'I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris'
Released on February 9, 2009, 'I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris' was the first single (and 38th single overall) from Morrissey's Years of Refusal studio album. Co-written with Boz Boorer, the song was recorded along with the other tracks for the Years Of Refusal album in August or December 2007 (although the album credits state that it was recorded in Los Angeles in 2008) at Conway Studios in Los Angeles with producer Jerry Finn1. Further mixing was likely completed in the spring of 2008.2
The musicians on 'I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris' were Boz Boorer (guitar), Jesse Tobias (guitar), Solomon Walker (bass), Matt Walker (drums), with special guest Mark Isham3 on trumpet.
The single received some prurient attention for its artwork; the inside sleeve features a photograph of Morrissey and his band members posing entirely naked except for vinyl records covering their genitals. Morrissey is seen in the photo preening himself as though he were performing some last-minute preparation for entry into a Romanesque bacchanal.
In addition to 7-inch vinyl, there were two different CD versions (CD 1 and 2, respectively) of the single, with all having different B-sides:
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