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 version {4:41}

• "You Are The Quarry" album

This song has never been performed specifically for radio, television or the web.

The song has been done in concert 29 times by Morrissey, all on the 2004 You Are The Quarry tour. It was on the setlist almost every night at the beginning of the tour until mid-July. After that it only returned sporadically for setlist variety, until late October when it was retired for good.

live Manchester 22 May 2004 {5:20}

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

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