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Zee Avi

First of the Gang to Die

2009 · via Morrissey

Zee Avi’s earliest release of “First of the Gang to Die” on file came out in 2009. Alain Whyte and Morrissey are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is Morrissey’s, from 2004. Also recorded by Chrissie Hynde (released 2025) and Mendetz & Dorian (released 2009), among 73 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Half of that song belongs to Alain Whyte, and it traveled further than you'd think: Zee Avi put out her own take in 2009, and Chrissie Hynde's came out in 2025. Start with Zee Avi's and hear how it holds up away from Morrissey.

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Credited writers: Alain Whyte and Morrissey.

Earliest release on file: Morrissey, 2004.

Other recordings on file · first release year

73 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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