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“Meat is Murder” by The Smiths
From the album Meat Is Murder (1985)
“Meat is Murder” by The Smiths appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1985 and 2003. It was first released in 1985 on the album Meat Is Murder. Its best result is #32 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #138 alternative song of 1985 and #5,054 alternative song of all time.
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The title song of Meat Is Murder, the second studio album the Smiths released on Rough Trade in February 1985, sets a Morrissey lyric to a Johnny Marr composition, and it arrived as the band leaned hard into open politics, on a record that took on vegetarianism, corporal punishment and alienation. Marr plays guitar and piano on it, Andy Rourke plays bass, Mike Joyce drums, and Morrissey sings.
The Smiths produced it themselves with engineer Stephen Street, whose partnership with the band began in the run-up to this album. Sessions ran from mid-1984 into that December, split between the Fallout Shelter and Jam Studios in London and Ridge Farm in Surrey.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 32 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 832 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Meat Is Murder.
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