parodies, homages, samples, mentions...

 

"100000 Morrissey's" - Mr. Floppy
Not very complimentary. Starts with the bassline to "This Charming Man" which is interrupted by the singer screaming "No!". The chorus is "What shall we do when 100000 Morrisseys come marching over the hill?". Later hints at Johnny Marr with "Watching all that talent gurgle down the drain". Also samples from "William, It Was Really Nothing" and "Accept Yourself".

"1985" - Manic Street Preachers
Includes the line "Morrissey and Marr gave me choice in 1985". From their 2004 album "Lifeblood".

"80's Kid" - Xanax 25
Mentions Morrissey and Ian McKay.

"About Time" - Art Brut
The opening line of this song is "There was a time when I couldn't stomach Morrissey". They also mention the man in their song "Moving To L.A.".

"Absolute Queen Of Pop" - RPLA (James Maker)
James used to be a friend of Morrissey. He even danced on stage with the Smiths for their first few gigs. The song includes these lines, supposedly about Morrissey: "Friend of friends / you've never taken a drug in your life / but you don't need to because you're worshipped / why did you change? / you sleep all on your own / why did you say 'Oh I want to be alone'?"

"Anne Clark vs Morrissey" - Rockformation Discokugel
Titles and lyrics mention Morrissey: ... the world is much darker than any of Anne Clark's songs and life is more desperate than Morrissey ever described...". First released on their "Für Softdrinks Keine Zeit" mini-album in 1999 and soon to be re-released.

"Another Rainy Day In Manchester" – Dan Treacy (Television Personalities)
Tribute/parody of Morrissey done live in 1996. Download track and read lyrics here. The line "I would go out tonight but i haven't got a thing to wear" can also be heard in "A Day In Heaven" as heard live on the "Chocolat Art" album (also known as "I Know Where Dan Treacy Live").

"Argument with David Rawlings concerning Morrissey" - Ryan Adams
This is not a song but the sample of a discussion between Ryan Adams and David Rawlings as to "Suedehead" is on "Viva Hate" or "Bona Drag". It opens Ryan Adams 2000 album "Heartbreaker".

"Army Of Me" - Bjork
In her "Post" book, she writes: " 'Army Of Me' is about Morrissey, or anyone who feels they can't cope". The song originally included a line mentioning Morrissey, something like "stop acting like Morrissey". It could be a coincidence echoing a line in the Smiths' "Ask", but in the video for the song, a timebomb with the word "Smith" on it bring her and her friend/lover together.

"Art Fag" - Anal Cunt
Includes the line: "he listens to the fucking Smiths/he has a moustache". They seem to be obsessed by Morrissey. See elsewhere in this page for other Anal Cunt covers and mentions.

"Billy Budd" - Navy
Have their own composition titled "Billy Budd". The words and music, though influenced by Morrissey, are their own.

"Blowhard" - General Public
From their album "Rub It Better". Includes the line "You could be cold as Kurt or lonelier than Morrissey".

"Born To Be Sold" - Transvision Vamp
Morrissey's name is mentioned in that song: "From Sister Sue to Judy Teen / From Marty Wilde to Morrisey". Yes they wrote the typo in the lyrics sheet.

"Cachet Of Misery" - Judybats
About Morrissey. In concert, they even changed the chorus to "the cachet of Morrissey..."

"Calling Home" - Carol Masters
Contains the chorus to "Everyday Is Like Sunday". On their 2002 album "Universal Greeting Station".

"Cemented Shoes" - My Vitriol
Mentions the words "Bigmouth strikes again at last".

"Charmless Man" - Blur
Some people believe that this song might be about Morrissey because of the similarity between the title and "This Charming Man", the fact that Ronnie Kray is mentioned and perhaps the "nature didn't make him that way" line, but Damon Albarn said it was about Brett Anderson, lead singer of Suede.

"Chest Hair" - Spiderbait
Includes the line "wrote poetry, Morrissey, Johnny Marr".

"Children Of The Cemetry Gates" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "Cemetry Gates".

"Cloning Of Marr" - Venus Vegas
On the soundtrack to the movie "Bring Me The Head Of Johnny Marr".

