"Shame Is The Name"
(Morrissey/Alain Whyte)

 

This song must have been written in 2008 shortly before it was recorded. It is credited as having been recorded in Los Angeles in 2008 with producer Jerry Finn, at the tail end of the recording sessions for the "Years Of Refusal" album. Musicians on this recording were Boz Boorer (guitar), Jesse Tobias (guitar), Solomon Walker (bass), Matt Walker (drums) and "the great Roger Joseph Manning Jr." (piano). Chrissie Hynde supplies back vocals.

 

single version {3:51}
• cd-single #2 of "I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris"
"Swords" album

 

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

 

This song has never been done live.

 

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