Certain People I Know

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"Certain People I Know"

Single by Morrissey
from the album Your Arsenal
Released	7th December 1992
Format	7", 12", CD, cassette
Genre	Rock
Length	3:12
Label	HMV (UK)
Writer(s)	Morrissey, Alain Whyte
Producer(s)	Mick Ronson
Chart positions
#35 (UK)
Morrissey singles chronology
"You're The One For Me, Fatty" (1991)	"Certain People I Know" (1992)	"The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" (1994)

"Certain People I Know" was a single by Morrissey released in December 1992. It was the third single to be taken from taken the Your Arsenal album and was the third and final Morrissey single to be produced by Glam Rock legend Mick Ronson.

Reaching number 35 in the UK Singles Chart, the song had the distinction of being Morrissey's lowest charting solo single up to that point.

The track is in many ways a tribute to the influence of Marc Bolan on both Morrissey and his guitarist Boz Boorer, featuring a guitar line played by producer Mick Ronson that recalls Ride A White Swan by T-Rex.

This was also the first Morrissey single to be released following the singers bottling off stage at the Madstock festival when he supported Madness and the subsequent NME story regarding his alleged racism. This lead to the single cover being changed from featuring the singers name spelt out in the colours of the Union Jack to plain black writing.