"Clown Fucker" - Dana Gould
This is a tribute to Morrissey, not lyric-wise but in the way he sings.

"Cobain In A Coma" - Sleestacks
"Girlfriend In A Coma" with different lyrics. This was written about Kurt Cobain's quasi-overdose a few weeks before his suicide.

"Dark Skinned White Girls" - Murs
Includes the lines: "Now she likes the Smiths, the Cure/Really into Morrissey/Heavy on the rock never fooled with the Jodeci/Rejected by the black not accepted by the white world/And this is dedicated to them dark-skinned white girls".

"Day I See You Again (The)" - Dubstar
Features the lines: "If the man you've grown to be/Is more Morrison than Morrissey/I'll tell you straight as we undress/That things got better when you left".

"Dear Morrissey" - Jonathan Ian Mathers
Tribute to Morrissey available via MP3.com on his "Translating Shakespeare" album.

"Death Is Infinite" - Himsa
Uses the line "Angel angel down we will go". The singer John Pettibone is very infatuated with Morrissey.

"Death Time" - Turbonegro
Includes the line "Shaking hands with Morrissey, it's death time. Sucking cock in East Africa, it's death time". From their album "Ass Cobra".

"Der letzte der famosen, grandiosen, internationalen Kriminellen" - Die Fünf Freunde
This song from their 1992 album "Inspektor Inspektor" pokes fun at Morrissey's "The Last Of The Famous International Playboys".

"DJ Spinnin' " - Punk Chic
Built around a sample of the bassline to "Barbarism Begins At Home".

"DJ Rumpus' Big Mouth " - DJ Rumpus
Includes a sample from "Bigmouth Strikes Again". Released in 2004.

"Dress Like your Mother" - Sleeper
Mentions the Smiths' biggest album: "You sold your old punk records / read the book instead / you lost your sense of humour / but you kept "The Queen Is Dead / you don't look yourself / you dress like your mother"

"England's Dreaming" - Cornershop
A song includes the line: "I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, fight the power!". From the 10" EP "Lock, Stock, and Double Barelled". Also on the "Hold On It Hurts" album. Both from 1992 on Merge Records. At the time, Cornershop used the alleged racism rumours to protest against Morrissey and make the music papers mention them.

"England Half English" - Billy Bragg
Has the lyrics "Dance with me to this very English melody / From morris dancing to Morrissey / all that stuff came from across the sea". Bragg has covered many Smiths tracks either live or on record. See the recorded covers and live covers sections of this page.

"ESA-2000" - Heroes And Villains
Includes the line "You like the Smiths 'cause the singer's got a quiff". From the 2005 EP "All The Giants Are Buried At Sea".

"Everyday Is Like Sunday" - Steve Jone
Steve Jones did a parody of this song as a jingle for his radio programme in Los Angeles. The words were changed to present the show's title and schedule.

"Fagetarian And Dyke" - Team Dresch
There's a part where the singer says: "I spent the last ten days of my life ripping off the Smiths."

"Fairies Panic" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "Panic".

"Falling Upstairs" - Monkey Run
Morrissey is the cover star on this single.

"Fast Pigs Going Nowhere" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "Nowhere Fast".

"Feel Like Morrissey" - 30 Foot Fall
On their 7" titled "Jr. High Sucked" on Twistworthy Records, compiled on "Expose Yourself", a punk compilation cd. The song is not very complimentary, but the authors certainly know the Smiths and Morrissey's catalogue, as many titles and lyrics are mentioned in the song.

"Flower Fights With Morrissey" - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
On their "Kids On The Street" album, on their own label, called Space Age Bachelor Pad Music.

"For Steven Patrick" - Durutti Column (Vini Reilly)
On his 1990 "Sporadic Recordings" album and the augmented 2002 reissue "The Return Of The Sporadic Recordings". Vini Reilly collaborated with Morrissey on Viva Hate and his first solo singles.

"For You" - Nerf Herder
This song includes the line "... I'd be depressed like Morrissey..."

"Four Skinny Indie Kids" - Half Man Half Biscuit
This song from their "Four Lads Who Shock The Wirral" mentions "celibate lead singers". It might very well be about Morrissey.

