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"William, It Was Really Nothing" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths. It was released as a single in August 1984, featuring the B-sides " Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want " and " How Soon Is Now? ", and reached No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart .
The guitar track was sampled, with the Smiths' approval, in 1990 by indie-dance band Soho on their UK Top 10 single "Hippychick". Artists to have covered the song include UK indie band Hundred Reasons , US post-hardcore band Quicksand (bonus track on their Slip album) in 1993, US post-grunge band Everclear , and US punk band Meatmen (on the ...
Throughout their career, their songs differed from the predominant synth-pop British sound of the early 1980s, [2] instead fusing together 1960s rock and post-punk. [9] In their early years, the band purposely rejected synthesisers and dance music, [10] until Meat Is Murder, which contained keyboards as well as rockabilly and funk influences. [11]
"Shakespeare's Sister" is a song by the English rock band The Smiths. Released in March 1985, it reached No. 26 in the UK Singles Chart.It is also featured on the compilation albums Louder Than Bombs and The World Won't Listen.
Johnny Marr wrote the music to "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" shortly after its eventual A-side, "William, It Was Really Nothing".Marr commented, "Because that was such a fast, short, upbeat song, I wanted the B-side to be different, so I wrote 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want' on Saturday in a different time signature—in a waltz time as a contrast". [5]
This weekend, the Prince of Wales celebrated his 42nd birthday by attending Taylor Swift's Eras Tour concert at Wembley Stadium in London—and he showed off his best dance moves in the process.
The song is also included in the music video game Rock Band 3. [6] Though the band broke up before they could tour any songs from Strangeways, Here We Come , Morrissey performed the song live alongside fellow ex-Smiths Andy Rourke , Mike Joyce , and Craig Gannon as the opening song of his infamous debut solo concert at Wolverhampton's Civic ...
William even proved he was a “cool dad,” busting out a move. Prince William truly had the best day at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert in London. William, 42, attended the first Eras show at ...