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[[File:Certainpeopleiknow.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = Certain People I Know | Total Length = 3:11 | Recorded = Spring 1992 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Alain Whyte]] | Producer = [[Producer::Mick Ronson]] | Mastered = | Art = Photo: [[Photographer::Linder Sterling]] <br>Designland, [[Mention::Eddie Riff]], [[Mention::Jo Slee]] | Vinyl Etching = WHY BOTHER TO KEEP CLEAN? | Publisher = HMV, EMI | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD | Release = 7 December 1992 | Chart = UK #35 | Type = Single | Previous = Tomorrow | PreviousLink = Tomorrow (single) | Next = The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get | NextLink = The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get (single) }} [[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] ==Information== As stated by Alain Whyte via the [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/alain-whyte-fb-your-arsenal-listening-party-via-mozarmyquiz-twitter-april-26-2020-12-pst-8-pm-uk-time.146321/post-1987283851 Your Arsenal Twitter Listening Party] (April 26, 2020), this was the second song Alain ever wrote for Morrissey.<br> The original Union Jack lettering on the cover was changed prior to release. A proof sheet featuring how it was first intended to look was sold on Ebay (2014): <gallery> File:Certainpeople proof.jpg | [https://www.morrissey-solo.com/threads/rare-certain-people-i-know-proof-artwork-on-ebay-others.133274/ source] </gallery> ==Track list== ===7" Vinyl=== [HMV POP1631] {{tracklist | 01 = Certain People I Know | 01link = Certain People I Know (single) | 01-duration = 3:11 (Morrissey/Whyte) | 02 = Jack The Ripper | 02link = Jack The Ripper | 02-duration = 3:28 (Morrissey/Boorer) }} ===12" Vinyl, CD=== [HMV 12POP1631, HMV CDPOP1631] {{tracklist | 01 = Certain People I Know | 01link = Certain People I Know (single) | 01-duration = 2:56 (Morrissey/Whyte) | 02 = You've Had Her | 02link = You've Had Her | 02-duration = 2:55 (Morrissey/Boorer) | 03 = Jack The Ripper | 03link = Jack The Ripper | 03-duration = 3:28 (Morrissey/Boorer) }} == Lyrics == <poem> I take the cue from Certain people I know I use the cue And then I hand it on to you And when I swing it So, it catches his eye Weren't you there? - You'd have died! I trust the views of Certain people I know They look at danger And they laugh their heads off Their clothes are imitation George the 23rd Don't you find this absurd? I'd hate to be like Certain people I know They break their necks And can't afford to get them fixed They'd sacrifice all Of their principles for Anything cashable I do believe it's terrible </poem> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvr3focVF0</youtube> ===Credits=== * Directed by [[Director::George Tiffin]] {{CommonSongSections | Artist = Morrissey | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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