Dagenham Dave
The first single from Southpaw Grammar and his first release on RCA.
Morrissey, from Southpaw Grammar (1995)
- Written by
- Morrissey, Alain Whyte
- Released
- August 1995
- Length
- 3:13
- Album
- Southpaw Grammar
It came out a week before the album and was his first release for RCA after he left EMI. The sleeve shows the football coach Terry Venables, who was born in Dagenham, sticking out his tongue. It reached number 26 in Britain. Mark Savage, formerly of Grange Hill, played Dave in the video. The B-sides were "Nobody Loves Us" and, on CD, "You Must Please Remember".
NME was harsh and called Morrissey the embarrassing incontinent grandfather of Britpop. AllMusic's Ned Raggett called it the least distinct song on the album. Simon Goddard, in his book Mozipedia, called it a mettlesome pop cartoon with the greatest utterance of the word "pie" by any singer in recorded history.
More songs by Morrissey
Suedehead, Everyday Is Like Sunday, The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get, First of the Gang to Die, Irish Blood, English Heart, The Last of the Famous International Playboys, Interesting Drug, You Have Killed Me
Sources
- Dagenham Dave, Wikipedia
- Southpaw Grammar (master release), Discogs