Interesting Drug

Morrissey and Stephen Street wrote it, and Kirsty MacColl sings backing vocals. Morrissey said it was about any drug, legal or illegal, and that working-class people who tried to enjoy themselves or escape were always stopped. It was the last single to feature Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce and Craig Gannon. Street wrote the bassline, though Rourke played his own version of it.

Street obtained an injunction that delayed the release as leverage in a dispute over production royalties from Viva Hate. He relented and the matter was settled with him receiving two and a half points. The single reached number nine in Britain. Tim Broad directed the video, which the BBC banned for a period. It later aired on Top of the Pops without a scene of a dead seal. Morrissey first played the song at his solo debut concert at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on 22 December 1988. Spin named it his 13th best solo song.