEW LAST NIGHT
UK 7" & 12" (A-side only)
HANG THEM HIGH MONIKA
German 12" (A & B-side)
Publisher Rough Trade Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD,
Cassette (Brazil only)
Chart position UK #11
Single chronology
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Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RT 193]

  1. Panic – 2:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Vicar In A Tutu – 2:21 (Morrissey/Marr)

12" Vinyl / CD

UK - [Rough Trade RTT 193 / RTT 193CD]

  1. Panic – 2:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Vicar In A Tutu – 2:21 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. The Draize Train – 5:08 (Marr)

Lyrics

Panic on the streets of London
Panic on the streets of Birmingham
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again?
The Leeds side-streets that you slip down
I wonder to myself

Hopes may rise on the Grasmere
But honey pie, you're not safe here
So you run down to the safety of the town
But there's panic on the streets of Carlisle
Dublin, Dundee, Humberside
I wonder to myself

Burn down the disco
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music that they constantly play
It says nothing to me about my life
Hang the blessed DJ
Because the music they constantly play

On the Leeds side-streets that you slip down
Provincial towns you jog 'round

Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ
Hang the DJ, hang the DJ

Music Video

Credits

Eurotube 1986

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 38

The Smiths live history:

... further results

Play count (Morrissey concert): 81

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

Appears On Covers Compilation

Cover Versions

Mentioned In

Discogs Information

Credits

  • Bass Guitar - Andy Rourke
  • Drums - Mike Joyce
  • Engineer - Kenny Jones (3)
  • Guitar - Johnny Marr
  • Guitar [Second] - Craig Gannon
  • Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young
  • Layout - Caryn Gough
  • Model [Cover Star] - Richard Bradford (5)
  • Producer - John Porter
  • Sleeve, Voice - Morrissey
  • Songwriter [Songs Written By] - Johnny Marr
  • Songwriter [Songs Written By] - Morrissey

Notes

Some copies came with free 'Panic', 'Hang The DJ' and 'Smiths' sticker sheet.

Labels: © 1986 Warner Bros. Music Ltd. Made in England B-Side: Taken from the LP '[r=494927]'

Sleeve: Recorded at Livingston North London Mastered at CBS Music published by Warner Brothers Special thanks to Jo Slee Cover star: Richard Bradford © ITC Entertainment Ltd [Bradford was the star in a program called 'Man In A Suitcase']

Images

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Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Black vinyl. Also available as transparent blue vinyl under same catalogue number.

Recorded at Livingston, North London Mastered at CBS

Cover Star: Richard Bradford © ITC Entertainment Ltd

Etchings on vinyl: Side A+B: HANG THEM HIGH MONIKA

Made in Germany ℗&© 1986 BPM: 132

Images

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Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Originally released July 1986 on 12".

Recorded at Livingston, North London. Mastered at CBS. Cover Star © ITC Entertainment Ltd.

℗ 1988 Rough Trade Records Ltd. © 1986 Warner Bros. Music Ltd.

Made in England

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Wikipedia Information

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"Panic" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, released in 1986 and written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. The first recording to feature new member Craig Gannon, "Panic" bemoans the state of contemporary pop music, exhorting listeners to "burn down the disco" and "hang the DJ" in retaliation. The song was released by Rough Trade as a single and reached No. 7 on the Irish Singles Chart and No. 11 in the UK Chart. Morrissey considered the song's appearance on daytime British radio a "tiny revolution" in its own way, as it aired amongst the very music it criticised. Morrissey later gave a controversial interview for Melody Maker about the song's subject matter, which spurred allegations of latent racism in the lyrics and allusions to the Disco Sucks campaign of the 1970s, which some commentators at the time accused of being motivated by racism. This was strongly denied by the Smiths, who also claimed that the interview had grossly misquoted Morrissey. The affair led to debate about the song's meaning, including more recent speculation that it is in fact about Jimmy Savile and his then-veiled sexual abuse. It was later included in the compilation albums The World Won't Listen and Louder Than Bombs (both 1987).

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