I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

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"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"

Single by The Smiths
from the album Strangeways, Here We Come
Released	November 1987
Format	7", 12", MC
Recorded	1987
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:46
Label	Rough Trade Records
Writer(s)	Johnny Marr Morrissey
Producer(s)	Morrissey/ Marr/ Street
Chart positions
UK: #23
The Smiths singles chronology
"Girlfriend in a Coma" (1987)	"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" (1987)	"Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" (1987)

"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" is a song by The Smiths. It was released as a single in November 1987, reaching #23 in the UK Singles Chart.

It was the second of three UK singles from the band's last studio album Strangeways, Here We Come, and was released after the band had announced their split. The record company had originally intended to release "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" as a single in the UK but felt this would be inappropriate following the Hungerford massacre (the lyrics contain a reference to "mass murder").

"Stop Me..." was still released as a single in other countries, but its promotional video - which featured Morrissey plus a large number of Morrissey lookalikes - was used in the UK to promote "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish".

The cover of the single features actress Avril Angers.

[edit] Tracklisting

All tracks written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr except as noted.

[edit] 7": Rough Trade / RT198 (UK)

"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"
"Pretty Girls Make Graves" (Troy Tate version)

[edit] 12": Rough Trade / RTT198 (UK)

"I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"
"Pretty Girls Make Graves" (Troy Tate version)
"Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" (live)

also released on cassette Rough Trade RTT198C

The cassette version featured a cover of the James song "What's The World?"

Discography
The Smiths
Morrissey - Johnny Marr - Andy Rourke - Mike Joyce
Craig Gannon - Dale Hibbert
Albums: The Smiths \| Meat Is Murder \| The Queen Is Dead \| Strangeways, Here We Come \| Rank (live)
Singles: Hand in Glove \| This Charming Man \| What Difference Does It Make? \| Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now \| William, It Was Really Nothing \| How Soon Is Now? \| Shakespeare's Sister \| That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore \| The Boy with the Thorn in His Side \| Bigmouth Strikes Again \| Panic \| Ask \| Shoplifters of the World Unite \| Sheila Take a Bow \| Girlfriend in a Coma \| I Started Something I Couldn't Finish \| Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me \| There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Band-assembled compilations: Hatful of Hollow \| The World Won't Listen \| Louder Than Bombs
Other compilations: Stop Me \|Best...I \| ...Best II \| Singles \| The Very Best of The Smiths
Related
Rough Trade Records