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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] [[File:ThisCharmingMan.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] [[File:Thischarmingman1992.jpg | thumb | right | Reissue cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = This Charming Man | Total Length =2:41 | Recorded = October, 1983 | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]] | Mastered = | Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Jean Marais]] in "[[Mention::Orphée]]" (1950) | Vinyl Etching = SLAP ME ON THE PATIO (7" B-side)<br>WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET (12" A-side) | Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)<br>[[WEA]] | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD, Cassette | Release = 28 October 1983<br> 3 August 1992 (UK CD1 reissue)<br> 10 August 1992 (UK CD2 reissue) | Chart = UK #25<br>UK #8 (1992 reissue) | Type = Single | ArtistType = The Smiths | Previous = Hand In Glove | PreviousLink = Hand In Glove (single) | Next = What Difference Does It Make? | NextLink = What Difference Does It Make? (single) | Reissue = true | ReissueDescription = WEA reissue | ReissuePrevious = Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me | ReissuePreviousLink = Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (single) | ReissueNext = How Soon Is Now? (WEA reissue) | ReissueNextLink = How Soon Is Now? (single) }} ==Track list== ===7" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RT 136] {{tracklist | 01 = This Charming Man | 01link = This Charming Man (single) | 01-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]]) | 02 = Jeane | 02link = Jeane | 02-duration = 3:02 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===12" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136] {{tracklist | 01 = This Charming Man | 01app = (Manchester) | 01link = This Charming Man (single) | 01-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = This Charming Man | 02app = (London) | 02link = This Charming Man (single) | 02-duration = 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = Accept Yourself | 03link = Accept Yourself | 03-duration = 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr) | 04 = Wonderful Woman | 04link = Wonderful Woman | 04-duration = 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===12" New York Mix Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136 NY]<br> Remixed by [[François Kevorkian]] {{tracklist | 01 = This Charming Man | 01app = (New York Vocal) | 01link = This Charming Man (single) | 01-duration = 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = This Charming Man | 02app = (New York Instrumental) | 02link = This Charming Man (single) | 02-duration = 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===CD Single 1=== UK - [WEA YZ0001CD1] {{tracklist | 01 = This Charming Man | 01app = (Manchester) | 01link = This Charming Man (single) | 01-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = This Charming Man | 02app = (London) | 02link = This Charming Man (single) | 02-duration = 2:47 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = Wonderful Woman | 03link = Wonderful Woman | 03-duration = 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr) | 04 = Accept Yourself | 04link = Accept Yourself | 04-duration = 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===CD Single 2=== UK - [WEA YZ0001CD2] {{tracklist | 01 = This Charming Man | 01app = (Manchester) | 01link = This Charming Man (single) | 01-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = This Charming Man | 02app = (London) | 02link = This Charming Man (single) | 02-duration = 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = This Charming Man | 03app = (New York Vocal) | 03link = This Charming Man (single) | 03-duration = 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr) | 04 = This Charming Man | 04app = (New York Instrumental) | 04link = This Charming Man (single) | 04-duration = 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr) | 05 = This Charming Man | 05app = (Peel Session) | 05link = This Charming Man (single) | 05-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr) | 06 = This Charming Man | 06app = (Single Remix) | 06link = This Charming Man (single) | 06-duration = 2:44 (Morrissey/Marr) | 07 = This Charming Man | 07app = (Original Single Version) | 07link = This Charming Man (single) | 07-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr) }} == Lyrics == <poem> Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate Will Nature make a man of me yet? When in this charming car This charming man Why pamper life's complexity When the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat? I would go out tonight But I haven't got a stitch to wear This man said: "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care" A jumped-up pantry boy Who never knew his place He said - "Return the ring" He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things I would go out tonight But I haven't got a stitch to wear This man said: "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care" This charming man This charming man A jumped-up pantry boy Who never knew his place He said - "Return the ring" He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things </poem> == Sleeve Artwork == <gallery perrow="6"> File:ThisCharmingMan.jpg | Cover art. (1983) File:Thischarmingman1992.jpg | Reissue cover art. (1992) File:The-Charming-Man-Poster-01.jpg|Advertising Poster </gallery> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJRP3LRcUFg</youtube> <br> <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2s9ke-pKWw</youtube> ===Credits=== *Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 24 November 1983 {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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