This song was very likely written shortly before or during the recording sessions for the "Ringleader Of The Tormentors" album, which took place at Forum Music Village in Rome between September and November 2005, with producer Tony Visconti. Musicians on this recording were Boz Boorer (guitar), Alain Whyte (guitar, backing vocals), Jesse Tobias (guitar), Gary Day (bass), Matt Chamberlain (drums) and Michael Farrell (keyboards).

album / single version {3:54}

• "Ringleader Of The Tormentors" album

• "In The Future When All's Well" single, all formats

• "Greatest Hits" album [remastered 2008]

L'album de la semaine 7 September 2006 [tv]

This song as well as the other six Morrissey did on this programme at the time (but on different days of the same week) are circulated on bootleg video. The audio can be found in digital format on the internet.

In-D TV: Morrissey En El Polyforum 27 January 2007 [tv]

This performance is part of a 5-song mini-concert + interview given by Morrissey for television ahead of a concert in Mexico City. It is circulated on bootleg video and the audio can be found in digital format on the internet.

This song has been done in concert a total of 119 times by Morrissey. It was introduced at the beginning of the Tour Of The Tormentors MMVI but, surprisingly for a future single, only done a few times before being dropped for almost a month. After its return to the set in late April, it was then done almost every night, for a total of 73 airings on that tour. Morrissey sang it on average one night for every two on the 2007-2008 Greatest Hits tour, on-and-off until October 2007 after which it was dropped permanently.

live V Festival 19 August 2006 {4:36}

• official download at the time of release of the "In The Future When All's Well" single

live V Festival 20 August 2006 {5:07}

• official download at the time of release of the "In The Future When All's Well" single

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