The best Smiths songs
The top 3 according to 1,009 votes from people: There Is a Light That Never Goes Out · This Charming Man · How Soon Is Now?. (Updated Jul 28, 2019.)
Morrissey and Marr at their best: the Smiths songs readers and MOJO rank highest, led by There Is a Light That Never Goes Out.
Top 14
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1
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
1986. First in the readers' poll.
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This Charming Man
1983. The first perfect Morrissey-Marr union.
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3
How Soon Is Now?
1984. A B-side with a tremolo riff that became a classic.
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4
Bigmouth Strikes Again
1986. A frantic single from The Queen Is Dead.
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5
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
1987. Both Morrissey and Marr's pick as the best.
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Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
1984. Misery with a sense of humour.
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7
The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
1985. A tender, bright single.
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8
Panic
1986. A single aimed at radio DJs.
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9
Ask
1986. A sunny single.
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10
Cemetry Gates
1986. A walk among tombstones.
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11
Still Ill
1984. From the debut album.
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12
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
1984. Under two minutes of pure longing.
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13
The Queen Is Dead
1986. The title track of their masterpiece.
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14
Girlfriend in a Coma
1987. Dark humour in two minutes.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (7)
This Charming Man is the perfect pop single
There Is a Light at number one, as it should be
The Queen Is Dead title track is so underrated
no Back to the Old House? quiet little masterpiece
How Soon Is Now? is the one I'd put first, that guitar sound is unreal
Last Night I Dreamt being both Morrissey and Marr's favourite surprised me
Please Please Please is under two minutes and still wrecks me every time