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[[File:Whatdiff.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]] [[File:Whatdiffalt.jpg | thumb | right | Alternate cover art]] {{Discobox | Name = What Difference Does It Make? | Total Length = 3:25 (7" edit)<br>3:50 (album, 12", CD version)<br>3:10 (Peel Session)<br>4:04 (Troy Tate studio)<br>3:19 (Troy Tate outtake)<br>3:56 (Troy Tate earliest outtake)<br>4:06 (Crazy Face rehearsal) | Recorded = October, 1983 (single version) | Writer = [[Writer::Morrissey]] / [[Writer::Johnny Marr]] | Producer = [[Producer::John Porter]] | Mastered = | Art = Cover star: [[Mention::Terence Stamp]] in "[[Mention::The Collector]]" (1965)<br>Layout: [[Mention::Caryn Gough]] | Vinyl Etching = No matrix message | Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US) | Format = 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD | Release = 16 January 1984 | Chart = UK #12 | Type = Single | ArtistType = The Smiths | Previous = This Charming Man | PreviousLink = This Charming Man (single) | Next = Hand In Glove (Sandie Shaw release) | NextLink = Hand In Glove (single) }} [[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]] ==Information== * An "original demo" version of this song is available on the [[Shoplifters From Manchester (CD bootleg)|Shoplifters From Manchester]] bootleg CD. ==Track list== ===7" Vinyl=== UK - [Rough Trade RT 146] {{tracklist | 01 = What Difference Does It Make? | 01link = What Difference Does It Make? (single) | 01-duration = 3:20 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Back To The Old House | 02link = Back To The Old House | 02-duration = 3:00 (Morrissey/Marr) }} ===12" Vinyl / CD=== UK - [Rough Trade RTT 146 / RTT 146CD] {{tracklist | 01 = What Difference Does It Make? | 01link = What Difference Does It Make? (single) | 01-duration = 3:20 (Morrissey/Marr) | 02 = Back To The Old House | 02link = Back To The Old House | 02-duration = 3:00 (Morrissey/Marr) | 03 = These Things Take Time | 03link = These Things Take Time | 03-duration = 2:20 (Morrissey/Marr) }} == Lyrics == <poem> All men have secrets and here is mine So let it be known For we have been through hell and high tide I think I can rely on you And yet you start to recoil Heavy words are so lightly thrown But still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you So, what difference does it make? So, what difference does it make? It makes none But now you have gone And you must be looking very old tonight The devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole and I lied, and why? Because you asked me to! But now you make me feel so ashamed Because I've only got two hands Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh So, what difference does it make? Oh, what difference does it make? Oh, it makes none But now you have gone And your prejudice won't keep you warm tonight Oh, the devil will find work for idle hands to do I stole, and then I lied Just because you asked me to But now you know the truth about me You won't see me anymore Well, I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh But no more apologies No more, no more apologies Oh, I'm too tired I'm so sick and tired And I'm feeling very sick and ill today But I'm still fond of you, oh-ho-oh Oh, my sacred one Oh </poem> ==Music Video== <youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOx8TyvUmI</youtube> *Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 9 Feb 1984 {{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
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