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You Have Killed Me

The lead single from Ringleader of the Tormentors, opening with a nod to Pasolini.
Morrissey, from Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006)

Written by
Morrissey, Jesse Tobias
Released
27 March 2006
Length
3:08
Album
Ringleader of the Tormentors

Morrissey and the guitarist Jesse Tobias wrote it, and Morrissey said it showed the marked difference in sound that Tobias brought. Billboard called it a simple, effective first single. It reached number three in Britain and the top ten in Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Sweden.

The lyric opens with a reference to Pier Paolo Pasolini and his 1961 film Accattone, set in the slums of Rome, and also names Anna Magnani and Luchino Visconti. The UK CD singles carried the B-sides "Good Looking Man About Town", a cover of "Human Being" by David Johansen and Johnny Thunders, and "I Knew I Was Next".

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, Dagenham Dave

Sources

  1. You Have Killed Me, Wikipedia
  2. Ringleader of the Tormentors, Wikipedia