UK 7" [Rough Trade RT197]
Australia 7" [CBS 651099-7]
France 7" [Virgin 90349]
Holland 7" [Rough Trade RT197 (made in UK)]
Portugal 7" [Transmedia RT197]
Sweden 7" [MNW RT197]

Girlfriend In A Coma
Work Is A Four Letter Word
I Keep Mine Hidden

UK 12" [Rough Trade RTT197]
UK CMS [Rough Trade RTT197C]
Australia 12" [CBS 651099-6]
Greece 12" [Virgin VG-2090Z]
Spain 12" [Nuevos Medios 41-271M]

Additional information:
"Girlfriend In A Coma" was also released as a double a-side with "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" in Germany.

Artwork information:
Shelagh Delaney from a 1961 edition of "A Taste Of Honey". The photo was tinted grey for 7"s in all countries except in Australia where it was tinted green as for the 12"s. The cassette maxi-single artwork shows more of Delaney than the other two formats. This was the second time Shelagh Delaney appeared on a Smiths cover. She was the cover star on the recently released "Louder Than Bombs" album.

Etchings on vinyl:
UK 7":
AND NEVER MORE SHALL BE SO / SO FAR, SO BAD
UK 12":
EVERYBODY IS A FLASHER AT HEART/AND NEVER MORE SHALL BE SO

Additional release date information:
UK: 14 August 1987

Chart peak information:
UK: 13
Holland: 36

Promotion:
UK: Promotion of this single was done via white label copies of the 12", one-track Vanderquest promo videos and stock 7"s with a plugger sticker on the sleeve.

Australia: Stock copies of the 7" and 12" formats were promo-stamped in gold on the back and dispatched to media.

France: Copies of the stock 7" were stamped in a corner of the sleeve with a promo warning in French.

Greece: Promo 12"s were stamped with a promo warning in Greek on the b-side.

USA: "Girlfriend In A Coma" was chosen by Sire to promote the "Strangeways Here We Come" album. This 12" promo is discussed on the "Strangeways Here We Come" page.