The Smiths
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For those unwilling to accept this is about breasts – or at least sexual shapes, at the 1986 Queen Is Dead tour Artists Against Apartheid concert, the only time The Smiths performed this song live, Morrissey added another verse at the end:
“On the shop floor
There’s a calendar
As obvious as snow
As...
[Verse 1]
From the ice age to the dole age
There is but one concern
I have just discovered:
[Chorus]
Some girls' are bigger than others
Some girls' are bigger than others
Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers
Some girls' are bigger than others
Some girls' are bigger than others
Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers
[Verse 2]
As Anthony said to Cleopatra
As he opened a crate of ale:
"Oh I say"
[Chorus]
Some girls' are bigger than others
Some girls' are bigger than others
Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers
Some girls' are bigger than others
Some girls' are bigger than others
Some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers
[Outro]
Send me the pillow (Pillow)
The one that you dream on
Send me the pillow (Pillow)
The one that you dream on
And I'll send you mine
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others was written by Morrissey & Johnny Marr.
Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others was produced by Morrissey & Johnny Marr.
The Smiths released Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others on Mon Jun 16 1986.
The opening of the track is meant to resemble a door opening, closing and opening again. The effect was added by engineer Stephen Street by putting a lot of reverb on the opening drum beats, fading out the track, and fading it in.
In 2011 Johnny Marr stated in the New Musical Express that he and the rhythm section worked out the music prior to giving the finished song to Morrissey for lyrics and vocals. He was particularly pround of this one, and his heightened expectations – quite understandable, given the quality of the son...