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Written by: Johnny Marr, Morrissey
Produced by: John Porter
Released: Feb. '85 on Sire
Charts: Did not chart
Morrissey cribbed the line "The heir to nothing in particular" from George Eliot's Middlemarch. But guitarist Marr had another reference in mind: Derek and the Dominos. "I wanted an intro that was almost as potent as 'Layla,' " he said. "When [it] plays in a club or a pub, everyone knows what it is." Mission accomplished.
Appears on: Meat Is Murder (Warner Bros.)