Germany 7" [RT Deutschland RTD021]
Italy 7" [Virgin VIN45148]

Barbarism Begins At Home
Shakespeare's Sister
Stretch Out And Wait

Germany 12" [RT Deutschland RTD021T]

Barbarism Begins At Home (edit)
Shakespeare's Sister
Stretch Out And Wait

UK CD5 [Rough Trade RTT171CD]
Australia CD5 [Festival D1078]

Additional information:
The German single is a double a-side with "Shakespeare's Sister" which was released as a single in other parts of the world.

"Barbarism Begins At Home" didn't originally get a commercial release in the UK although it was released in 1988 on a cd-single based on the German single listed here. It was also used as a promo for the "Meat Is Murder" album in January 1985 (view UK promo artwork and get more info by visiting "Meat Is Murder").

"Barbarism Begins At Home" was released later in the year in Greece with tracks and artwork from the "How Soon Is Now?" single. Although "Barbarism Begins At Home" is the first track on that EP, it is listed with the latter title because of the rest of the track listing and the artwork.

Artwork information:
This has Viv Nicholson at the pithead, from her 1977 book "Spend Spend Spend". Another photo from the same book had already been used for the "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" single. In 1988 Morrissey chose a third photo of Viv Nicholson to appear on the "Headmaster Ritual" cd-single.

The artwork is repeated on the back of the 7"s and 12"s in black and white.

Etchings on vinyl:
UK promo 12"s: THESE ARE THE GOOD TIMES / none

Additional release date information:
UK DJ promo 12"s: January 1985
UK cd-single: 28 November 1988
Australia cd-single: late 1988

Promotion:
UK: This single wasn't released in the UK in 1985. The UK DJ 12"s served to promote "Meat Is Murder". Information on these is found at the latter link.

Italy: Promo copies of this 7" had a star-shaped hole punched in a corner of the sleeve.

Quotes:
Morrissey, March 1985: "From the time you get hit when you're a child, as covered in a song called 'Barbarism Begins At Home', violence is the only answer. Conversation is pointless."