Alma Matters (single)
| MORRISSEY Single | |
|---|---|
| Name | Alma Matters |
| Release | 21 July 1997 |
| Total Length | 4:47 |
| Recorded | Winter 1996 |
| Writer/composer | Morrissey / Alain Whyte |
| Producer | Steve Lillywhite |
| Art work | Photo: Derick Ion |
| Publisher | Island Records |
| Format(s) | 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD |
| Chart position | UK #16 |
| Single chronology | |
| Sunny ← Alma Matters → Roy's Keen
| |
Information
Track list
CD
[Island Records – CID 667]
- Alma Matters – 4:47 (Morrissey/Whyte)
- Heir Apparent – 3:56 (Morrissey/Whyte)
- I Can Have Both – 4:04 (Morrissey/Boorer)
Lyrics
So, the choice I have made
May seem strange to you
But who asked you anyway?
It's my life to wreck my own way
You see to someone, somewhere
Oh yeah, alma matters
In mind, body and soul
In part and in hole
Because to someone, somewhere
Oh yeah, alma matters
In mind, body and soul
In part and in hole
So, the life I have made
May seem wrong to you
But I've never been surer
It's my life to ruin my own way
You see to someone, somewhere
Oh yeah, alma matters
In mind, body and soul
In part and in hole
Because to someone, somewhere
Oh yeah, alma matters
In mind, body and soul
In part and in hole
To someone, somewhere
Oh yeah, alma matters
In mind, body and soul
Part and in hole
So to someone, somewhere
Oh yeah, alma matters
In mind, body and soul
Part and in hole
To someone, somewhere
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Music Video
Credits
- Directed by Matthew Rolston
Related Item
- "Alma Matters" cereal box from video for sale on Ebay - Morrissey-solo (Aug. 22, 2001)
Live History
Play count (Morrissey concert): 362
Morrissey live history:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1997-09-12 (Morrissey concert)
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1997-09-13 (Morrissey concert)
- Boston, Massachusetts 1997-09-14 (Morrissey concert)
- Providence, Rhode Island 1997-09-16 (Morrissey concert)
- New York, New York 1997-09-17 (Morrissey concert)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1997-09-19 (Morrissey concert)
- Washington, DC 1997-09-20 (Morrissey concert)
- Cleveland, Ohio 1997-09-21 (Morrissey concert)
- Kalamazoo, Michigan 1997-09-23 (Morrissey concert)
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 1997-09-24 (Morrissey concert)
Appears On
Discogs Information
Credits
- Bass - Jonny Bridgwood
- Design - Louis Marino
- Drums - Spencer Cobrin
- Engineer - Alex Black
- Engineer - Danton Supple
- Guitar, Clarinet - Martin Boorer
- Guitar, Piano, Backing Vocals - Alain Whyte
- Photography By - Derick Ion
- Producer - Steve Lillywhite
- Written-By - Morrissey
Notes
Pressed on heavyweight vinyl. Issued in a side opening gloss sleeve. Spine with text. Disc held in a die cut white paper inner.
All runout characters are etched.
Images
- Alma Matters - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/26192
- Alma Matters (12" 45 RPM Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/1906841-Morrissey-Alma-Matters
Wikipedia Information
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"Alma Matters" is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in July 1997. It was the first single to be taken from the Maladjusted album and was released one week before the album. The single reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Morrissey's first top 20 hit since "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" in 1994. The song was also notable for seeing Morrissey reference the film A Taste of Honey for the first time since his early days in The Smiths in the line "it's my life to ruin my own way". The song title is a pun on Alma mater.
Related Forum Threads
- Morrissey A-Z: 'Alma Matters' - Morrissey-solo (Jan 13, 2021)