"Geoff" - The Potatomen
Includes the line "... and though Jeff was his name / he found it far too mundane / to spell it with a J in the conventional vein / so in the spirit of his hero Morrissey / he spelled it with an English G / and everyone soon knew him as Geoff". They also covered "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out".

"A Great Parker" - Lucksmiths
Includes the lines "God knows I'm going nowhere fast" and "I was drunk in the haze of a happy hour". The Lucksmiths also have a song called "There Is A Boy That Never Goes Out", a twist on the Smiths title "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" (although the song has no explicit Smiths content).

"Hairdresser In A Coma" - Mystery Science Theatre 3000
To help introduce the "City Limits" movie (#403), they had "a pop star whose career was dwindling" (or they said something like that)- a Morrissey look alike. He kept saying things like "Is it wrong not to always be glad" and "Have I mentioned that I cry a lot?". He then broke into a rendition of "Hairdresser in a Coma" - a horrible song with an even worse impression of Morrissey's voice that sounded neither like the Smiths nor Morrissey. Then, they closed the Morrissey look-alike in a tomb-like container where pop stars with dwindling careers are preserved.

"Harder You Push Me, The Farther I Go" - Momentissey
From a Disney produced syndicated show called "Bill Nye The Science Guy", a video parody of "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get". It was based on the concept of momentum. The video part was "Bill Nye" dressed up in a moz hairdo pushing things around to show the effects of momentum with quick video style cuts.

"Heaven Knows One's Miserable Now" - Spitting Image
Parody of Princess Di singing her own lyrics to the Smiths' "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now".

"Hippy Chick" - Soho
This is based on samples from the Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?". Soho were sued by The Smiths or their publishers for using the sample without permission and lost their case. The 12" and cassette maxi-single feature different mixes with samples from different parts of the song.

"Hollow Inside" - Time Flies
From their album "On Our Way". Borrows the line "I can feel the soil falling over my head" from the Smiths' "I Know It's Over". That line is in quotation marks in the lyrics.

"Homo Christmas" - Pansy Division
Includes the lines: "Don't be miserable like Morrissey / Let me do you underneath the Christmas Tree"

"Hotel California" - Nerf Herder
Includes the lines: "She frowns at the kill / Char-broiling on the grill / Singing, 'Death for no reason / Death for no reason is murder'"

"How Sweet Is Leaf" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?".

"I Am Stretched On Your Grave" - Sinead O'Connor
Some remixes contain samples of "How Soon Is Now?". The names of these remixes are the "Apple Brightness" mix and the "Night Until Morning" mix.

"I Hate The Smiths" - Instant Folk Death (Ween)
This is an early song by members-to-be of Ween. Available on a 1994 compilation by Solebury Rekerdz titled "New Hope Is A Bad Scene". From a radio show.

"I'm So Miserable" - Attila The Stockbroker
Attila is a British comedian and folksinger. The song his about being "so miserable" (repeated over and over) and includes lines which are titles of Smiths songs, such as "What Difference Does It Make?" and "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side".

"I Never Went Through A Smiths Phase" - Mitch Benn
Parody song broadcast on BBC's Radio 4 in early 2004.

"Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance To Anything)" - The Dead Milkmen
Mentions the Smiths in the line "You'll dance to anything by the Smiths". On a 12" or cassette maxi-single, and on their album "Bucky Fellini".

"In The Morning Before Work" - Owen
This 2004 mentions Morrissey and New Order.

"Into The Bigmouth" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "Bigmouth Strikes Again".

"I Touched You At The Sound Check" - Pelle Carlbert
This song is about meeting Mike Joyce.

"Ivor Cutler Is Dead" - The Bobby McGee's
Includes the line "I've got no friends, not one, I'm a sad and lonely little boy, I've got no friends, not one, not a single little friend in the world and I'll go out on my own and I'll stand on my own and I'll dance to the Smiths on my own".

"Jag i Underlandet" - Staffan Hellstrand
Contains (in Swedish) the line "I was too drunk at Ritz one night but Kevin and Morrissey supported me / 1984 - they said it all".

