Album · Morrissey
Vauxhall and I by Morrissey
Vauxhall and I is an album by Morrissey, released in 1994. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 27 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get”, on 27 lists with a best position of #3.
Vauxhall and I, Morrissey's fourth solo album, arrived on 14 March 1994 through Parlophone in Britain and Sire/Reprise in America, with Steve Lillywhite producing and Alain Whyte and Boz Boorer by now shaping the music under the singer's words. The title may well be a nod to Withnail and I, and Vauxhall is a corner of London known for its gay clubs and also the name of a British car maker; take your pick.
It's a record haunted by old British film: "Spring Heeled Jim" borrows dialogue from We Are the Lambeth Boys, a 1959 documentary about a south London youth club, and "Billy Budd", named for Melville's novella, closes on a line lifted from David Lean's 1948 Oliver Twist. It went to the top of the British chart, only his second solo record to get there after Viva Hate, and made the US top 20. "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" led it off, sly and unhurried.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Vauxhall and I on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get | 27 | #3 | – | 1994–2022 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.