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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] [[File:Shopliftersunite.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = Shoplifters Of The World Unite | Total Length = 2:56<br>2:58 (Instrumental outtake)<br>3:03 (Instrumental demo) | Recorded = November 1986 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | Producer = [[Producer::Johnny Marr]]<br>Engineer: [[Alan Moulder]] | Mastered = | Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Elvis Presley]]<br>first press picture, taken by James R. Reid in 1955.<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]] | Vinyl Etching = ALF RAMSEY'S REVENGE | Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK) | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl | Release = 26 January 1987 | Chart = UK #12 | Type = Single | ArtistType = The Smiths | Previous = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out | PreviousLink = There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (single) | Next = Sheila Take A Bow | NextLink = Sheila Take A Bow (single) }} ==Information== * The single is dedicated to [[Ruth Polsky]].<br> * An instrumental demo of this song appears on [[The Smiths β Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals (LP bootleg)|The Smiths β Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals]] bootleg LP. ==Track list== ===7" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RT 195] {{tracklist | 01 = Shoplifters Of The World Unite | 01link = Shoplifters Of The World Unite (single) | 01-duration = 2:56 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Half A Person | 02link = Half A Person | 02-duration = 3:35 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===12" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RTT 195] {{tracklist | 01 = Shoplifters Of The World Unite | 01link = Shoplifters Of The World Unite (single) | 01-duration = 2:56 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = London | 02link = London | 02-duration = 2:06 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = Half A Person | 03link = Half A Person | 03-duration = 3:35 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ==Lyrics== <poem> Learn to love me Assemble the ways Now, today, tomorrow and always My only weakness is a list of crime My only weakness is well, never mind, never mind Oh, shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Hand it over Hand it over Hand it over Learn to love me And assemble the ways Now, today, tomorrow, and always My only weakness is a listed crime But last night the plans of a future war Was all I saw on Channel Four Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Hand it over Hand it over Hand it over A heartless hand on my shoulder A push and it's over Alabaster crashes down (Six months is a long time) Tried living in the real world Instead of a shell But before I began I was bored before I even began Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Take over </poem> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJRN76hxFz0</youtube> <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3KmXBIo2A</youtube> *Directed by [[Mention::Tamra Davis]] {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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