13. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
What should have been their final single, but was pulled in the wake of the atrocities of the Hungerford disaster because of the reference to mass murder. The lyrics detail the end of a love affair, and like so many songs from 'Strangeways Here We Come', it tells the tale of The Smiths' upcoming demise - 'Nothing's changed, I still love you, I still love you, only slightly, only slightly less, than I used to, my love.' Where Morrissey previously wrote of unrequited and doomed loved with people from his teens or his imagination, he's now seeing his relationship with Marr fall to bits, almost without realising it. There is a lovely song on 'Strangeways' called 'I won't share you' that provides the coda to this story the title says it all. The music powers along as effortlessly as ever, with Morrissey playing the role of centre forward, scoring the winning goal at Wembley. And there's a lovely guitar solo from Johnny too, what's not to love?