The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. They com… Read Full Bio ↴The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. They comprised the singer Morrissey, the guitarist Johnny Marr, the bassist Andy Rourke and the drummer Mike Joyce. They are regarded as one of the most important acts to emerge from the 1980s British independent music scene.

The Smiths signed to the independent label Rough Trade Records in 1983 and released their first album, The Smiths, in 1984. They based their songs on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey and Marr. Their focus on a guitar, bass, and drum sound and a fusion of 1960s rock and post-punk was a rejection of the synth-pop sound that was predominant at the time. Several Smiths singles reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart, and all their studio albums reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, including the number-one album Meat Is Murder (1985). They achieved mainstream success in Europe with The Queen Is Dead (1986) and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), both of which entered the top 20 of the European Albums Chart.

Internal tensions led to the Smiths' breakup in 1987, followed by public lawsuits over royalties. Their live album Rank (1988) reached the top 10 in Europe. Since the band's dissolution, the members have refused offers to reunite and have all separately stated that the band is finished and will never reunite.

Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smiths

Studio albums
The Smiths (1984)
Meat Is Murder (1985)
The Queen Is Dead (1986)
Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

Never Been Kissed
The Smiths Lyrics

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I have been unfaithful
I have been unworthy
I have been unrighteous
And I have been unmerciful

I have been unreachable
I have been unteachable
I have been unwilling

And I have been undesirable

[Chorus]
Sometimes, I have been unwise
I've been undone by what I'm unsure of
But because of you, and all that you went through
I know that I have never been unloved

I have been unbroken
I have been unmended
I have been uneasy
And I've been unapproachable

I've been unemotional
I've been unexceptional
I've been undecided
And I have been unqualified

[Chorus]

Unaware, I have been unfair
I've been unfit for blessings from above

But even I can see the sacrifice you made for me
To show that I have never been unloved

Overall Meaning

The Smiths' "Never Been Kissed" is a song about personal reflection and redemption. The lyrics describe a pattern of negative behavior and shortcomings on the part of the singer, acknowledging their faults and confessing them to an unknown listener. The lyrics show that the singer has been unfaithful, unworthy, unrighteous, unmerciful, unreachable, unteachable, unwilling, undesirable, unwise, undone by what they are unsure of, unbroken, unmended, uneasy, unapproachable, unemotional, unexceptional, undecided, and unqualified. In other words, they have been all the things that nobody wants to be, and yet they still feel loved because of the sacrifices that someone else made for them.

The choruses offer a glimpse of hope amid all the negativity. The idea is that the person singing the song is not without hope and that despite all their flaws, they have never been unloved. The song seems to be about someone who feels that they are unworthy of love and acceptance, but who finds hope in the knowledge that someone else thinks differently. The song speaks of forgiveness and redemption, of a person who has been given a second chance, and who is grateful for the love and acceptance that they have received.

Line by Line Meaning

I have been unfaithful
I have broken someone's trust

I have been unworthy
I have not deserved love or respect

I have been unrighteous
I have acted in a morally wrong way

And I have been unmerciful
I have shown no compassion or kindness

I have been unreachable
I have isolated myself and pushed others away

I have been unteachable
I have been resistant to learning or growing

I have been unwilling
I have not been open to change or new experiences

And I have been undesirable
I have felt unattractive or unwanted

Sometimes, I have been unwise
I have made foolish decisions

I've been undone by what I'm unsure of
I have been overwhelmed and uncertain

But because of you, and all that you went through
Thanks to someone who showed me love and support in my struggles

I know that I have never been unloved
I realize that despite my flaws, someone has cared for me

I have been unbroken
I have not been defeated or broken by challenges

I have been unmended
I have not fully healed from emotional or physical pain

I have been uneasy
I have felt nervous or anxious in certain situations

And I've been unapproachable
I have been difficult to approach or talk to

I've been unemotional
I have suppressed or not expressed my feelings

I've been unexceptional
I have not stood out or excelled in any particular area

I've been undecided
I have been unsure or indecisive about something

And I have been unqualified
I have felt like I lack the skills or abilities for something

Unaware, I have been unfair
I have treated someone poorly without realizing it

I've been unfit for blessings from above
I have not felt worthy of good things happening to me

But even I can see the sacrifice you made for me
I recognize the efforts someone has made on my behalf, despite my flaws

To show that I have never been unloved
To prove that someone has cared for me, despite my mistakes or shortcomings

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., CAPITOL CHRISTIAN MUSIC GROUP
Written by: MICHAEL W. SMITH, WAYNE KIRKPATRICK

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max b

5y↑494

when she says im 25 years old, lol when you thought that was old at the time, now your older than the characters in the 90s movies.

Chumpster1981

I was a senior when this movie came out. Now I’m 39. 😣

sha11235

At the time this came out, I was 29.