"John Kettley Is A Weatherman" - A Tribe of Toffs
Contains the line "Johnny Marr he plays guitar".

"Johnny Marr?" - Neil and Iraiza
This is the name of an album by this Japanese duo.

"Johnny Marr" - Permafrost
A very complimentary tribute to "the tsar of everything that rocks", Johnny Marr. From their album 1997 album "In Harm's Way" on Emperor Norton Records.

"Lighten Up Morrissey" - Sparks
This indirect tribute to Morrissey is about a guy who finds that girls won't date him because he's not enough like Morrissey.

"Louder Than Morrissey" - Darlington
"Louder Than Morrissey" is the name of Darlington's album released late 2002.

"Maf" - Momus
From the 1999 album "Stars Forever". Includes the line "I made my confession to Didsbury police / I'd hoped to kill Morrissey, but neither of us could get arrested". The song is about a Morrissey fan named Maf, "the alter ego of a Leeds Morrissey fan called Matthew".

"Mash" - Parlor Scouts
This downloadable song from 2006 includes the line "Mash said I'd be a singer and live immaculately in a mansion with Morrissey".

"Meet You At The Church" - Scott Free
The chorus goes "Will you marry me Morrissey?" over and over. On his album "The Living Dead".

"Meetings With Remarkable Men" - Harvey Danger
This song off his "King James Version" album includes the line: "I bowed before the avatar / he said, 'the problem's clear to me: you never got over morrissey' / I said 'well, right you are!' / 'it's so much harder to be underfed than under-understood' he said"

"Me vs. Morrissey in the Pretentiousness Contest (The Ladder Match)" - A Wilhelm Scream
This song takes a dig at Morrissey.

"Miserable Boy" - The Popguns
Supposedly about Morrissey. The singer is known to be a big fan of The Smiths and Morrissey's solo career. From their 1995 album "Love Junky" on 3rd Stone Records which features a picture of the band, the caption of which uses the "We'll let you know" line: "You wonder how we stayed alive until now".

"Mix Tape" - Brand New
Includes the lines: "I'm sick of your tattoos / and the way you always criticize the Smiths / and Morrissey". On their album "Your Favourite Weapon".

"Morrisey" - Anal Cunt
Their producer's name is Tina Morrisey but it seems the song is still about the singer. It is the same for their song "Johnny Violent Getting His Ass Kicked By Morrisey" on their "40 More Reasons To Hate Us" on Earache Records.

"Morrissey" - Sextants
On a cd-single and the mini-album "I Don't Lie". Extract: "I can sing like that guy from the Smiths / Morrissey yeah that's his name / I do it so people will like me / And I think it sounds kinda neat / but he kinda sounds like a muppet / and speaking of that, do you remember Yoda / he was a muppet also / Jim Hensen made him, he wasn't real / And all the songs I write start in an A or G or an E... / (...) / See i've already waited too long / see I told you I could sing like Morrissey."

"Morrissey" - Leo Garcia
Released as a single on the Fragil Discos label in Argentian in 2001.

"Morrissey Is A Wimp" - American Lesion
4-track 7" single on Trilobite Records. Not very nice nor humorous. The single might be called "Memphis Punk Band EP.

"Morrissey Must Die" - The Meatmen
On a compilation cd of 28 bands on Go Kart records, titled "Go Kart Vs. The Corporate Giant". The band has also covered "How Soon Is Now?" for "The World Still Won't Listen" tribute cd.

"Morrissey Rides A Cockhorse" - Warlock Pinchers
On a 12" and a cd-single as the title track. Also on their "Deadly Kung Fu Action" album from 1988.

"Morrissey Stole All My Ideas" - The Disco Students
On their 2004 EP titled "Gay Lorry Drivers". A live version from 2004 appears on their live EP titled "Live In New York". They supposedly also mention Morrissey in their "Kitchen Sink Disco" song from the "My Black Girlfriend" EP from 2005.

"Morrissey's Tongue" - The Visions
Made available in 2005 through the band's website.

"Morrissey Was Right" - Kid Gorgeous
On this hardcore band's 2002 or 2003 album "This Feeling Gets Old". Includes the line "I never heard a Smiths song that I didn't like..".

