You're The One For Me, Fatty (single)

Cover art

MORRISSEY Single
Name	You're The One For Me, Fatty
Release	6 July 1992
Total Length	2:58
Recorded	Spring 1992
Writer/composer	Morrissey/Alain Whyte
Producer	Mick Ronson
Art work	Photo: Linder Sterling (front) Photo: Gareth Brown (rear) Designland, Eddie Riff, Jo Slee
Vinyl Etching	No Matrix message
Publisher	HMV_Records
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position	UK #19
Single chronology
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful ← You're The One For Me, Fatty → Tomorrow

Information

Morrissey made a statement on June 8, 2021 which stated this song was not about Chas Smash (AKA "Cathal Smyth").

Alain Whyte said of the song:

Fatty! Mozzer asked me to come up with an idea like The Ramones Want To Be Your Boyfriend. It also has a feel, accidentally, like Saturday's Kids by The Jam.".

Quote via Your Arsenal Twitter Listening Party (April 26, 2020).
"E. Riff" in the credits is Morrissey.

Track list

7" Vinyl

[HMV POP1630]

1. You're The One For Me, Fatty – 2:56 (Morrissey/Whyte)
2. Pashernate Love – 2:22 (Morrissey/Whyte)

12" Vinyl, CD

[HMV 12POP1630, HMV CDPOP1630]

1. You're The One For Me, Fatty – 2:56 (Morrissey/Whyte)
2. Pashernate Love – 2:22 (Morrissey/Whyte/Day)
3. There Speaks A True Friend – 2:22 (Morrissey/Whyte)

Lyrics

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way

All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair
All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm in your way

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way

All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair
All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one for me

Music Video

Credits

• Directed by Tim Broad

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 220

Morrissey live history:

• Belfort, France 1992-07-04 (Morrissey concert)
• Leysin, Switzerland 1992-07-09 (Morrissey concert)
• London, England 1992-08-08 (Morrissey concert)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota 1992-09-12 (Morrissey concert)
• Hoffman Estates, Illinois 1992-09-13 (Morrissey concert)
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1992-09-15 (Morrissey concert)
• Buffalo, New York 1992-09-16 (Morrissey concert)
• New York, New York 1992-09-18 (Morrissey concert)
• Waltham, Massachusetts 1992-09-19 (Morrissey concert)
• Springfield, Massachusetts 1992-09-20 (Morrissey concert)

... further results

Appears On

• You're The One For Me, Fatty (single)
• Your Arsenal
• The Malady Lingers On
• Beethoven Was Deaf
• Vauxhall And I
• World Of Morrissey
• Introducing Morrissey
• Suedehead: The Best Of Morrissey
• The CD Singles '91–95'
• ¡Oye Esteban!
• The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88–'95
• 25 Live
• This Is Morrissey

Mentioned In

• Wikipedia - Morrissey Central (June 8, 2021)

Discogs Information

Credits

• Engineer - Peter Jones (2)
• Performer [Played By] - Alain Whyte
• Performer [Played By] - Boz Boorer
• Performer [Played By] - Gary Day
• Performer [Played By] - Spencer Cobrin
• Photography By [Front Cover] - Linder Sterling
• Photography By [Scooter Boys] - Gareth Brown
• Producer - Mick Ronson
• Sleeve - E. Riff
• Sleeve [Articulated By] - Jo Slee
• Sleeve [Manifested By] - Designland
• Written-By - Alain Whyte
• Written-By - Gary Day
• Written-By - Morrissey

Notes

Blue labels with black text. Issued in a side opening gloss card sleeve, spine with text. Copies may come with a polylined white paper inner showing DRG Malago.

Images

• You're The One For Me, Fatty - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/5433
• You're The One For Me, Fatty (12" 45 RPM Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/493224-Morrissey-Youre-The-One-For-Me-Fatty

Discogs information (additional release)

Notes

This is a His Master's Voice 10" DJ promo with the same track on both sides housed in a replica old fashioned HMV POP sleeve with titles of old HMV singles listed on the back of the sleeve.

Side A plays at 78rpm and side B at 45rpm.

Made in Gt. Britain Runouts are etched.

Images

• You're The One For Me, Fatty (10" Promo Single 45 RPM 78 RPM) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/672986-Morrissey-Youre-The-One-For-Me-Fatty

Wikipedia Information

"You're the One for Me, Fatty" is a single by Morrissey released in July 1992. It was taken from the then-unreleased Your Arsenal album and was the second Morrissey single to be co-written with Alain Whyte and produced by glam rock legend Mick Ronson. The title is a reference to the Marvelettes' song "You Are the One for Me, Bobby". The track reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_the_One_for_Me%2C_Fatty

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