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The Smiths

Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now

1984 · via The Smiths

The Smiths’ 1984 recording of “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” is the earliest release on file. Johnny Marr and Morrissey of The Smiths are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Act (released 1988), H₂O (released 1996) and The Section (released 2003), among 82 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Marr and Morrissey wrote this one for themselves, and The Beautiful South still went and recorded it. Put the two side by side and you can hear just how well the song survives someone else singing it.

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Credited writers: Johnny Marr and Morrissey.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1984.

Other recordings on file · first release year

82 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Johnny Marr and Morrissey wrote "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" for The Smiths. Which British band later put their own recording of it on tape?The Beautiful South
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