"Mouthpiece" - Ludus
This 1981 song by Morrissey friend Linder Sterling includes the line "I steal your books and you steal mine" which she admitted being about Morrissey in an interview in 2004.

"Moving To L.A." - Art Brut
In this song about moving to Los Angeles the band namecheck Morrissey. They also mention the man in their song "About Time".

"Mrs. Smith" - Joey Kline
The song includes the line "Mrs. Smith, how could you have a son like Morrissey..."

"My Girl" - The Ordinary Boys and Suggs
In a live collaboration between those two artists on a version of the Madness classic "My Girl", the line "I was looking for a job and then I found a job" was inserted between two verses.

"My Morrissey Shirt" - The Smugglers
On "In The Hall Of Fame" on PopLlama Records (now on Lookout! Records)

"My Sex" - Elastica
Includes the line "What I want is a room with a three bar fire like the one you had before, when you were poor and I just like you more".

"Nature Is A Language" - Coil
This song which features the line "nature is a language, can't a read" (lifted from the Smiths' "Ask") was included on "The New Backwards", a bonus LP packaged with the vinyl edition of Coil's 2008 album "The Ape Of Naples".

"Never Went Through A Smiths Phase" - Mitch Benn
Besides the obvious lyrical connection, the song is based on the melody to the Smiths' "This Charming Man".

"Not Happy" - Bruce McCulloch
On his "Shame-Based Man" album. He sings "It's not because I'm less happy than Morrissey", then later in the song "It's not because I'm more unhappy than Morrissey".

"Not Ill" - I Love Poland
This 2006 song has a chorus of "does the body rule the mind, or does the mind rule the body, I don't know", a line from the Smiths' "Still Ill".

"Now I Know How Morrissey Felt" - Mika
On the 2003 album "Right Place Right Time".

"Numanoid Hang-Glide" - Half Man Half Biscuit
On the "This Leaden Pall" album. "Gazza in a Mozza mask /goofing by the pool / Eating all the Caramacs / howay Cemetry Gates..."

"Ode To Morrissey" - Negative Rugcore

"Oh Morrissey Why Are You So Sad" - Jonathan King
On his 1992 album titled "Anticloning".

"One More Week In The Charts" - Steve Wright (BBC Radio 1 DJ)
Extract (to the music of Oscillate Wildly): "Oh Kylie it's funny but it's true / I wonder why it's never happened to you / whenever I appear on Top of the Pops / my records go down instead of up up up / and oh I'm miserable now / I'm very very miserable now / I was unhappy with the Smiths / but now I'm down right miffed / oh Ronny Kray, do you know that I am down right miffed? / Give me one more week in the charts / I'm not just a man with a tree up his ar...ask me ask me ask me / the reason why I've never had #1 / it's because I've never really had one."

"Organ Donor" - Acarine
Includes the line "like morrissey around the fountain reeling". The MC appears dressed as Morrissey circa 1983, with quiff, daffodils and hearing aid. The video could be seen from www.acarine.com in 2004.

"Other, The" - The No-No's
Includes the line "She's a modern day Audrey Hepburn / a female Morrissey / she is stylish, crass and careful / she's the unknown quantity".

"Panic" - Vic Reeves
Parody done on his show. Includes lines such as "a lean side of beef it just slips down" instead of "the Leeds side-streets that you slip down..." See "Sheila Take A Bow" below. Vic Reeves has also done a parody called "Morrissey the Consumer Monkey".

"Parallel" - Bawl
Has the line "And now i know how you feel about personal hygiene, Oscar Wilde, and Morrissey"

"Pen And Notebook" - Camera Obscura
Includes "You saved for a bass guitar... / You knew you'd made a mistake / when you first saw Marr".

"Picture Of Dorian Grey" - The Television Personalities
From their 1984 live album "Chocolat-Art". With the lines: "We sit by a river, drinking lemon tea, eating tiny cucumber sandwiches made by Morrissey". The Television Personalities would often tell jokes about The Smiths in concert, or change lyrics to mention the Smiths or Morrissey. For example, they did change the song "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" to "I Know Where Steven Morrissey Lives". They also did very short songs live, made from lyrics from early Smiths singles.

