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{{Discobox
{{Discobox
| Name = This Charming Man
| Name = This Charming Man
| Total Length =
| Total Length =2:41
| Recorded =  
| Recorded = October, 1983
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Writer = Morrissey/Marr
| Producer =  
| Producer = John Porter
| Mastered =  
| Mastered =  
| Art =  
| Art = [[Jean Marais]] in "Orphée" (1950)
| Vinyl Etching = SLAP ME ON THE PATIO (7" B-side)<br>WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET (12" A-side)
| Vinyl Etching = SLAP ME ON THE PATIO (7" B-side)<br>WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET (12" A-side)
| 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 October 1983<ref name="smithsdiscography"/><br>
| Chart = UK #
3 August 1992 (UK CD1 re-issue)<ref name="smithsdiscography"/><br>
10 August 1992 (UK CD2 re-issue)<ref name="smithsdiscography"/>
| Chart = UK #25<br>UK #8 (1992 Reissue)
| Type = Single
| Type = Single
| ArtistType = The Smiths
| ArtistType = The Smiths
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}}
}}


==Information==
==Track list==
===7" Vinyl===
UK - [Rough Trade RT 136]


===Recording===
{{tracklist
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 01-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 02 = Jeane
| 02link = Jeane
| 02-duration = 3:02 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}


===Release===
===12" Vinyl===
UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136]


==Track list==
{{tracklist
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01app = (Manchester)
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 01-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02 = This Charming Man
| 02app = (London)
| 02link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02-duration = 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = Accept Yourself
| 03link = Accept Yourself
| 03-duration = 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = Wonderful Woman
| 04link = Wonderful Woman
| 04-duration = 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}


===7" Vinyl===
===12" New York Mix Vinyl===
UK - []<br>
UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136 NY]<br>
US - []
Remixed by [[Francois Kervorkian]]


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01link =  
| 01app = (New York Vocal)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/[[Johnny Marr|Marr]])
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02 =  
| 01-duration = 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02link =  
| 02 = This Charming Man
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (New York Instrumental)
| 02link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02-duration = 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}
 
===CD Single 1===
===12" Vinyl===
UK - [WEA YZ0001CD1]
UK - []<br>
US - []  


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01link =  
| 01app = (Manchester)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02 =  
| 01-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02link =  
| 02 = This Charming Man
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (London)
| 03 =  
| 02link = This Charming Man (single)
| 03link =  
| 02-duration = 2:47 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = Wonderful Woman
| 03link = Wonderful Woman
| 03-duration = 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = Accept Yourself
| 04link = Accept Yourself
| 04-duration = 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


===CD Single===
===CD Single 2===
UK - []
UK - [WEA YZ0001CD2]


{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| 01 =  
| 01 = This Charming Man
| 01link =  
| 01app = (Manchester)
| 01-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 01link = This Charming Man (single)
| 02 =  
| 01-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02link =  
| 02 = This Charming Man
| 02-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 02app = (London)
| 03 =  
| 02link = This Charming Man (single)
| 03link =  
| 02-duration = 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03 = This Charming Man
| 04 =
| 03app = (New York Vocal)
| 04link =  
| 03link = This Charming Man (single)
| 04-duration = : (Morrissey/Marr)
| 03-duration = 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 04 = This Charming Man
| 04app = (New York Instrumental)
| 04link = This Charming Man (single)
| 04-duration = 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 05 = This Charming Man
| 05app = (Peel Session)
| 05link = This Charming Man (single)
| 05-duration = 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 06 = This Charming Man
| 06app = (Single Remix)
| 06link = This Charming Man (single)
| 06-duration = 2:44 (Morrissey/Marr)
| 07 = This Charming Man
| 07app = (Original Single Version)
| 07link = This Charming Man (single)
| 07-duration = 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
}}
}}


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He knows so much about these things  
He knows so much about these things  
}}
}}
==Personnel==


== Sleeve Artwork ==
== Sleeve Artwork ==
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  File:ThisCharmingMan.jpg | Cover art. (1983)
  File:ThisCharmingMan.jpg | Cover art. (1983)
  File:Thischarmingman1992.jpg | Reissue cover art. (1992)
  File:Thischarmingman1992.jpg | Reissue cover art. (1992)
 
File:The-Charming-Man-Poster-01.jpg|Advertising Poster
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Music Video==
==Music Video==
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJRP3LRcUFg</youtube>
<br>
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2s9ke-pKWw</youtube>
===Credits===
===Credits===
*Performed On [[Top Of The Pops]], BBC, 24 November 1983


