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[[File:Boxers.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] [[File:BoxersUS.jpg | thumb | right | US Cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = Boxers | Total Length = 3:28 | Recorded = October, 1994 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Alain Whyte]] | Producer = [[Producer::Steve Lillywhite]] | Mastered = | Art = Cover star: Irish American professional boxer [[Mention::Billy Conn]] (picture taken from "Ring" Magazine)<br>Layout: [[Mention::Green Ink]]<br> Sleeve: [[Mention::Whores In Retirement]] | Vinyl Etching = No matrix message | Publisher = Parlophone (UK), Sire/Reprise (USA), EMI (Australia) | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, Cassette, CD | Release = Jan. 16, '95 (UK), Feb. 2, '95 (USA), March 10, '95 (Australia) | Chart = UK #23 / USA #118 | Type = Single | Previous = Now My Heart Is Full | PreviousLink = Now My Heart Is Full (single) | Next = Dagenham Dave | NextLink = Dagenham Dave (single) }} [[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] ==Information== The US cover features a photograph of Morrissey taken by Jake Walters.<br> The US release was CD only.<br> The video version featured a unique introduction with [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/some-notes-about-peter-grimes.114893/ additional music added] by Benjamin Britten (the "Moonlight" section of his "Peter Grimes" opera). ==Track list== ===CD=== [Parlophone β 7243 8 81888 2 1 (UK), Sire β 9 41914-2 (US)] {{tracklist | 01 = Boxers | 01link = Boxers (single) | 01-duration = 3:28 (Morrissey/Whyte) | 02 = Have-A-Go Merchant | 02link = Have-A-Go Merchant | 02-duration = 2:37 (Morrissey/Whyte) | 03 = Whatever Happens, I Love You | 03link = Whatever Happens, I Love You | 03-duration = 3:03 (Morrissey/Whyte) }} == Lyrics == <poem> Losing in front of your home crowd You wish the ground Would open up and take you down And will time never pass? Will time never pass, for us? Your weary wife is walking away Your nephew is true Well, he thinks the world of you And I have to close my eyes Losing in front of your home town The crowd call your name They love you, all the same The sound, the smell and the spray you will take them all away And they'll stay 'til the grave Your weary wife is walking away Your nephew is true Well, he thinks the world of you And I have to close my eyes Losing in your home town Hell is the bell that will not ring again You will return one day Because of all the things that you see When your eyes close Your weary wife walking away Your nephew is true He still thinks the world of you And I have to dry my eyes </poem> == Sleeve Artwork == <gallery perrow="6"> File:Boxers.jpg | Original cover art. (1995) File:BoxersUS.jpg | US cover. (1995) </gallery> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UANBdod8Nuk</youtube> ===Credits=== * Directed by [[Director::James O'Brien]] {{CommonSongSections | Artist = Morrissey | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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