BramekizMaribekz

3y↑1

It's crazy how generations age different. Back then, everyone looks older than they are. Now everyone looks Younger than they are

BramekizMaribekz

@Pearls & Swine I know what you mean. When you're younger, everybody is so old and once you hit your thirties and up, everybody seems so young. And 25 back then always looked older. Now 25 looks like teenagers

Pearls & Swine

4y↑16

Lol I was just about to say that. I remember watching this movie and thinking 25 sounded so old, like it's so far away from someone that's 15-17. Now I hear 25 and I still think of an inexperienced young person.

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skunkie110

6y↑358

They missed the part when Rob says something like, "I thought she was gonna make like Carrie and kill us all." Haha. That part makes me laugh every time. I love this movie

Ronald Guzman

Jaja yesss

T Missing Link Videos

4y↑2

That part makes me laugh too. 😂😂

Drummond Studios

4y↑2

Yeah 😂😂

Jay Hogard

5y↑255

the josie grossy prom flashback spin breaks my heart everytime.

Nordman

@Abc xyz this is why movies are pure art even if it’s a romantic comedy…your words are so true

Abc xyz

4y↑10

Ai Yang Edwin Tan it shatters my heart too. Not to get too deep, but I think we oftentimes remember ourselves in these past moments, usually from childhood, with embarrassment and hate. We hate that we were victims of not being cool enough, pretty enough, smart enough to be accepted. We hate the situation and we hate ourselves for being the loser that wasn’t worthy. We want to distance ourselves from that as much as possible. But a scene like this one should remind us that we need to be kind and compassionate to our inner child. Our inner child that just wanted to be loved, accepted, have our dreams come true, like going to prom with the coolest guy in school. Our inner inner child is pure and innocent. But it gets hurt by these experiences. It doesn’t deserve anger and ridicule by us, it needs healing and love.

I think it’s worth noting that although Josie’s first prom night was a horrific experience, it didn’t stop her from intervening when the Lemmings were going to try to ruin Aldys’ prom night. Even though she would’ve been fine this time around, winning Prom Queen and having her popular boyfriend. In my opinion it’s her honoring her inner child, and doing what she wished someone would’ve done for her. That’s what you call growth.

But yea this scene also gives me goosebumps because it’s such a perfect depiction of the cruelty and meanness kids can have in school.

Edwin Tan Ai Yang

4y↑12

Me too. It is so heartbreaking. Her dream of going to prom with her crush ended up being the worst nightmare of her life. 😭😭

T Missing Link Videos

4y↑2

Mine too

Josephine Mateo

4y↑86

The flashback of Josie spinning on her prom night gets me emotional. Josie became someone who saved a teenage girl from being tormented in a way she wished someone did for her back in high school. Josie has always been one of my favorite movie characters.

Erica M.

7y↑383

I was awkward as hell in high school, where is my hot teacher?

Erica Hoh

6y↑41

ericaanne19bebe the secret is that you have to go back to high school- 5 years later

ShyGuy83

7y↑149

As much as I love this movie for how silly it portrays high school life, I would rather dive into a dumpster of killer cobras than relive those years.

Rebecca Green

6y↑6

Amen to that I totally agree with you. My best yr was my senior year

Elise Mae

7y↑189

If only high school kids could hear this

Corrin Jade

If only they’d care enough when they did.

Frances Larsen

7y↑100

LeeLee is so beautiful in the swirling part of the dance scene, even though she is a "nerd," you would think the guy (no pun intended) ha! [Guy] would notice her true beauty instead of continuing on with the plot. Sorry to say to the person below, but yes, he was very very much in on it.

Robbie Medica

Yeah of all the unrealistic part of this movie, by far the most is the idea that someone as good looking as Leelee wouldn't have half the male population of that class trying to bang her.

sha11235

3y↑3

Maybe he changed his mind about it later and felt sorry? Nah.

Cassandra Martinez

3y↑3

@ThedaBaratheon Right that's what I would try to figure out if he was or wasn't in on it? 🤔

Frances Larsen

3y↑4

@Dragnet5 yes, not many of us could pull that off!

ThedaBaratheon

3y↑5

I never knew if he was in on it tbh. I could never work out whether he was.

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Aviva Kirsten

5y↑65

Josie shouldn’t have blown her cover about her true identity. She should’ve just lectured those bullies that they are the true losers.

sha11235

3y↑5

She had to explain why she did that. Otherwise it wouldn't have sunk into their heads.

Stephanie Garcia

4y↑8

They wouldn't have listened to her not knowing she was an adult

Selina OGorman

4y↑3

True but the truth would have came out sooner or later great speech.

Auburn Perry

4y↑11

Josie was going to tell the truth anyways.

