My Love Life (single)

Cover art

Japan EP cover art

MORRISSEY Single
Name	My Love Life
Release	17 September 1991
Total Length	4:26 (UK) 4:49 (USA)
Recorded	Early 1991
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Mark E. Nevin
Producer	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Art work	Photo: Kevin Cummins (Front) Photo: Linder Sterling (Rear) Photo: Morrissey (Japanese cover)
Vinyl Etching	No matrix message
Publisher	HMV Records (UK)
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD, Cassette
Chart position	UK #29
Single chronology
Pregnant For The Last Time ← My Love Life → We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful

Information

Chrissie Hynde provides backing vocals on this song.

Track list

7" Vinyl

[HMV POP1628]

1. My Love Life [UK version] – 4:26 (Morrissey/Nevin)
2. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty [UK version] – 3:42 (Morrissey/Nevin)

12" Vinyl

[HMV 12POP1628]

1. My Love Life [UK version] – 4:26
2. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty [UK version] – 3:42
3. There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends [Live at KROQ version] – 2:22 (Morrissey/Nevin)

CD

[HMV CDPOP1628]

1. My Love Life [UK version] – 4:26
2. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty [UK version] – 3:42
3. There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends [Live at KROQ version] – 2:22

CD - US version

[Sire/Reprise 9 40163-2]

1. My Love Life [US version] – 4:49
2. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty [US version] – 3:14
3. Skin Storm – 2:58

CD - Japan version

[EMI TOCP-6909]

1. My Love Life [UK version] – 4:26
2. The Loop – 4:15
3. Skin Storm – 2:58
4. That's Entertainment – 3:54
5. Pregnant For The Last Time – 2:40
6. I've Changed My Plea To Guilty [UK version] – 3:42

Lyrics

Come on to my house
Come on and do something new
I know you love one person so
Why can't you love two?

Give a little something
Give a little something
To my love life
To my love life
My love life

I know you love one person so
Why don't you love two, love?
Love two

Give a little something
Give a little something
To my love life
To my love life
My love life

I know you love one person so
Why don't you love two, love?
Love two

Oh give a, oh give a...
Oh give a, oh give a...
Oh give a, oh give a...
Oh give a, oh give a...
Oh give a, oh give a...
Oh give a...

Oohh Love, oohh Love...
Oohh Love, oohh Love...

I know you love, I know you love
I know you love, I know you love
I know you love, I know you love
I know you love...

Oohh Love, oohh Love...
Oohh Love, oohh Love...

I know you love, I know you love
I know you love, I know you love
I know you love, I know you love
I know you love

Come on to my house

Sleeve Artwork

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  Original cover art

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  Japan CD EP cover art

Music Video

Credits

• Directed by Tim Broad

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 15

Morrissey live history:

• Dublin, Ireland 1991-09-29 (Morrissey concert)
• Hanley, England 1991-10-01 (Morrissey concert)
• Kilburn, England 1991-10-03 (Morrissey concert)
• London, England 1991-10-04 (Morrissey concert)
• Bournemouth, England 1991-10-06 (Morrissey concert)
• Gloucester, England 1991-10-07 (Morrissey concert)
• Leicester, England 1991-10-08 (Morrissey concert)
• Vancouver, Canada 1991-10-28 (Morrissey concert)
• Seattle, Washington 1991-10-29 (Morrissey concert)
• Mountain View, California 1991-10-31 (Morrissey concert)

... further results

Appears On

• My Love Life (single)
• At KROQ
• Your Arsenal
• The Malady Lingers On
• World Of Morrissey
• Suedehead: The Best Of Morrissey
• The CD Singles '91–95'
• ¡Oye Esteban!
• The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88–'95
• Very Best Of Morrissey

Mentioned In

• Morrissey Covers the Pretenders’ ‘Back on the Chain Gang,’ Talks ‘Pop Classic’ - Rolling Stone (November 1, 2018)

Discogs Information

Credits

• Artwork [Art Ubiquity By] - Jo Slee
• Bass [The Bass] - Gary Day
• Drums [The Drums] - Spencer Cobrin
• Engineer [Engineered By] - Danton Supple
• Guitar [Guitars] - Alain Whyte
• Guitar [Guitars] - Boz Boorer
• Layout - Designland
• Photography By [Back Picture By] - Linder Sterling
• Photography By [Front Picture By] - Kevin Cummins
• Producer [Produced By] - Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
• Written-By - Mark E Nevin
• Written-By - Morrissey

Notes

Presented in a side opening gloss sleeve, spine with text. Comes in a white poly lined inner sleeve. Some may be by DRG Malago and production dated March 1991.

[On sleeve]: Recorded in West London March 1991. Front picture [...] (May 1991, Dublin, Eire) Back picture [...] (June 1991, Hollywood, USA) Manufactured in England

[On labels]: ℗ 1991 The Copyright in this Sound Recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd Made in Gt. Britain Side B: Trk 2 Recorded KROQ, Los Angeles June 1991

Images

• My Love Life - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/5154
• My Love Life (12" Single 45 RPM) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/492788-Morrissey-My-Love-Life

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

Jewel case with white CD tray and a small booklet (in Japanese); left spine in Japanese, right spine in English.

Two different credit-lists in booklet (back and page 2): Songwriters on pg. 2 usually only with last name, but full name "Ian Michael Hodgson" (on booklet back just as "Ian Hodgson"). Publisher for track 3 on pg. 2 given as "Constructivism Music" while "Island Music Ltd." printed on booklet back.

Made in Japan

Images

• My Love Life (EP Compilation) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1329099-Morrissey-My-Love-Life

Wikipedia Information

"My Love Life" is a song by Morrissey released in September 1991. It was a stand-alone single rather than taken from any studio album, although it was included on the compilation albums World of Morrissey (1995) and Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey (1997). Rather than continuing with the rockabilly sound of "Pregnant for the Last Time", Morrissey and songwriting partner Mark Nevin returned to a poppier sound for the final single they would release together. Featuring Chrissie Hynde on harmony vocals, the single reached number 29 in the UK Singles Chart. This was the last Morrissey release before he joined up with Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer on a full-time basis. The US and UK versions of "My Love Life" have some slight differences, both in the mix of the title track and especially in the mix of the B-side "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty." Both mixes of "My Love Life" use the same take, but the US version is a full 25 seconds longer at the end, while the UK version starts fading out at 4:08. The UK version of "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" runs 3:40 and includes two overlapping samples at the beginning of the track. The first sample is of a male voice apparently telling a story in a restaurant while dishes clink in the background, and a female companion laughs. The second sample is from Skeeter Davis' 1962 recording of "The End of the World" played on a scratchy vinyl record. Both samples return at the end of the track, with the male voice continuing his story and the Skeeter Davis record fading out with audible vinyl surface noise. The US version of "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" runs 3:11 and omits both samples. The US mix is somewhat brighter and contains the full coda of the song including the decay of the final piano chord. The UK version of "My Love Life" also appears on the 1997 compilation Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey. The US version of "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" was later included on the 1998 compilation My Early Burglary Years.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Love_Life

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