Licensing and publishing promo samplers are put together by music publishers (who are responsible for ensuring the songwriters receive payment when their compositions are used commercially) with the aim of making an artist's work known to potential clients such as advertisers or music directors working in the film/tv industry.

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
[UK Warner/Chappell Music Limited 2-cd]
This 2-cd package put together in 2004 features one cd of Smiths music and one cd of Morrissey music. Each cd features 12 tracks, from obvious classics to lesser known album tracks. The front and back artwork are variations on the artwork of Morrissey's solo single "Irish Blood, English Heart" (view front artwork).

Track listing: "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "Hand In Glove", "William, It Was Really Nothing", "What Difference Does It Make?", "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want", "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", "Girl Afraid", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "How Soon Is Now?", "Half A Person", "Back To The Old House", "I Know It's Over". For Morrissey track listing, see here.

Universal Music Publishing Group Presents The Smiths
[USA Universal Music Publishing Group cd]
This sampler put together in 2005 is packed at full capacity with 23 songs by the Smiths (view front artwork).

Track listing: "How Soon Is Now?", "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "Panic", "Ask", "Shoplifters Of The World Unite", "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby", "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before", "Sheila Take A Bow", "Girlfriend In A Coma", "William, It Was Really Nothing", "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want", "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", "Still Ill", "Hand In Glove", "What Difference Does It Make?", "This Charming Man", "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore", "Cemetry Gates", "Unhappy Birthday", "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish", "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others".

The Smiths
[UK Universal Music Publishing Group 2-cd]
This publishing sampler produced in 2006 is without doubt the most beautiful one to collect. The packaging is like a hardcover book. The artwork was adapted from the artwork originally used by Morrissey in the design of the album "The World Won't Listen" (view front artwork).

Track listing: "Panic", "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want", "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "How Soon Is Now?", "Oscillate Wildly", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "What Difference Does It Make?", "Hand In Glove", "Ask", "This Charming Man", "Well I Wonder", "Shoplifters Of The World Unite", "The Draize Train", "Handsome Devil", "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", "Back To The Old House", "Sweet And Tender Hooligan", "Girlfriend In A Coma", "Money Changes Everything", "Sheila Take A Bow", "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me".

The Music Of The Smiths: 1983-1987
[USA Chrysalis Music Group 2-cd: SC0304]
The year of production of this double cd set is unknown (view front artwork).

Track listing: "Hand In Glove", "This Charming Man", "Reel Around The Fountain", "Pretty Girls Make Graves", "What Difference Does It Make?", "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", "Girl Afraid", "William, It Was Really Nothing", "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want", "Handsome Devil", "Still Ill", "How Soon Is Now?", "Shakespeare's Sister", "Barbarism Begins At Home", "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore", "The Headmaster Ritual", "Oscillate Wildly", "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", "Asleep", "Rubber Ring", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "Cemetry Gates", "Panic", "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others", "Ask", "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby", "Shoplifters Of The World Unite", "Half A Person", "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out", "Sheila Take A Bow", "Is It Really So Strange?", "Sweet And Tender Hooligan", "These Things Take Time", "This Night Has Opened My Eyes", "Unloveable", "Girlfriend In A Coma", "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish", "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before", "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me", "Unhappy Birthday".