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[[Category:Morrissey Lyrics]] [[File:Wehateitwhenourfriendsbecomesuccesful.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful | Total Length = 2:29 | Recorded = February 1992, North London | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Alain Whyte]] | Producer = [[Producer::Mick Ronson]] | Mastered = | Art = Photo: [[Photographer::Linder Sterling]] <br>Artwork: [[Mention::Tristram Penna]]<br>Sleeve: [[Mention::Eddie Riff]] | Vinyl Etching = I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT'S HAPPY, DO YOU? | Publisher = [[HMV Records]] (UK) | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD | Release = 27 April 1992 | Chart = UK #17 | Type = Single | Previous = My Love Life | PreviousLink = My Love Life (single) | Next = You're The One For Me, Fatty | NextLink = You're The One For Me, Fatty (single) }} ==Information== Morrissey made a [https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey/wikipedia statement] on June 8, 2021 which stated this song was not about the band [[James]]. ==Track list== ===7" Vinyl=== [HMV POP1629] {{tracklist | 01 = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful | 01link = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (single) | 01-duration = 4:26 (Morrissey/[[Alain Whyte|Whyte]]) | 02 = Suedehead | 02app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 02link = Suedehead (single) | 02-duration = 3:54 (Morrissey/[[Stephen Street|Street]]) }} ===12" Vinyl=== [HMV 12POP1629] {{tracklist | 01 = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful | 01link = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (single) | 01-duration = 4:26 | 02 = Suedehead | 02app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 02link = Suedehead (single) | 02-duration = 3:54 | 03 = I've Changed My Plea To Guilty | 03app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 03link = I've Changed My Plea To Guilty | 03-duration = 3:13 (Morrissey/[[Mark E. Nevin|Nevin]]) | 04 = Alsatian Cousin | 04app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 04link = Alsatian Cousin | 04-duration = 2:19 (Morrissey/Street) }} ===CD=== [HMV CDPOP1629] {{tracklist | 01 = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful | 01link = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (single) | 01-duration = 4:26 | 02 = Suedehead | 02app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 02link = Suedehead (single) | 02-duration = 3:54 | 03 = I've Changed My Plea To Guilty | 03app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 03link = I've Changed My Plea To Guilty | 03-duration = 3:13 | 04 = Alsatian Cousin | 04app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 04link = Alsatian Cousin | 04-duration = 2:19 }} ===CD - US version=== [Sire/Reprise 9 40560-2] {{tracklist | 01 = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful | 01link = We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful (single) | 01-duration = 4:26 | 02 = Suedehead | 02app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 02link = Suedehead (single) | 02-duration = 3:54 | 03 = I've Changed My Plea To Guilty | 03app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 03link = I've Changed My Plea To Guilty | 03-duration = 3:13 | 04 = Pregnant For The Last Time | 04app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 04link = Pregnant For The Last Time | 04-duration = 2:33 (Morrissey/Nevin) | 05 = Alsatian Cousin | 05app = [Live in London, Oct. 4, 1991] | 05link = Alsatian Cousin | 05-duration = 2:19 }} == Lyrics == <poem> We hate it when our friends become successful We hate it when our friends become successful Oh, look at those clothes Now look at that face, it's so old And such a video Well, it's really laughable We hate it when our friends become successful And if they're Northern, that makes it even worse And if we can destroy them You bet your life we will Destroy them If we can hurt them Well, we may as well... It's really laughable You see, it should've been me It could've been me Everybody knows Everybody said so They say: "Ah, you have loads of songs So many songs More songs than they can stand Verse Chorus Middle-eight Break, fade" Just listen... </poem> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6g0gDrCUi8</youtube> ===Credits=== * Directed by [[Director::Tim Broad]] {{CommonSongSections | Artist = Morrissey | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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