The fifth track on the Smiths' Meat Is Murder studio album, 'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore' is the sole track to be released from it as a UK promotional single (July 1985). Per Geoff Travis (owner of Rough Trade), he tried to talk Morrissey out of releasing the song as a single: "I said to him [Morrissey] 'that's not a good idea'. Morrissey was adamant that it be released. The 7-inch single, whose B-side consisted of a live version of 'How Soon Is Now', saw inadequate promotion and reached a modest 49 on the UK Singles Chart. The 12-inch single contained live versions of 'Nowhere Fast', 'Stretch Out and Wait', 'Shakespeare's Sister', and 'Meat Is Murder'.
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
The fifth track on the Smiths' Meat Is Murder studio album, 'That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore' is the sole track to be released from it as a UK promotional single (July 1985). Per Geoff Travis (owner of Rough Trade), he tried to talk Morrissey out of releasing the song as a single: "I said to him [Morrissey] 'that's not a good idea'. Morrissey was adamant that it be released. The 7-inch single, whose B-side consisted of a live version of 'How Soon Is Now', saw inadequate promotion and reached a modest 49 on the UK Singles Chart. The 12-inch single contained live versions of 'Nowhere Fast', 'Stretch Out and Wait', 'Shakespeare's Sister', and 'Meat Is Murder'.