"There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" is a song by the The Smiths, written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr. It was originally featured on their 1986 album The Queen Is Dead, but despite its popularity it was not released as a single until 1992, after The Smiths split up. Morrissey re-released the song as a double A-side live single in 2005, which reached #11 in the UK singles chart. It was also released in the United States on 5 April 2005.

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  • "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" is a song by the The Smiths, written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr. It was originally featured on their 1986 album The Queen Is Dead, but despite its popularity it was not released as a single until 1992, after The Smiths split up. Morrissey re-released the song as a double A-side live single in 2005, which reached #11 in the UK singles chart. It was also released in the United States on 5 April 2005. The song lyrically utilises a first-person narrative concerning yearning, anxiety, and implied romance. Morrissey assumes the role of a person who has, one could infer from the lyrics, been kicked out of home, so seeks solace and company in the form of the person the song addresses - the car's driver. Musically, the song begins with a staccato bridge similar to that heard on "Hitch Hike" by Marvin Gaye and "There She Goes Again" by The Velvet Underground, which recurs as a musical motif throughout the song. With synthesized strings, a balladesque arrangement and yearning lyrics, many listeners have viewed "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" as a straightforward love song despite some ambiguity in the lyrics themselves.
  • "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" es una canción de la banda inglesa The Smiths, escrita por Morrissey y Johnny Marr. Fue lanzada originalmente como el penúltimo tema de The Queen Is Dead, álbum de estudio de 1986, pero a pesar de su popularidad, no fue lanzada como single hasta 1992, después de la separación de la banda. Esto se debería a que si bien originalmente estaba planeado el lanzamiento de esta canción como single en 1986, el jefe de Rough Trade, Geoff Travis, la reemplazo por "Bigmouth Strikes Again". Es por eso que hubo un video dirigido por Derek Jarman, que fue filmado en 1986, a pesar de que hasta ese momento la canción no había sido editada como single. Esta version de la historia se contradice con las declaraciones de Johnny Marr ante Uncut Magazine: "No fue lanzado como single en 1986 porque por largo tiempo trabaje en la idea de que siempre teníamos que tener una canción en cada álbum que la gente dijera 'Ese debería ser un single'. Pero en realidad no lo fuera. 'Reel Around the Fountain' fue eso para el primer disco y 'There is A Light' lo fue para The Queen Is Dead. Pense que sería un signo de que era un gran álbum, el hecho de que había una canción que todos querían lanzar como single, pero el álbum tenía canciones más fuertes para lanzar". En 2005, Morrissey lanzó una versión en vivo de esta canción en un single con dos lados A, siendo la otra canción, su cover de Patti Smith Redondo Beach, y alcanzó el número 11 del chart británico. Esta canción es considerada como una de las canciones de amor trágico más profundas jamas escritas, y una de las piezas poéticas más importantes de la música popular contemporánea, tanto que han sido grabadas más de 20 versiones en varios idiomas. En Mayo de 2007, el New Musical Express, la incluyo en el puesto número cuatro, de los "50 himnos Indie de la Historia".
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  • "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" is a song by the The Smiths, written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr. It was originally featured on their 1986 album The Queen Is Dead, but despite its popularity it was not released as a single until 1992, after The Smiths split up. Morrissey re-released the song as a double A-side live single in 2005, which reached #11 in the UK singles chart. It was also released in the United States on 5 April 2005.
  • "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" es una canción de la banda inglesa The Smiths, escrita por Morrissey y Johnny Marr. Fue lanzada originalmente como el penúltimo tema de The Queen Is Dead, álbum de estudio de 1986, pero a pesar de su popularidad, no fue lanzada como single hasta 1992, después de la separación de la banda.
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