Tonight at Ten the World Is Ending Again

1992 unmarried past the Smiths

"There Is a Calorie-free That Never Goes Out"
Unmarried past the Smiths
from the album The Queen Is Dead
Released	12 October 1992
Recorded	September–November 1985
Genre	Alternative stone[i] jangle popular
Length	iv:02
Label	WEA
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Marr, Morrissey
Producer(south)	Johnny Marr, Morrissey
The Smiths singles chronology
"Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" (1987) "There Is a Calorie-free That Never Goes Out" (1992) "Sweetness and Tender Hooligan" (1995)

"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" is a vocal by the English rock band the Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer Morrissey. Featured on the band's third studio album The Queen Is Expressionless, information technology was not released equally a unmarried in the United Kingdom until 1992, 5 years later on their dissever, to promote the compilation anthology ...Best II.^[2] It peaked at No. 25 on the UK Singles Nautical chart and No. 22 on the Irish Singles Chart. The song has received considerable disquisitional acclamation; in 2014, NME listed information technology every bit the twelfth greatest song of all fourth dimension.^[3]

In 2005, Morrissey released a alive version of the vocal every bit a double A-side with his comprehend of Patti Smith's "Redondo Beach", reaching No. 11 on the Uk Singles Chart. In Ireland, the song was released alone and peaked at No. 45.

Origin and recording [edit]

The Smiths began working on "There Is a Calorie-free That Never Goes Out" during their late-1985 recording sessions at London'southward RAK Studios. In early September, the band recorded a rehearsal tape of the song performed in the key of F# modest. Four days afterward, the group made a monitor mix in the key of C# minor, this fourth dimension accompanied by a synthesised string system Marr created on an Due east-mu Emulator (credited to the "Hated Salford Ensemble" on the album release). While Morrissey was sceptical about using synthesised strings, the lack of a budget to hire a real string ensemble as well equally the ring's reluctance to allow outsiders into the recording process changed his listen.

The recording was completed in November at Jacobs Studios in Farnham, where Morrissey redid his vocal role twice and Marr added a flute melody.^[4] Marr later described the recording process of the song as "magical" and commented, "Someone told me that if you listen with the book actually, really up you can hear me shout 'That was amazing' correct at the finish."^[5]

Composition and lyric [edit]

It was written in tandem with "Bigmouth Strikes Again". The two songs share the same key equally well as like chords. Simon Goddard noted both the guitar break in "Bigmouth Strikes Once more" 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.^[6] The song features an ascending F#one thousand–A–B chord sequence that guitarist Johnny Marr took from the Rolling Stones cover of Marvin Gaye's "Hitch Hike". Marr said in 1993 he included the figure as an "in-joke" to determine if the music press would attribute the inspiration for the role to "There She Goes Once again" by the Velvet Cloak-and-dagger, who he contended "stole" the figure from "Hitch Hike". Marr commented, "I knew I was smarter than that. I was listening to what the Velvet Underground were listening to".^[iv]

AllMusic's Tim DiGravina argues that, while depressed characters were a regular feature in Morrissey'south work, his lyric on "There Is a Calorie-free That Never Goes Out" "ups the pitiful-and-doomed quotient past leaps and bounds."^[vii] Goddard argues in his book Songs That Saved Your Life that the basic narrative story is similar to that of the James Dean movie Rebel Without a Cause, in which Dean — an idol of Morrissey's — leaves his tortuous abode life, being the rider to a potential romantic partner. In fact, a line from that movie ("Information technology is non my home") is alluded to in the song. According to Goddard, an earlier version lacked some of the finished version's ambiguity, culminating in the line "There is a calorie-free in your optics and it never goes out".^[8]

Release [edit]

Due to a dispute between the Smiths and its tape label Rough Trade Records after the group completed The Queen Is Dead, 9 months passed afterward the release of "The Male child with the Thorn in His Side" before the group issued another single. In one case the matter was resolved, Rough Merchandise owner Geoff Travis felt that "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" should exist the band'due south "comeback" record. Despite Travis's advocation of the vocal, Simon Goddard expressed doubt that the song's "explicit glamorisation of suicide" would have endeared information technology to daytime radio. Additionally, Johnny Marr was insistent that "Bigmouth Strikes Again" be the ring's next single.^[9] Marr stated:

For a long fourth dimension I worked on the premise that nosotros should always have a vocal on each album that people said, 'That should be a single.' Only in fact really wasn't. 'Reel Around the Fountain' was that for the first album and 'There Is a Low-cal That Never Goes Out' for The Queen Is Expressionless. ^[5]

Morrissey affirmed Marr's position, commenting, "We did desire 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'. I suppose it should have been followed by 'There Is a Low-cal That Never Goes Out' but by then we'd written 'Panic' and we were very eager to have it thrown out into the pop wilderness."^[10]

Regardless, "In that location Is a Calorie-free That Never Goes Out" became the 2nd Smiths vocal to top BBC Radio One disc jockey John Peel's Festive Fifty poll in his 1986 tally. The vocal was shortly thereafter included on the 1987 compilation album The World Won't Heed.^[xi] In October 1992, "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" finally received a single release by WEA to promote the ...Best Two compilation. The song reached number 25 on the United kingdom Singles Chart,^[11] making information technology their last U.k. Summit xl appearance to engagement.

