"How Soon Is Now?" [1992 re-release]
August/September 1992

 

How Soon Is Now? (album version)
Hand In Glove (original single version)

UK 7" [WEA YZ0002 / 90626-7]
UK CSS [WEA YZ0002C / 90626-4]
Australia CSS [WEA 450990626-4]
Germany/Europe 7" [WEA YZ0002 / 90626-7]

 

How Soon Is Now? (fade-out)
The Queen Is Dead
Handsome Devil (John Peel session 31/5/83)
I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

UK CD5 #1 [WEA YZ0002CD1 / 90627-2]
Germany/Europe CD5 [WEA 90813-2]

 

I Know It's Over
Suffer Little Children
Back To The Old House
How Soon Is Now? (album Version)

UK CD5 #2 [WEA YZ0002CD2 /90628-2]

 

Additional information:
The UK promo 7" for this single (same artwork; WEA, YZ0002DJ) has the fade out version of the title track, backed by the full length album version.

This is a reissue. Information about the original 1985 release is found here.

 

Artwork information:
Vanessa Redgrave and David Hemmings from the movie "Blow Up" directed by M. Antonioni. The 7", euro cd-single and first UK cd are coloured peach while the second UK cd is blue-green. The first UK cd is numbered.

 

Additional release date information:
UK 7", cassingle and cd1: 7 September 1992
UK cd2: 31 August 1992

 

Chart peak information:
UK: 16

 

Promotion:
UK: A specially pressed 7" numbered YZ0002DJ featuring the full version of the title track backed by a 3:41 edit was the main promo tool for this single. Some copies of the European cd-single with a plugger sticker on the front served more limited promotional purposes. A one-track WEA promo video was sent to relevant media. The title track as well as "I Know It's Over" were included on a various artists Warner Music promo cd (PROMOCD35).

Germany: Some copies of the European cd-single were dispatched to German media a PRODUKT INFORMATION press sheet.

Switzerland: A various artists promo video compilation dated 3/09/1992 and featuring a 'revised version' of the video for "How Soon Is Now?" was distributed to promote this single as well as the "Best...I" album.