UK 7" [Rough Trade RT136]
UK 7" [Rhino UK RT136; 2008 reissue]
Australia 7" [CBS RTANZ001]
Belgium 7" [Megadisc RT136]
France 7" [Virgin 105.736]
Germany 7" [RT Deutschland RTD010]
Germany 7" [Intercord INT110.149]
Greece 7" [Virgin VG8005]
New Zealand 7" [CBS RTANZ001]

This Charming Man (Manchester)
This Charming Man (London)
Accept Yourself
Wonderful Woman

UK 12" [Rough Trade RTT136]
Belgium 12" [Ariola/Megadisc 12RT.136/RTT136]
Germany 12" [Rough Trade RTT136/RTD010T]
Germany 12" [RT Deutschland RTD010T]
Japan 12" [Tokuma Japan 15RTL-3]

This Charming Man (New-York)
This Charming Man (New-York instrumental)

UK 12" [Rough Trade RTT136NY]
Belgium 12" [Megadisc RTT136NY]

This Charming Man (New-York)
This Charming Man (New-York instrumental)
Accept Yourself

Australia 12" [CBS RTANZ12001]
New Zealand 12" [CBS RTANZ12001]

This Charming Man [unlabelled London version]
Accept Yourself
Wonderful Woman
This Charming Man (New-York)

France 12" [Virgin 601110; first pressing]
France 12" [Virgin 80.074]

This Charming Man [London version labelled Manchester]
This Charming Man (New-York)
Accept Yourself
Wonderful Woman

Spain 12" [Nuevos Medios 41-061M]

Additional information:
The planned follow-up to the Smiths' debut single "Hand In Glove" was originally going to be the live favourite "Reel Around The Fountain", backed with "Jeane" recorded during the scrapped debut album sessions with producer Troy Tate. The Smiths had also recorded a version of "Reel Around The Fountain" with producer Troy Tate, but they were going to use the version they had recorded for John Peel's BBC radio programme earlier in the year. Those plans went no further than the 7" test pressing stage because the song was stirring controversy at the time and the Smiths had just written a new song they were very excited about, "This Charming Man". The now highly collectible test pressings of "Reel Around The Fountain" have a green label and were given the catalog number RT136, the same number that was reused for "This Charming Man".

A Dutch one-sided 7" of "This Charming Man" was given away with copies of the Dutch edition of the Smiths' debut album. See the latter discography entry for details.

"This Charming Man" was re-released in 1992 by WEA as a single from the "Best...I" album.

The 2008 reissue of the 7" single by Rhino UK was also included in the "Smiths Singles box" which compiled the band's first 10 UK singles (plus two bonuses). On each of the five weeks leading to the release of the latter box, two singles from it were put up for sale individually. Collectors could therefore buy two single reissues every week, or wait at the end of the programme to get all of them in the box, alongside the two bonus 7"s.

Artwork information:
Jean Marais from Cocteau's classic 1949 film "Orphée". The back artwork (view left) shows Marais' arm.

Early versions of the 12" single in the UK and a few other countries such as Japan, Australia and Spain didn't have the band's name on the front. 7" singles from all countries, 12" singles from countries such as Germany and France and later repressings of the 12" single in the UK have the band's name on the front. The NY remixes 12" released in the UK and Belgium have a paler beige tint.

Etchings on vinyl:
UK 7": none / SLAP ME ON THE PATIO
UK 12": WILL NATURE MAKE A MAN OF ME YET / none
"Slap me on the patio" is a lyric taken from the song "Reel Around The Fountain" which had been considered as a single for some time until plans were changed for "This Charming Man". The other etching is a line taken from "This Charming Man".

Additional release date information:
UK 7" and 12": 28 October 1983
UK NY mix 12": 3 December 1983
Japan 12": 25 June 1984
UK 2008 reissue: 10 November 2008

Chart peak information:
UK: 25

Promotion:
UK: Stock copies of the 7" with a plugger sticker on the back of the sleeve were distributed for promotion of this single in the UK. As for many more Smiths singles to come, the plugger was Scott Piering's 'Appearing' media services. These stickered singles usually included a 2-sided press release. One side showed the single's artwork and the other gave information about the tracks found on each formats as well as tour dates. Some copies without the promo sticker were also distributed with a press release, or a promo postcard of Morrissey re-enacting the single's artwork. A few green label 7"s were also distributed in the UK for earlier and more limited promotion of this single. These also have a Scott Piering sticker and are also paired with a press release. The New-York mixes 12" promos were slipped inside a generic white sleeve and had 'vocal' and 'instrumental' stickers on the labels which were stamped with "Scott Piering promotions".

Australia: The 7" and 12" promos had the same content as the stock copies and were slipped in the usual stock sleeves, but the labels were white with black printed text, including promo warnings.

Germany: Stock copies of the Intercord 7" were sent to radio either with a "promotional copy not for sale" sticker on the front and/or an Intercord press release. The latter was in colour, with a rainbow across it. Stock copies of the RTD 7" and 12" singles were also distributed for promotion, but these were paired with a press release from Rough Trade Deutschland which also mentioned the earlier "Hand In Glove" single.

Japan: Stock copies of the 12" single were sent to radio with a white SAMPLE sticker on the sleeve and promo text added on the label.

New Zealand: Stock copies of both the 7" and the 12" were distributed for promotion with a 'Not For Resale' sticker on the label on side B.

Quotes:
Morrissey, February 1984, about the quickly deleted 'New York mix' of 'This Charming Man': "I'm still very upset about that. It was entirely against our principles, the whole thing, it didn't seem to belong with us. There was even a question of a fourth version, which would have bordered on pantomime. It was called the Acton version, which isn't even funny."