Reception [edit]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]

Music critics consider "In that location Is a Light That Never Goes Out" to exist one of the Smiths' finest efforts. Simon Goddard wrote, "In a straw poll amongst Smiths fans today, 'There Is a Lite That Never Goes Out' would more than probable withal come out victorious", which he credits to the "perfect balance" of Marr's compositional skills and Morrissey's lyricism.^[eleven] AllMusic'southward Tim DiGravina calls it "a standout amidst standouts from the Smiths' masterpiece third album, The Queen Is Dead."^[7] In 2014, NME listed "There Is a Low-cal That Never Goes Out" as the 12th greatest song of all time.^[3] The website Acclaimed Music lists information technology as the 49th most acclaimed song of all fourth dimension, and the 6th well-nigh acclaimed song of the 1980s.^[13] In 2017, Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone placed the song number one in his ranking of 73 songs past the Smiths.^[14]

Marr commented on the song's enduring popularity, "I didn't realise that 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' was going to be an anthem, but when nosotros first played information technology, I thought information technology was the best song I'd ever heard."^[5]

Runway listing [edit]

CD 1 (1992)

1. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" – four:02
2. "Mitt in Glove" (alive) – 2:48
3. "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" (live) – five:03
4. "Money Changes Everything" – four:41

CD 2 (1992)

1. "In that location Is a Lite That Never Goes Out" – 4:02
2. "Hand in Glove" (with Sandie Shaw) – 2:58
3. "I Don't Owe Y'all Anything" (with Sandie Shaw) – four:06
4. "Jeane" (with Sandie Shaw) – ii:52

7" and cassette single (1992)

1. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" – four:02
2. "Handsome Devil" (live) – two:55

vii" (1987)

1. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" – 4:02
2. "Half a Person" – iii:36

Charts [edit]

The Smiths version [edit]

Morrissey version [edit]

All entries charted with "Redondo Beach".

Certifications [edit]

In popular culture [edit]

In that location is a chapter in Irvine Welsh'southward novel Trainspotting named after this song, which mentions its championship directly. The song appears on the soundtrack to (500) Days of Summer; in the moving-picture show, it is used to bring the master characters together.^[23]

The vocal has been covered past numerous artists including The Cranberries in 2012 on the French rock radio station Ouï FM and by stone ring Speedstar in 2005 on Australian youth radio station Triple J. Neil Finn's project 7 Worlds Collide covered the song on their 2001 self-titled album. Information technology was also covered by Noel Gallagher during an acoustic operation with Gem Archer.^{[24] [25]} In 2000 electronic musicians Schneider TM and KPT.michi.gan released a cover of the vocal, retitled "The Light 3000", on their EP Binokular.^[26]

References [edit]

1. ^ Reed, Ryan (1 August 2016). "Hear 'Stranger Things'-Inspired Mixtape Featuring Smiths, Clash". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 30 Apr 2019.
2. ^ Passions Just Like Mine Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Auto - Smiths data website
3. ^ ^{a b} NME.COM (31 January 2014). "The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time: 100-one | NME.COM". NME.COM. Archived from the original on xvi Oct 2015. Retrieved two April 2016.
4. ^ ^{a b} Goddard, p. 161-62
5. ^ ^{a b c} Taysom, Joe (30 July 2020). "The Story Backside The Song: How The Smiths song 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' became their 'subconscious secret'". Far Out Mag . Retrieved 30 October 2020.
6. ^ Goddard, p. 161
7. ^ ^{a b} "'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' song review". AllMusic. Retrieved on 27 Feb 2010.
8. ^ At that place Is a Light That Never Goes Out – Early on Version on YouTube
9. ^ Goddard, p. 159
10. ^ Brown, Len (seven April 2010). Meetings with Morrissey. Omnibus Press. ISBN978-0-85712-240-7.
11. ^ ^{a b c} Goddard, p. 163
12. ^ "In that location Is a Calorie-free That Never Goes Out Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
13. ^ "Acclaimed Music". www.acclaimedmusic.cyberspace. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
14. ^ Sheffield, Rob (ane Baronial 2017). "The Smiths: All 73 Songs, Ranked". Rolling Stone . Retrieved i Feb 2022.
15. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out". Irish Singles Nautical chart. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
17. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Morrissey". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 Jan 2020.
18. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Nautical chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
19. ^ "Official Singles Nautical chart Pinnacle 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
20. ^ "Official Contained Singles Chart Summit 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
21. ^ "Italian single certifications – Smiths – There Is a Calorie-free That Never Goes Out" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 8 November 2021. Select "2021" in the "Anno" driblet-downward menu. Select "In that location Is a Light That Never Goes Out" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione".
22. ^ "British single certifications – Smiths – There Is a Calorie-free That Never Goes Out". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
23. ^ "Archived re-create". Archived from the original on 29 Jan 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2010. {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: archived re-create as title (link)
24. ^ Gamboa, Glenn (2 August 2014). "Miley Cyrus reveals new direction at Nassau Coliseum". Newsday. Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved ii Baronial 2014.
25. ^ "Miley Covers the Smiths". WXPN- the Key. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014.
26. ^ Richardson, Mark (18 September 2002). "Schneider TM: Zoom". Pitchfork . Retrieved 26 June 2021.

External links [edit]

• At that place Is a Light That Never Goes Out on YouTube
• There Is a Light That Never Goes Out – instrumental on YouTube

fonsecadession.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Is_a_Light_That_Never_Goes_Out

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