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Especially since the song was seen as a difficult number to sing live. The clip shows footage of the band playing the song live, interspersed with images of a city and a dancing girl.

Although the band itself was severely unhappy with the clip, it is often seen as the reason "How Soon Is Now? Pop Culture Wiki Explore. Wiki Content. Recent blog posts Forum. Explore Wikis Community Central. Records , "How Soon Is Now? Two CD singles featured tracks from The Smiths' back-catalogue which were, following the demise of Rough Trade, unavailable in the United Kingdom at that time.

The re-issue reached number 16 in the U. The majestic ease of Morrissey's melancholic vocals are tinted with vitriol, as they move through vistas of misery with plaintive spirals around the pulse of Johnny Marr's vibrato guitar.

The string's muted strains conjure wistful signs that bridge the schism between crass sentimentality and callous detachment. Each repeated phrase intensifies the hypnotic waves, with results that outflank anything since ' This Charming Man '. Catharsis has rarely been tinged with so much regret, and shared with so much crystalline purity. I guess what seems like meat to one man sounds like murder to another. In , "How Soon Is Now? The single's cover art was a still from the film Dunkirk featuring British actor Sean Barrett , praying but looking sufficiently as though he was holding his crotch to have the sleeve banned in the United States, where a photograph of the band backstage at the Glastonbury Festival was used instead.

According to Morrissey, the US release featured "an abhorrent sleeve — and the time and the dedication that we put into the sleeves and artwork, it was tearful when we finally saw the record Sire Records made an unauthorised music video to promote the song. It intercut clips of the band playing live including a shot of Johnny Marr showing Morrissey how to play the guitar , an industrial part of a city, and a girl dancing.

The band were not pleased by the result. Morrissey told Creem in , "We saw the video and we said to Sire, 'You can't possibly release this Nonetheless, the video has been credited with helping make the song their most famous in the United States, along with heavy exposure on college radio.

One live Smiths performance was recorded during the concerts for the live album Rank , but was not used. Instead, a raw version of this song and entire concert appeared on the bootleg A Bad Boy from a Good Family , and other versions have appeared on bootleg records such as A Kind of Loving a rip of a performance in Oxford recorded and broadcast by the BBC. Morrissey revived the song in his own concerts as a solo artist, and it has been a live staple on all of his tours since The song has also been performed live by Johnny Marr, both solo and with his band the Healers.

The guitar track was sampled, with the Smiths' approval, in by indie-dance band Soho on their UK Top 10 single "Hippychick". UK band Paradise Lost covered the song as a bonus track on the Japanese Edition of their album One Second and it was also released on their single Say Just Words from the album as well. After initial reluctance, the band recorded the song, and it was released as a single from the movie's soundtrack in The song became popular after The WB Television Network utilized the band's cover as the theme song for the witchcraft -themed television series Charmed.

Both soundtrack albums charted well in the U. The song has since been a staple of '90s popular culture , and has been used in numerous media, including the movie trailer for Cruel Intentions. The song was also covered by the alternative rock band Snake River Conspiracy and appears on their album Sonic Jihad. It reached 38 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart in In , the Russian recording duo t. Their version was produced by Martin Kierszenbaum and Robert Orton , with the original lyrics written by Marr and Morrissey.

Upon the song's release, the song was considered a commercial success, compared to the original version. The song, however was never commercially released in the USA. The song received unfavorable to more mixed reviews from music critics, who felt they lacked originality, though compared to other cover version, they praised this version as the best cover. The group's vocals, however were mixed received.

The song managed to have success in European music charts, peaking inside the top ten in Finland and Sweden. An accompanying music video was issued for the group, featuring them performing the song in behind-the-scenes sessions and live performances. While the duo was promoting singles off their studio album, the group decided to release " Show Me Love " as the album's third single.

However, for unknown reasons, the song was dropped and the group's single " 30 Minutes " was then proceeded as the replacement, despite its lack of success on record charts and airplay. Despite being labelled as the ultimate purveyor of jangly indie guitar, Marr was a keen student of music, from 50s rockabilly and 60s girl groups to funk and soul. When my mates were getting into real clever guitar stuff like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, I was obsessed by it.

I was a real student of the guitar and I was only about 12 or something. I used to wait for it on the radio, I was obsessed with it. As I got older I realised it came from this guy called Bo Diddley , who basically invented his own beat.

Marr worked up a demo called Swamp and took it into Smiths producer John Porter , who encouraged the guitarist to develop the track. I just said, right send the guitar out through the amp, and we got these amps and put the effect on it.

Using two Fender Twin amps, each pointing to different settings, Marr added the distinctive guitar riff, taking many, many takes to complete the part as the shuddering effect would frequently go out of sync.

Leaving the song at nearly 8 minutes - unprecedented for a Smiths tune - Marr and Porter sent Morrissey a rough mixdown of the track for him to add lyrics.