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[[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] [[File:Wpinoyb single.jpg | thumb | right | Digital download cover art including clone stamp.]] [[File:Wp_10.jpg | thumb | right | 10" white label 4-track EP]] {{Discobox | Name = Istanbul | Total Length = 4:41<br>3:20 (radio edit) | Recorded = February 2014 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Boz Boorer]] | Producer = [[Producer::Joe Chiccarelli]] | Art = Photo credited to [[Photographer::Donnie Knutson]]<br>Photo located by [[Mention::La Fabrique Studios]], Avignon, France (before image alterations). | Vinyl Etching = No matrix message | Publisher = [[Harvest Records]] | Format = Digital Download | Release = 20 May 2014 (Digital Download) | Chart = UK - did not chart | Type = Single | Previous = World Peace Is None Of Your Business | PreviousLink = World Peace Is None Of Your Business (single) | Next = Earth Is The Loneliest Planet | NextLink = Earth Is The Loneliest Planet (single) }} ==Information== '''Istanbul''' was the second single released off [[Morrissey|Morrissey's]] tenth solo album, ''[[World Peace Is None Of Your Business]]''. The song was produced by [[Joe Chiccarelli]] and co-written by [[Boz Boorer]]. ===Release=== ''Istanbul'' was released as a digital single on 20 July 2014. The single peaked at #53 on the UK charts. It was included on a limited edition 4-track white label 10" EP released 07 July 2014.<ref name="ms20140701"/> ==Track list== ===Digital Download=== {{tracklist | 01 = Istanbul | 01link = Istanbul (single) | 01app = | 01-duration = 4:41 (Morrissey/[[Boz Boorer|Boorer]]) }} == Lyrics == <poem> When he first cried his mother died I had tried to be his guide when he was born I was too young the father searches for the son in Istanbul give him back to me Istanbul, give me back my brown-eyed son Moonlight jumping through the trees sunken eyes avoiding me from dawn to dusk the hunt is on the father searches for the son in Istanbul give him back to me Istanbul, give me back my brown-eyed son On secret streets in disbelief Little Shadow shows the lead Prostitutes stylish and glum in amongst them you are one oh, what have I done? Rolling breathless off the tongue The vicious street gang slang I lean into a box of pine identify the kid as mine. </poem> ==Music Video== <vimeo>https://vimeo.com/97461482</vimeo> ===Credits=== * Directed by [[Director::Natalie Johns]] {{CommonSongSections | Artist = Morrissey | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}} == References == <references> <ref name="ms20140701">{{cite | title="World Peace Is None Your Business" [10 Inch Vinyl Indie Exclusive] 4 track EP released (July 7, 2014) | desc=Forum post | date=2014-07-01 | auth=www.thesmithschile.cl | pub=Morrissey-solo | url=http://www.morrissey-solo.com/content/1914-World-Peace-Is-None-Your-Business-10-Inch-Vinyl-Indie-Exclusive-4-track-EP-released-(July-1-2014) | dom=morrissey-solo.com | type=ext }} </ref> </references>
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