"PJ In The Streets Of London" - Xiu Xiu
Contains the line "my royal name is Cyrus the selfish and yours Panic in the streets of London".

"Planet In A Coma" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "Girlfriend In A Coma".

"Populace In Two" - From First To Last
This song which includes the line "even if I spent 2004, listening to Morrissey in my car, I'm better off alone, than I would be in your arms" is available from their 2004 album "Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Body Count".

"Pregnant For The Last Time" - The Sisters Of Morrissey
Title of a 7" single. Not a cover of "Pregnant For The Last Time" and no song on the single has that title. The songs are titled "Life You Won" and "Travolta".

"Pretty Girls Die Just The Same" - Sworn In
On their self titled EP. This song includes the line "sweetness I was only joking when I said I'd like to smash every tooth in your head" from the Smiths' "Bigmough Strikes Again".

"Radiodiffusion" - Sianspheric
Includes parts of "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want". From the 2002 album "The Sound Of The Colour Of The Sun".

"Red Hot" - Family Foundation with Johnny Rogan
On the "One Blood" album. About Morrissey's alleged racist tendencies. Done in ragga style with the collaboration of ex-Smiths Craig Gannon.

"Relationships Hooray!" - Old House
This song released on a 7" on Wrath Records in 2005 includes the lines "Maybe one day, you'll say / You're the one for me, fatty / But only Morrissey would say something as great as that".

"Rocks In Virginia's Dress" - Spent Poets
"If that's the way that it must be / then i'm so tired / sick, sick, sick and tired / let's go listen to Morrissey".

"Seen The Future" - Lloyd Cole
Line in the song: "I don't need TV when I've got my Morrissey". From the album "Bad Vibes".

"Seymour Stein" - Belle And Sebastian
This song from their album titled "The Boy With The Arab Strap" includes the line "you liked Chris' jacket / he reminded you of Johnny before he went electronic" which is obviously about Johnny Marr. Also, Seymour Stein was at the head of Sire records during the living days of the Smiths.

"Sheila Take A Bow" - Vic Reeves
Parody done on his show. Includes lines such as "boot the grime of this world in the cobblers..." See "Panic" above for another one. Vic Reeves has also done a parody called "Morrissey the Consumer Monkey".

"Shoplifters In The Void" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "Shoplifters Of The World Unite".

"Signal Box" - The Bear Quartet
As stated on their Swedish homepage, the line "but it goes to show / just how little you know" was taken from the Smiths' "Death Of A Disco Dancer".

"The Singer" - The Margarets
This song is dedicated to Morrissey.

"Smiths Disco" - Courteeners
This was released in 2008 as a b-side to their single "Not Nineteen Forever".

"Song For Acuarela" - Destroyer
From the third Acuarela compilation. The song ends with the line "Call me morbid... call me pale" from "Half A Person".

"Soon The Rest Will Fall" - The Quails
This song from their album "Atmosphere" includes the lines "you thought that if you had an acoustic guitar / that it meant you were a protest singer / and you could smile about it now / but at the time it was terrible!" from the Smiths' "Shakespeare's Sister".

"Stemingway and Heinbeck" - Joan Of Arc
A take off on "Bigmouth Strikes Again" where Joan Of Arc sings about knowing "how Morrissey felt as the flames rose to his roman nose and his walkman started to melt" instead of the usual other way around. The song is the b-side of their "Busy Bus, Sunny Sun" 7" that came out on Southern Records in 1997.

"Stephen, It Was Really Something" - Associates
This is a riposte to the Smiths' "William, It Was Really Nothing" which was allegedly about Associates singer Billy Mackenzie. The song remained unreleased for many years until the 2000 rarities compilation album "Double Hipness" on V2 Records.

"Steven Patrick Buzzwords" - Betty Goo
This is a respectful but not entirely serious ode to Morrissey's lyricism. It is found on the album "Gooicide" put out on the Boston area label Jackass Records.

"Steven Smith" - The Organ
This song is about Morrissey.