==Live History==
{{CommonSongSections | Artist = The Smiths | Song = {{#replace:{{#replace:{{PAGENAME}}| (single)|}}| (song)|}}}}
 
==Appears On==
<gallery  perrow="8">
File:The-smithsalbum.jpg | ''[[The Smiths (album)|The Smiths]]'' <br><br><br><br>(1984)
File:Best_I.jpg | ''[[Best...I]]'' <br><br><br><br>(1992)
File:Smiths-singles.jpg | ''[[Singles]]''<br><br><br><br>(1995)
File:SmithsVeryBest.jpg | ''[[The Very Best Of The Smiths]]'' <br><br><br>(2001)
File:Soundofsmiths1.png | ''[[The Sound Of The Smiths]]'' <br><br><br><br>(2008)
File:The_Smiths_Singles_Box_cover.jpg | ''[[The Smiths Singles Box]]''<br><br><br><br>(2008)
File:Something_Is_Squeezing_My_Skull1.jpg | ''[[Something Is Squeezing My Skull (single)|Something Is Squeezing My Skull]]''<br><br><br>(2009)
File:Complete.jpg | ''[[Complete]]''<br><br><br><br> (2011)
</gallery>
 
== Related Items ==
== Related Items ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Charming_Man "This Charming Man" Wikipedia page] - Wikipedia
* [http://www.vulgarpicture.com/s1983.html "This Charming Man" 1983 release info/scans] - Vulgar Picture


 
==References And Notes==
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="smithsdiscography">{{cite | title=The Smiths Discography compiled by Stephane Daigle | url=http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/lyrics/smit-d.htm | pub=It May All End Tomorrow | author= | date= | dom= | type=ext }}
</ref>
</references>

Revision as of 07:37, 1 April 2020

Cover art
Reissue cover art
THE SMITHS Single
Name This Charming Man
Release 28 October 1983[1]

3 August 1992 (UK CD1 re-issue)[1]
10 August 1992 (UK CD2 re-issue)[1]

Total Length 2:41
Recorded October, 1983
Writer/composer Morrissey/Marr
Producer John Porter
Art work Jean Marais in "Orphée" (1950)
Vinyl Etching SLAP ME ON THE PATIO (7" B-side)
WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET (12" A-side)
Publisher Rough Trade Records (UK)
Sire Records (US)
Format(s) 7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, CD
Chart position UK #25
UK #8 (1992 Reissue)
Single chronology
Hand In Glove
This Charming Man
What Difference Does It Make?

Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RT 136]

  1. This Charming Man – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. Jeane – 3:02 (Morrissey/Marr)

12" Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136]

  1. This Charming Man (Manchester) – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. This Charming Man (London) – 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Accept Yourself – 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Wonderful Woman – 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr)

12" New York Mix Vinyl

UK - [Rough Trade RTT 136 NY]
Remixed by Francois Kervorkian

  1. This Charming Man (New York Vocal) – 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. This Charming Man (New York Instrumental) – 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr)

CD Single 1

UK - [WEA YZ0001CD1]

  1. This Charming Man (Manchester) – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. This Charming Man (London) – 2:47 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. Wonderful Woman – 3:08 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. Accept Yourself – 3:55 (Morrissey/Marr)

CD Single 2

UK - [WEA YZ0001CD2]

  1. This Charming Man (Manchester) – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
  2. This Charming Man (London) – 2:45 (Morrissey/Marr)
  3. This Charming Man (New York Vocal) – 5:33 (Morrissey/Marr)
  4. This Charming Man (New York Instrumental) – 4:19 (Morrissey/Marr)
  5. This Charming Man (Peel Session) – 2:42 (Morrissey/Marr)
  6. This Charming Man (Single Remix) – 2:44 (Morrissey/Marr)
  7. This Charming Man (Original Single Version) – 2:41 (Morrissey/Marr)

Lyrics

Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate

Will Nature make a man of me yet? When in this charming car This charming man

Why pamper life's complexity When the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat?

I would go out tonight But I haven't got a stitch to wear This man said: "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"

A jumped-up pantry boy Who never knew his place He said - "Return the ring" He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things

I would go out tonight But I haven't got a stitch to wear This man said: "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"

This charming man This charming man

A jumped-up pantry boy Who never knew his place He said - "Return the ring" He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things He knows so much about these things

Sleeve Artwork

Music Video


Credits

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 95

The Smiths live history:

... further results

The Smiths live history - played in concert twice:

Play count (Morrissey concert): 115

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

Appears On Covers Compilation

Cover Versions

Related Items

References And Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Smiths Discography compiled by Stephane Daigle. It May All End Tomorrow. Retrieved from [1].