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[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]
[[File:How-Soon-Is-Now.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]]
[[File:How-Soon-Is-Now.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]]
[[File:HowsoonUS12.jpg | thumb | right | US 12" cover art]]
[[File:Howsoon1992.jpg | thumb | right | Reissue cover art]]
[[File:Howsoon1992.jpg | thumb | right | Reissue cover art]]
{{SmithsDiscobox
{{Discobox
| Name = How Soon Is Now?
| Name = How Soon Is Now?
| Total Length =
| Total Length = 3:41
| Recorded =  
| Recorded =  
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Producer =  
| Producer = [[John Porter]]
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art = Sean Barrett<br>'Dunkirk' (1958) by Leslie Norman
| Art = Sean Barrett<br>'Dunkirk' (1958) by Leslie Norman
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| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Publisher = [[Rough Trade Records]] (UK)<br>[[Sire Records]] (US)
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
| Format =  7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
| Release =  
| Release = 28 January 1985
| Chart = UK #
| Chart = UK #24<br> UK #16 (reissue)
| Type = Single
| Type = Single
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| Previous = William, It Was Really Nothing
| Previous = William, It Was Really Nothing
| PreviousLink = William, It Was Really Nothing (single)
| PreviousLink = William, It Was Really Nothing (single)
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| NextLink = Shakespeare's Sister (single)
| NextLink = Shakespeare's Sister (single)
}}
}}
[[Category:The Smiths Lyrics]]


==Information==
==Information==


===Recording===
* A studio outtake version of this song (likely the Italian 12" version) is available on the [[A Nice Bit Of Meat (LP bootleg)|A Nice Bit Of Meat]] bootleg LP.
 
* An instrumental version of this song is available on the [[A Nice Bit Of Meat 2 (LP bootleg)|A Nice Bit Of Meat 2]] bootleg LP.
===Release===
* The Italian 12" version of this song is available on the [[Blessings Of The Highest Order (LP bootleg)|Blessings Of The Highest Order]] bootleg LP, the [[Asleep (CD bootleg)|Asleep]] bootleg CD, [[The Complete BBC Sessions 1983-1986 (CD bootleg)|The Complete BBC Sessions 1983-1986]] bootleg CD, the [[From The One You Left Behind (CD bootleg)|From The One You Left Behind]] bootleg CD and the [[Wilde About The Smiths Unlimited Rarities (CD bootleg)|Wilde About The Smiths Unlimited Rarities]] bootleg CD.
 
==Track list==
 
===7" Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
US - []
 
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===12" Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
US - []
 
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===CD Single===
UK - []
 
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| 02 =
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| 03 =
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| 04 =
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}}


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==


{{lyrics
{{lyrics |
|I am the son and the heir
I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
I am the son and heir
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}}
==Personnel==




== Sleeve Artwork ==
== Sleeve Artwork ==
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  File: | Cover art. (198)
  File:How-Soon-Is-Now.jpg | Cover art. (1985)
 
File:HowsoonUS12.jpg | US 12" cover art. (1985)
 
File:Howsoon1992.jpg | Reissue cover art. (1992)
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Music Video==
==Music Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnpILIIo9ek</youtube>
===Credits===
===Credits===
*[[Sire Records]] Promo Film


==Live History==
{{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
 
==Appears On==
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== Related Items ==
 
 
== References ==

Revision as of 07:50, 18 March 2020

Cover art
US 12" cover art
Reissue cover art
THE SMITHS Single
Name How Soon Is Now?
Release 28 January 1985
Total Length 3:41
Writer/composer Morrissey/Marr
Producer John Porter
Art work Sean Barrett
'Dunkirk' (1958) by Leslie Norman
Vinyl Etching THE TATTY TRUTH
Publisher Rough Trade Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #24
UK #16 (reissue)
Single chronology
William, It Was Really Nothing
How Soon Is Now?
Shakespeare's Sister

Information

Lyrics

I am the son and the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth! How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am Human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does

I am the son and the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth! How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am Human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does

There's a club, if you'd like to go You could meet somebody who really loves you So you go, and you stand on your own And you leave on your own And you go home, and you cry and you want to die

When you say it's gonna happen "now" Well, when exactly do you mean? See, I've already waited too long And all my hope is gone

You shut your mouth! How can you say I go about things the wrong way? I am Human and I need to be loved Just like everybody else does


Sleeve Artwork

Music Video

Credits

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 83

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Play count (Morrissey concert): 557

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