"Steven, You Don't Eat Meat" - Sandie Shaw
An obvious ode to Morrissey. She has collaborated with The Smiths and Morrissey at different points of her career. See her "Hand In Glove" single.

"Stupid Day Job" - Wally Pleasant
sings "And now I'm so traumatized that I'm going to start singing like Morrissey...Stupid day job, stupid day job... it sucks being a tortured artist".

"Sumisu" - Farin Urlaub
Released in 2001. Includes the line "...and whenever we were sad, we went home, I took you in my arms, and we heard the Smiths, sometimes the Cure or New Order, but most of the time The Smiths". On top of that, the intro to the song sounds like the intro to "What Difference Does It Make?". Another one of Farin Urlaub's songs on the same album is titled "Jeden Tag Sonntag" which means "Everyday Is Like Sunday" in German.

"Sweetness" - Donkey Tugger
Eurotrance track based on "Bigmouth Strikes Again" having appeared on the internet in 2004.

"Take Him" - Sandie Shaw
This song was written by Sandie Shaw about something that happened during a night out with Morrissey in 1987 or 1988.

"Thank You For The Venom" - My Chemical Romance
This song has a line that goes "Sister, I'm not much a poet, but a criminal", a very likely reference to Morrissey's "Sister I'm A Poet".

"This Charming Acrobat" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "This Charming Man".

"Thou Shalt Always Kill" - Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip
Includes the line "The Smiths were just a band".

"Thrupenny Tears" - Trash Can Sinatras
The last verse is supposedly dedicated to Morrissey.

"Toby Take A Bow" - Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
On the 2003 album "Twinkle Echo". Mentions the Smiths and includes many Morrissey/Smiths references.

"That Snow Isn't Funny Anymore" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore".

"There's No 'I' In Team – Taking Back Sunday
This song includes the lines "I started something I couldn't finish, and if we go down, we go down together" and "...a brick in the small of my back".

"The Train #2" - The Aislers Set
Includes the line: "It's the bomb that will bring us together" from "Ask". On their 2003 album "How I Learned To Write Backwards".

"This Charming Slim Shady" - Mister Fitzpop
A mix-in/mash-up of the words to the Eminem song "The Real Slim Shady" over the music to the Smiths' "This Charming Man". Part of the bastard pop trend of the early 2000's.

"Unhappy Sabbath Day" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "Unhappy Birthday".

"Valerie" - Ghost of the Robot
Includes the line "Got an old Smiths' record and I put it on endlessly / To mourn a lethal fascination of a girl named Valerie".

"Verstärker" - Blumfeld
Includes the line "If it's not love then it's the bomb" from "Ask", translated into German. Their album "Old Nobody" includes a poem with the line "So you understand change and you think it's essential" stolen from "The Teachers Are Afraid Of The Pupils".

"What I Wouldn't Give" - Pink Industry
The 7" has Morrissey on the cover. Includes the line:"There's my Smiths tapes you never wanted to hear/throw them away/Morrissey in the bin".

"What She Sabbed" - Black Smiths
The Black Smiths cover Smiths songs mashed with Black Sabbath songs (see more in this list). They are sold on cd at their gigs and downloadable from their website. This one features bits from the Smiths' "What She Said".

"We Love it When Our Friends Become Disabled" - Sultans Of Ping
Done live.

"Wie Ein Smith-song" - Britta
Describes how life is just like a Smiths song.

"Wilhelm Das War Nichts" - Tomte
This title is "William, It Was Really Nothing" in German. From their 2000 album "Eine sonnige Nacht".

"What Took You So Long?" - Courteeners
This Manchester band 2008 single features the line "Do you know who I am, I'm like a Morrissey with some strings".

"What Would Morrissey Say?" - Help She Can't Swim
On their 2004 album "Help She Can't Swim Present Fashionista Super Dance Troupe".

"Working Class Jacket" - My Favorite
On their self titled album on Cambridge's Double-Agent Records. The song includes the line "alone at school she sits and dreams of Johnny Marr and Morrissey".

"You Could Have Both" - The Long Blondes
The song's line "I know that you love one so why can't you love two?" was arguably lifted from Morrissey's "My Love Life". The band are said to be big fans of Morrissey and the Smiths.