The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get

Morrissey wrote it with Boz Boorer, and it was the first single produced by Steve Lillywhite, recorded at Hook End Manor. Parlophone released it on 28 February 1994. The B-sides were "Used to Be a Sweet Boy" and "I'd Love To", the latter with backing vocals by Kirsty MacColl. The US mix has less guitar, runs three seconds shorter and adds synthesised effects.

It reached number eight in Britain, his first top ten placing since 1989, and number 46 on the US Hot 100. In the United States it went to number one on the Alternative Airplay chart. NME dismissed it as a formless neutered ramble, but AllMusic's Ned Raggett later called it another Morrissey classic, and Treble placed it as his best single since "Suedehead". Morrissey toured with it in 1995, from 1999 to 2000 and in 2004.