UK 7" [Rough Trade RT192]
UK 7" [Rhino UK RT192; 2008 reissue]
Australia 7" [CBS RTANZ015]
France 7" [Virgin 90259]
Holland 7" [Megadisc MD5286]
New Zealand 7" [CBS RTANZ015]

Bigmouth Strikes Again
Money Changes Everything
Unloveable

UK 12" [Rough Trade RTT192]
Australia 12" [CBS RTANZ12012]
Holland 12" [Megadisc MD125286]
Spain 12" [Nuevos Medios 41-196M]
Sweden 12" [MNW RTT192]

Bigmouth Strikes Again
Panic
Money Changes Everything
The Draize Train
Unloveable

Greece 12" [Virgin VG2071Z]

Additional information:
"Bigmouth Strikes Again" was released later in 1986 in Greece as an EP featuring tracks from the UK "Bigmouth Strikes Again" and "Panic" singles. It is often mistaken for a Russian release because of the cyrillic text on its cover (view artwork in left bar).

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:
James Dean photographed in 1948 by Nelva Jean Thomas. Incorrectly credited to David Loehr in the sleeve notes. Loehr supplied the photo (as well as the one used on the "Strangeways Here We Come" album), hence the mix-up.
This is one of only two singles with only the word "Smiths" on the cover. The other single is "Panic".

Etchings on vinyl:
UK 7" and 12":
BEWARE THE WRATH TO COME / TALENT BORROWS, GENIUS STEALS
The a-side etching was seen on a banner in "Hobson's Choice", one of Morrissey's loved movies. The b-side etching is a line from Oscar Wilde.

Additional release date information:
UK: 22 May 1986
Greek EP: August 1986
UK 2008 reissue: 8 December 2008

Chart peak information:
UK: 26
Holland: 26

Promotion:
UK: White label copies of the 12" format were distributed to radio for promotion of this single. Some 12"x24" promo posters were slipped inside some copies. Stock copies of the 7" were also sent to radio with a plugger sticker on them.

Australia: Promos were produced in both 7" and 12" formats. The 7" had an added promo warning printed on the now standard red and green labels, and the record sleeve was stamped in gold on the back. The promo 12" sleeves were also stamped, but the records' labels were unaltered. A various artists sampler cassette titled "What's Instore" (SAMP113C) was also sent to radio to promote this single of the "The Queen Is Dead" album.

France: Stock copies of the 7" had their sleeves punched in the corner with the promo warning DISQUE GRATUIT INTERDIT A LA VENTE in a circle. Some of the latter also had the release date stamped in ink on the front of the sleeve.

Greece: Some stock copies of this 12" were stamped SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE on the a-side label.

New Zealand: Stock copies of the 7" were distributed with a DEMONSTRATION RECORD sticker on the b-side label.

Quotes:
Morrissey in Melody Maker 26 September 1987: "I would call it a parody if that sounded less like self-celebration, which it definitely wasn't. It was just a really funny song."