We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful

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"We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
"We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" cover
Single by Morrissey
from the album Your Arsenal
Released 27th April 1992 (UK), 12th May 199 (USA)
Format 7", 12", CD, cassette
Genre Rock
Length 2:30
Label HMV (UK)
Writer(s) Morrissey, Alain Whyte
Producer(s) Mick Ronson
Chart positions
  • #17 (UK)
Morrissey singles chronology
"My Love Life"
(1991)		 "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
(1992)		 "You're The One For Me, Fatty"
(1992)

"We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" was a single by Morrissey released in April 1992. It was taken from the then-unreleased Your Arsenal album and was the first Morrissey single to be written by Alain Whyte and produced by Glam Rock legend Mick Ronson.

Reaching number 17 in the UK Singles Chart, the song show's a harder edge to Morrissey's sound and moves away from the lightweight pop of his 1991 album Kill Uncle.


Contents

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 7" vinyl & cassette

  1. "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
  2. "Suedehead" (live London 4/10/91)

[edit] 12" vinyl (UK)

  1. "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
  2. "Suedehead" (live London 4/10/91)
  3. "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" (live London 4/10/91)
  4. "Pregnant for the Last Time" (live London 4/10/91)

[edit] CD (UK)

  1. "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
  2. "Suedehead" (live London 4/10/91)
  3. "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" (live London 4/10/91)
  4. "Alsatian Cousin" (live London 4/10/91)

[edit] 12" vinyl & CD (USA)

  1. "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
  2. "Suedehead" (live London 4/10/91)
  3. "I've Changed My Plea to Guilty" (live London 4/10/91)
  4. "Pregnant for the Last Time" (live London 4/10/91)
  5. "Alsatian Cousin" (live London 4/10/91)
Country Record label Format Catalogue number
UK HMV 7" vinyl POP1629
UK HMV 12" vinyl 12POP1629
UK HMV Compact disc CDPOP1629
UK HMV Cassette TCPOP1629

[edit] Reviews

Andrew Collins in the NME gave a very negative review of the single, writing that "this is by far and away the ex-Smith's WORST single" and described the music as "the sound of five men bashing around in the darkness in search of a tune" before finishing the review by announcing "Moz is history, and we'd all do well to learn it."[1]

[edit] Musicans

Morrissey: Voice
Alain Whyte: Guitars
Boz Boorer: Guitars
Gary Day: Bass Guitars
Spencer Cobrin: The Drums

[edit] Live Performances

The song was performed live by Morrissey on his 1992 tour.

[edit] References

  1. ^ NME We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful Review [1]

[edit] See also

[edit] External link

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