Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (edit)
Rusholme Ruffians (John Peel session 9/8/84)

UK 7" [Rough Trade RT200]

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Rusholme Ruffians (John Peel session 9/8/84)
Nowhere Fast (John Peel session 9/8/84)

UK 12" [Rough Trade RTT200]

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
Rusholme Ruffians (John Peel session 9/8/84)
Nowhere Fast (John Peel session 9/8/84)
William, It Was Really Nothing (Peel session 9/8/84)

UK CD5 [Rough Trade RTT200CD]

Artwork information:
Cover star is Billy Fury. The back shows the same image in a different angle (view left). The cd insert also shows Billy Fury's arms from the same photo (view left). The cd-single artwork is not as yellow as that of the other two formats.

Etchings on vinyl:
UK 7" and 12":
"THE RETURN OF THE SUBMISSIVE SOCIETY" (X) STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDE /
"THE BIZARRE ORIENTAL VIBRATING PALM DEATH"(X)STARRING SHERIDAN WHITESIDE

Sheridan Whiteside is one of Morrissey's pseudonyms.

Chart peak information:
UK: 30

Promotion:
UK: A white label version of the 12" single and 7"s with a plugger sticker on the sleeve were distributed for promotion of this single.

Quotes

How did you feel about the poor B-sides - old mixes and live tracks - on the last Rough Trade singles?
"I approved in the sense that I believe Smiths records should be heard. Quite obviously there weren't acceptable B-sides and quite obviously there was no acceptable reason for a CD and cassette single, but they occurred nonetheless. It's difficult because I wanted those songs to be heard, the death of The Smiths was far too convenient. If there was yet another opportunity to infest the airwaves I thought it should be done."
- Morrissey, NME, 13 February 1988

Reviews

"...So what is there left to say? Only that The Smiths were one of the few bands who got better as time went by, and if you fail to be moved by songs like "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me", then you are missing out on a beautiful experience."
- Smash Hits

"A single taken from The Smiths' worst LP, 'Last Night' reaches no new ground whatsoever. A melodramatic, almost operatic, intro slides into an average Morrissey-Marr number that is two and a half minutes long and a ton too light. The Queen is clearly dead here and Johnny Marr's not looking too bright either."
- Neil Taylor, New Musical Express, 9 December 1987