Interesting Drug
Such A Little Thing Makes A Big Difference

UK 7" [HMV POP1621]
Australia 7" [EMI Australia EMI2231]
EEC 7" [EMI 006 20 3301 7]
Italy 7" [EMI Italiana 06 2033017]
Portugal 7" [EMI 20 3301 7]
UK etched 12" [HMV 12POPS1621]

Interesting Drug
Such A Little Thing Makes A Big Difference
Sweet And Tender Hooligan (live Wolverhampton 1988)

UK CD5 [HMV CDPOP1621]
UK 12" [HMV 12POP1621]
UK CMS [HMV TCPOP1621]
Australia CMS [EMI Australia TCEMI-2231]
Canada 12" [Sire/Reprise 92 12320]
EEC 12" [EMI 060 20 3301 6]
Germany CD5 [EMI/Electrola 560 20 3301 2]
Italy 12" [EMI Italiana 14 2033016]
USA 12" [Sire/Reprise 9 21232-0]
USA CMS [Sire/Reprise 9 21232-4]

Interesting Drug
The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference
Lucky Lisp
Michael's Bones

Japan CD5 [Toshiba EMI CP15-5889]

Artwork information:
Morrissey, photographed by Lawrence Watson. The 7", regular 12" and cd-single have a reddish tint while the specially etched UK 12" is brown. The Japanese EP has an even darker tint.

Etchings on vinyl:
UK 7" and regular 12":
ESCAPE FROM VALIUM / RETURN TO VALIUM

UK etched 12":
"WHAT KIND OF MAN READS DENIM DELINQUENT?" / MOTOR CYCLE AU PAIR BOY

UK etched promo 12":
HOSSCAH! HOSSCAH! / none

Additional release date information:
UK regular edition: 29 April 1989
UK etched 12": one week later

Chart peak information:
UK: 9
USA: (didn't chart, but reached #11 on Modern Rock chart)

Promotion:
UK: This single was promoted in the UK with the help of the fourth in a series of promo 12"s in glossy record bags of different colour. The one for this single was slipped inside a red sleeve (EMI 12POPDJ1621; view left). A very limited version of the etched 12" mentioned above, this one slipped inside a black die-cut sleeve and numbered SPM29, served more limited and more specific promotional purposes (view left). One-track promo videos were also distributed by EMI/Chop'Em Out.

Canada: Gold-stamped copies of the 12" single were used for promotion.

Germany: The release of "Interesting Drug" was promoted in Germany with the inclusion of the title track on the various artists promo double-cd set titled "EMI Hot Shots Nr 7".

Italy: Copies of the 12" and also perhaps the 7", pin-stamped with the words "Campione Gratuito", were sent to media/retail for promotion.

Japan: Promo cds have a promo sticker on them and promo-only text etched on the cd's inner ring.

USA: Gold-stamped copies of the 12" single were used for promotion. The title track was included on volume 2 of Reprise's "Follow Our Trax" various artists series of promo LPs (PRO-A-3655). The video for "Interesting Drug" was included on a various artist Warner compilation as well as an issue of the various artists ETV promo video series and the July 1989 issue of the Rockamerica various artists promo videos series .