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"Bigmouth Strikes Again" is a 1986 song by the English rock band the Smiths from their third album The Queen Is Dead. Written by Johnny Marr and Morrissey , the song features self-deprecating lyrics that reflected Morrissey's frustrations with the music industry at the time.
The Smiths. Morrissey – lead vocals, backing vocals ("Bigmouth Strikes Again"; credited as Ann Coates) Johnny Marr – guitars, sampler (credited as The Hated Salford Ensemble), [52] marimba ("The Boy with the Thorn in His Side"), [53] orchestration; Andy Rourke – bass guitar; Mike Joyce – drums; Production. Morrissey – production ...
It was written in tandem with "Bigmouth Strikes Again". The two songs share the same key as well as similar chords. Simon Goddard noted both the guitar break in "Bigmouth Strikes Again" and the flute section in "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (originally written as a guitar part) are based on C♯ minor arpeggio figure. [8]
"Panic" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, released in 1986 and written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. The first recording to feature new member Craig Gannon, "Panic" bemoans the state of contemporary pop music, exhorting listeners to "burn down the disco" and "hang the DJ" in retaliation.
This was the first single by The Smiths to be accompanied by a promotional music video, something the band had previously resisted. They also performed the song on an episode of Top of the Pops. The main difference between the single version and the album version is in the use of synthesised strings, which are absent from the single version.
Andy Strickland in Record Mirror said, "Morrissey and Marr still can't quite get it together all the time, 'Never Had No One Ever' and 'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others' bearing all the hallmarks of the familiar Smiths filler, where music and words hardly embrace," [5] while Nick Kent wrote, "'Vicar in a Tutu' and 'Some Girls Are Bigger Than ...
"Bigmouth Strikes Again" ‡ Johnny Marr Morrissey: The Queen Is Dead: 1986 [22] " The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" ‡ Johnny Marr Morrissey: The Queen Is Dead: 1986 [22] "Cemetry Gates" Johnny Marr Morrissey: The Queen Is Dead: 1986 [22] "Death at One's Elbow" Johnny Marr Morrissey: Strangeways, Here We Come: 1987 [23] "Death of a Disco ...
The album is a collection of the band's singles and select B-sides from 1985 to 1987. Additionally, the scrapped single "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (which was passed over for "Shoplifters of the World Unite") and the near-single "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" (a single candidate from The Queen Is Dead that was passed over in favour of "Bigmouth Strikes Again") were included.