Alma Matters

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“Alma Matters”
“Alma Matters” cover
Single by Morrissey
from the album Maladjusted
Released July 21, 1997 (UK)
August 5, 1997 (USA)
Format 7", 12", CD, cassette
Genre Rock
Length 4:48
Label Island (UK)
Writer(s) Morrissey, Alain Whyte
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Morrissey singles chronology
"Sunny"
(1995)
"Alma Matters"
(1997)
"Roy's Keen"
(1997)

"Alma Matters" is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in July 1997. It was the first single to be taken from the Maladjusted album and was released one week before its parent album.

The single reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Morrissey's first top twenty hit since "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" in 1994. The song was also notable for seeing Morrissey reference the film A Taste of Honey for the first time since his early days in The Smiths in the line "it's my life to ruin my own way".

Contents

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 7" vinyl & cassette (UK)

  1. "Alma Matters"
  2. "Heir Apparent"

[edit] 12" vinyl & CD

  1. "Alma Matters"
  2. "Heir Apparent"
  3. "I Can Have Both"
Country Record label Format Catalogue number
UK Island 7" vinyl IS667
UK Island 12" vinyl 12IS667
UK Island Compact disc CID667
UK Island Cassette CIS667

[edit] Musicians

  • Morrissey: Voice
  • Martin "Boz" Boorer: Guitars
  • Alain Whyte: Guitars
  • Jonny Bridgwood: Bass
  • Spencer James Cobrin: Drums

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