Rebels Without Applause (single)

Digital download cover art

MORRISSEY Single
Name	Rebels Without Applause
Release	25 November 2022 (Digital Download & Streaming Services)
Total Length	3:25
Recorded	Early 2021
Writer/composer	Morrissey Boz Boorer Andrew Watt Chad Smith Josh Klinghoffer
Producer	Andrew Watt Engineer: Alan Moulder
Art work	The photo is sourced from a 'rare' photo in one of the bedrooms at 384 Kings Road, Stretford, Manchester in 1977.
Vinyl Etching	Not applicable
Publisher	Capitol Records
Format(s)	Digital Download / Streaming services
Chart position	UK Singles Sales #87, UK Singles Downloads #73
Single chronology
Cosmic Dancer/That's Entertainment ← Rebels Without Applause → Interlude (Reissue)

Information

This track was released individually on November 25, 2022. It first surfaced on Japanese YouTube and then to other regions - with buying and streaming options thereafter.

Andrew Watt provides backing vocals on the song.

Cover art used:

Track list

Digital Download

Rebels Without Applause – 3:25 (Morrissey/Boorer/Watt/Smith/Klinghoffer)

Lyrics

The gang's all gone
And I smolder on
I, who saw them leave
I cry bereaved
One by one
I saw them stall
Rebels without applause

The gang's all gone
And now I am the only one
No more to give
Too late to live
Last on the bill
I see them still
Rebels without applause

Bawdy boys of song
And girls all gone wrong
I loved them all
Bawdy boys of song
And girls all gone wrong
I loved them all

The gang's all gone
From dark to light
Like lost children go
Because we must do
And the bluе flu
Must come for you
Rebels without applausе

Bawdy boys of song
And girls all gone wrong
I loved them all
Bawdy boys of song
And girls who all went wrong
I loved them all

Generation X
And X-Ray Spex
We loved them all
I see them still
I see them still
I see them still
I loved them all
I loved them all
I loved them all