The song must have been written during the months preceding the recording of the "You Are The Quarry" album. It is credited as having been recorded in Los Angeles in 2004, but the "You Are The Quarry" sessions were actually split between Sarm Hook End in Berkshire in the autumn of 2003 and Conway Studios in Los Angeles in late 2003 or January 2004, with producer Jerry Finn. Musicians on this recording were Boz Boorer (guitar), Alain Whyte (guitar), Gary Day (bass), Dean Butterworth (drums) and Roger Manning (piano).

album / single version {3:41}

• "You Are The Quarry" album

• "I Have Forgiven Jesus" single, all formats

• "Who Put The 'M' In Manchester?" live DVD (in bonus features)

• "Greatest Hits" album [remastered 2008]

Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn 23 July 2004 [tv] {4:16}

• Deluxe edition of "You Are The Quarry" album

Despite having been given an official release, this song as well as the other two Morrissey did on this programme at the time (but on different nights - "First Of The Gang To Die" and "Let Me Kiss You") are circulated on bootleg compilations of Morrissey television appearances. The audio can be found in digital format on the internet.

Frank Skinner Show 9 December 2004 [tv]

This is circulated on bootleg video compilations of Morrissey television appearances and the audio can be found in digital format on the internet.

CD:UK 11 December 2004 [tv]

This is circulated on bootleg video compilations of Morrissey television appearances. The audio from this broadcast is not circulated on bootlegs because the performance was lipsynched.

T4 12 December 2004 [tv]

This is circulated on bootleg video compilations of Morrissey television appearances. The audio from this broadcast is not circulated on bootlegs because the performance was lipsynched.

This song has been performed 58 times by Morrissey. It was a semi-regular on the setlists of the 2004 You Are The Quarry tour, played on average twice for every three shows, for a total of 41 airings. Morrissey sang it on the first 6 shows of the subsequent Tour Of The Tormentors MMVI after which it was dropped until 2014 when is unexpectedly returned to be played 11 times out of 17 concerts.

live Manchester 22 May 2004 {4:16}

• "Who Put The 'M' In Manchester?" live DVD

live Move Festival 11 July 2004 {3:51}

• "Who Put The 'M' In Manchester?" live DVD, in bonus features

live England December 2004 {4:06}

• "Live At Earls Court" live album

No demos or studio outtakes of this song have leaked to the general public at this point in time.