The Boy Racer

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"The Boy Racer"

Single by Morrissey
from the album Southpaw Grammar
Released	27th November 1995
Format	7", CD
Genre	Rock
Length	4:46
Label	RCA (UK)
Writer(s)	Morrissey, Alain Whyte
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
Chart positions
#26 (UK)
Morrissey singles chronology
"Dagenham Dave" (1995)	"The Boy Racer" (1995)	"Sunny" (1995)
Alternate covers

CD 2 Cover

"The Boy Racer"

Song by Morrissey
from the album Southpaw Grammar
Released	August 28, 1995
Recorded	March-April 1995
Genre	Rock
Length	4:46
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Morrissey/Whyte
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
Southpaw Grammar track listing
"The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils" "Reader Meet Author" "The Boy Racer" "The Operation" "Dagenham Dave" "Do Your Best and Don't Worry" "Best Friend on the Payroll" "Southpaw"

"The Boy Racer" was a single by Morrissey released in November 1995 and was the second single to be taken from the Southpaw Grammar. It was Morrissey's second and final single release on the RCA record label he had signed to after leaving EMI. The single was released across two CDs, each with different covers but both featuring a young boy. Contrary to rumour, the child in not Morrissey's nephew.

The single reached number 36 in the UK singles chart, ten places lower than his last single, Dagenham Dave.