He was the lead singer of The Smiths, one of the most influential alternative bands in the 1980s. The group split up in 1987 and Morrissey started a successful solo career.
His first solo album, Viva Hate was released only six months after The Smiths split, in March 1988. The album's first single "Suedehead" peaked at #5, a higher position than any Smiths single had ever achieved. In 1990, Bona Drag, a collection of his solo singles and b-sides, including popular songs such as "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" and "Everyday is Like Sunday" (which also appears on "Viva Hate")
His second album 1991's Kill Uncle was not as well received as his first, with neither single achieving the Top 20. In 1992, the Mick Ronson-produced Your Arsenal was released and included singles such as "Tomorrow" and "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful". A live album, Beethoven Was Deaf, followed in 1993.
In 1994, Morrissey released Vauxhall and I, which contained "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get", his biggest hit in the United States, where it peaked at #46. Later that year, Morrissey also recorded a one-off project with Siouxsie of Siouxsie and the Banshees: they sang in duet on the single Interlude.
After "Vauxhall and I", Morrissey released Southpaw Grammar (1995) and Maladjusted (1997), both of which failed to produce a UK Top 20 single.
A period of musical inactivity followed in the late 90s and early 2000s, which was due to failure in finding a suitable label, according to a 2004 interview with Jools Holland. After seven years without a new album release, You Are the Quarry was released on May 17, 2004 (but one day later in the USA). The first single, Irish Blood, English Heart, was released internationally on May 10, 2004. The single reached number three in its first week of sales in the UK singles chart. To date, this is the highest placing chart position for Morrissey in his entire career as both a solo artist and the lead singer of The Smiths (the 2006 release You Have Killed Me also debuted at number three in its first week in the charts). It has sold over a million copies, making the album his most successful, solo or with The Smiths.
Ringleader Of The Tormentors, produced by former David Bowie producer Tony Visconti, was released in April 2006. The album went straight to the top of the UK Album charts.
Morrissey released a new Greatest Hits collection in February 2008, including two new songs: All You Need Is Me and That’s How People Grow Up, both released as singles. Morrissey is now signed to Decca Records.
In 2009, Morrissey released his latest album, Years of Refusal, which was produced by Jerry Finn, his final production credit before his death. Later in the year, Morrissey released the B-sides collection Swords.
2009 also saw the re-releases of Maladjusted and Southpaw Grammar, two of his most critically maligned albums. The Maladjusted re-release ditched two of its singles, Papa Jack and Roy's Keen, in favour of several other tracks from the period, such as I Can Have Both. Sorrow Will Come in the End, written about Morrissey's vicious legal battle with Smiths drummer Mike Joyce, was also re-instated to the UK edition. Southpaw Grammar retained all of its original tracks, albeit re-sequenced, but recieved the addition of other tracks from that time period, including the new album closer Nobody Loves Us.
Two other Morrissey releases came in 2009; The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88-'95 and Swords, the former a 3 CD compilation of singles and B-sides from Viva Hate through to Vauxhall and I, the latter a compilation of B-sides from You Are The Quarry, Ringleader of the Tormentors, and Years of Refusal.
A new Very Best Of collection was released in 2011, accompanied by a UK tour.
Morrissey's eleventh solo album, 'Low in High School', was released on November 17th, 2017. ' Low in high School' was produced by Joe Chiccarelli same producer as Morrissey’s ‘World Peace is None of Your Business’.
Morrissey's twelth studio album "California Son" is released on 24 May 2019 on the singer's label étienne and licensed on BMG, the album is a collection of cover versions. It is recorded in 2018 by Joe Chiccarelli, a frequent collaborator of Morrissey.
Morrissey's new studio album, I Am Not A Dog On A Chain, is scheduled for March 2020 release by BMG. The album was recorded in St-remy, France, with producer Joe Chiccarelli.
Everyday Is Like Sunday
Morrissey Lyrics
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Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon, come Armageddon
Come, Armageddon, come
Everyday is like Sunday
Hide on the promenade, etch a postcard
"How I dearly wish I was not here"
In the seaside town
That they forgot to bomb
Come, come, come, nuclear bomb
Everyday is like Sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Trudging back over pebbles and sand
And a strange dust lands on your hands
And on your face
On your face
On your face
On your face
Everyday is like Sunday
"Win yourself a cheap tray"
Share some greased tea with me
Everyday is silent and grey
The opening lines of Morrissey's "Everyday is Like Sunday" commence this mournful yet dreamy lamentation about a seaside town that once offered pleasures, but now is abandoned, sorrowful, and dull. The first verse describes a dreary and hopeless outskirt, a forgotten coastal town with nothing to fuel its existence anymore. Morrissey aims to convey a city in its death-throes, where the exhilaration of life has disappeared, leaving only a desolate atmosphere. In essence, he equates the town's quiet streets and somber buildings with an everlasting Sunday, a day of rest, which, in this instance, reflects a city where all has come to a standstill.
Line by Line Meaning
Trudging slowly over wet sand
Walking slowly on the wet sand
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
Returning to the bench where your clothes got stolen
This is the coastal town
The town situated on the coast
That they forgot to close down
That they did not shut down the town
Armageddon, come Armageddon
A reference to the end of the world
Come, Armageddon, come
Inviting the end of the world
Everyday is like Sunday
Every day is monotonous
Everyday is silent and grey
Every day is dull and colorless
Hide on the promenade, etch a postcard
Hiding on the walkway near the beach and writing a postcard
"How I dearly wish I was not here"
Expressing a strong desire to be somewhere else
In the seaside town
In the town located near the sea
That they forgot to bomb
That was not targeted during a bombing
Come, come, come, nuclear bomb
Inviting the explosion caused by a nuclear bomb
Trudging back over pebbles and sand
Walking back over pebbles and sand
And a strange dust lands on your hands
Dust covering the hands
And on your face
Dust also covers the face
On your face
Emphasizing the dust accumulating on the face
On your face
Again emphasizing the dust on the face
Everyday is like Sunday
Repeating the monotony of each day
"Win yourself a cheap tray"
An odd statement that could refer to a prize in a competition or a product for sale
Share some greased tea with me
An invitation to share a beverage that is likely not desirable
Everyday is silent and grey
Repeating the dullness and lack of color of each day
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Stephen Street, Steven Morrissey
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Trudging slowly over wet sand
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon - come Armageddon!
Come, Armageddon! Come!
Everyday is like Sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Hide on the promenade
Etch a postcard :
"How I Dearly Wish I Was Not Here"
In the seaside town
That they forgot to bomb
Come, come, come - nuclear bomb
Everyday is like Sunday
Everyday is silent and grey
Trudging back over pebbles and sand
And a strange dust lands on your hands
(And on your face...)
(On your face...)
(On your face...)
(On your face...)
Everyday is like Sunday
"Win yourself a cheap tray"
Share some greased tea with me
Everyday is silent and grey
247nana
This is probably one of the greatest songs of all time.
Matt
My mom told me to play this at her funeral request granted.
K.W.
greased tea anyone? ☕☕🫖
Clepsidra Sideral
I wouldn't like to ruin the memory of a song to anyone by forcing them to listen to it at a funeral when I'm dead and I can't hear anything. I'd be scarring the attendees with the musical association.
Karla Arevalo
🙏😔💖RIP
Otto Manfred
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤😥
Matt
@Susie Gomez she's still alive😁
gretscher
I never grow tired of this awesome song, never!
Art Hughes
Not today either.
Shunto99
it's got everything..... Whats not to like?