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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] [[File:Boy_with_the_thorn.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] [[File:The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side.jpg | thumb | right | 2017 7" Demo Mix Cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | Total Length = 3:18 | Recorded = August 1985 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | Producer = [[Producer::The Smiths]] | Mastered = | Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Truman Capote]], photo by [[Mention::Cecil Beaton]] (1949) / [[Mention::Albert Finney]], photo by [[Mention::Cecil Beaton]] (demo)<br>2017 sleeve & layout by [[Mention::Esteban]] and [[Mention::Darren Evans]].<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]] | Vinyl Etching = ARTY BLOODY FARTY<br>"IS THAT CLEVER"...JM<br>TRUMP Will Kill AMERICA (demo) | Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Warner Bros. Records]] (demo) | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD | Release = 16 September 1985, 22 April 2017 (7" Demo Mix for Record Store Day) | Chart = UK #23<br>UK #172 (demo)<br>UK Vinyl Chart #2 (demo) | Type = Single | ArtistType = The Smiths | Previous = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore | PreviousLink = That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (single) | Next = Bigmouth Strikes Again | NextLink = Bigmouth Strikes Again (single) | Reissue = true | ReissueDescription = (Demo Mix) | ReissuePrevious = Sweet And Tender Hooligan | ReissuePreviousLink = Sweet And Tender Hooligan (single) | ReissueNext = The Queen Is Dead | ReissueNextLink = The Queen Is Dead (single) }} ==Information== The demo 7" release (April 22, 2017), was another [[Record Store Day]] exclusive (12 thousand copies worldwide).<br> It was held off the #1 spot in the Vinyl Singles Chart by [[David Bowie]]'s "No Plan" 7" Record Store Day release.<br> [[Mention::Donald Trump]] was the subject of the matrix message. ==Track list== ===7" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RT 191] {{tracklist | 01 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | 01link = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single) | 01-duration = 3:17 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Asleep | 02link = Asleep | 02-duration = 4:10 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===12" Vinyl / CD=== UK - [Rough Trade RTT 191 / RTT 191CD] {{tracklist | 01 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | 01link = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single) | 01-duration = 3:17 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Rubber Ring | 02link = Rubber Ring | 02-duration = 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = Asleep | 03link = Asleep | 03-duration = 4:10 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===7" Vinyl=== US / Europe - [Warner Bros. Records β TSRSD 2017] {{tracklist | 01 = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side | 01link = The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (single) | 01app = (Demo Mix) | 01-duration = 3:22 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Rubber Ring | 02link = Rubber Ring | 02app = (Early Drone Studios Version) | 02-duration = 3:19 (Morrissey/Marr) }} == Lyrics == <poem> The boy with the thorn in his side Behind the hatred there lies A murderous desire for love How can they look into my eyes Still they don't believe me? How can they hear me say those words Still they don't believe me? And if they don't believe me now Will they ever believe me? And if they don't believe me now Will they ever, will they ever believe me? The boy with the thorn in his side Behind the hatred there lies A plundering desire for love How can they see the Love in our eyes And still they don't believe us? And after all this time They don't want to believe us... And if they don't believe us now Will they ever believe us? And when you want to Live: How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? </poem> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGu8u17loko</youtube> ===Credits=== *The Smiths, Promo Film {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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