Carley Censabella

5y↑108

It hurts my heart when they show her prom flashback. Hits close to home

Michael Silverberg

3y↑7

In the original script, the speech was a little longer, with Josie saying "what if Steven Spielber quit the audio-visual club because it wasn't cool? Or if Rosie O'Donnell quit cracking jokes because someone told her they were stupid?". I think they should have included that.

David Rinden

6y↑69

I like this movie a lot but stuff like this reminds me of how insufferable high school cliques were. I love Drew Barrymore’s speech though and that’s what I like about it.

June Salehi-Little

3y↑1

I dropped out in 9th grade so I really have nothing to compare it to.

Anna Lexi

5y↑36

Now that I’m older I realize the important message this scene was sending.. Well the whole movie, but this scene said a lot!!

Christine Johnston

6y↑92

I use to be made fun of in high school walk everyday crying of being hurt but I know I am who I am and to be kind loving person.

Michelle M

sameeee

June Salehi-Little

4y↑2

I was too. Of course I have a movement disorder which didn't help the cause.

Koji Kaze

5y↑2

Awww. I’m sorry that happened. Hopefully you’re better now

Sue Ryan

6y↑10

Me too. Sometimes I am actually grateful it happened to me because I like to be kind and I know how good it feels

Lester White

3y↑4

Billy Prince really missed out on a true beauty

Merseyheart

7y↑63

Great speech, sister.

Edwin Tan Ai Yang

4y↑9

0:43 Alba's cracking voice is hella funny 😂😂

Fahmi Halim

3y↑3

Drew barrymore is such an icon and classy

Makenzie Koch

3y↑2

This is the greatest movie speech I've ever heard. She is totally right. There is a much much much bigger world than high school and non of that will matter. It will only matter if your successful and stay true to yourself.

Julie Northrop

5y↑18

I'm using this speech for my audition tomorrow.

jsh

4y↑1

This song always brings me back to this scene :(<3

lisa

6y↑12

Aldys was awesome in this movie. But seriously, the dance costumes and clothes they wear in school would NEVER fly at my high school!! Our dress code was way too strict. I know it's just a movie, but when I first watched this, I thought this and laughed.

Gulch

3y↑2

Right in the moment when you think it's everything you worked for.

I'm Beautiful

6y↑6

Great speech Josie! Love it!!

Sarah Restrepo

3y↑1

the chemistry between Guy and Aldys cannot be passed unnoticed

Natasha St Hilaire

3y↑2

The spinning breaks my heart omg

Genesis Guzman

6y↑21

I love drew ♡♡♡ wish, She would come back to making movies!

100samanthamarie

She just made a movie recently (last year I think) and it’s good! It’s sad because one of the characters that she plays (she plays two) had depression and used drugs and pills like drew did. 😢 similar issues. She’s still a good actress.

TerraCrisis

5y↑1

She has a TV series on Netflix could Santa clarita diet, it's pretty good and 3 seasons in :)

Bright Angel

4y↑8

I was a lot like Josie and that other girl Popular girls didn’t like me at all. They excluded me out of stuff and my friends they ran us out of teams at School.

Christine Johnston

6y↑21

I even went to dance and I still remember when I went dance nobody was with me left me in dark but you need be brave anybody who ever got hurt you are a good person don't let others hurt you it is not worth it one or two loving friends or family is all you need be your self never never give up on who you are.🙏

Przemysl1915

6y↑21

Those girls almost messed up with Zero-suit-Samus!

Ray Of Light

4y↑4

Love this scene wish I could get revenge on my 90s high school bullies. 😕

Erica Benham

3y↑1

Same here I wish I could do that myself

StikWitClassics

4y↑5

So Rob is allowed to show up in a high school with no pants?!

sha11235

He's playing the Tom Cruise character in Risky Business.

Roxanne Mua

3y↑1

Thats so sad she sees herself in Aldys 0:02 being decepted and bullied at prom how horrible that was for her

Vanessa Castillo

3y↑2

I love what she said her character is right all of that is a fact all high school teenagers should hear this it's so true wisdom words 👍

Robbie Medica

Except in real life, generally, the 'popular' crowd is usually just the ones that are the most confident/friendly with the best social skills, not just the meanest bullies. Sometimes some of those are gonna be bullies, but generally the most popular are just the people who are good at making lots of friends.

nellswell

3y↑3

"Let me tell you something."

Crispy Chrispen Chrispers

4y↑2

The blonde-girl stereotype always makes me giggle 😂

Christopher Morin

Great Speach!

Howard Koor

5y↑1

great scene

Aoi

5y↑2

Wow, I thought she was gonna be like Carrie, and kill us all

>.> <.<

Go Rams! *Runs away

XD

Katie Necklen

4y↑3

I love this movie

amit kumar

M cry to c the great actress acting

Cosmic Creepers

5y↑6

Rob... why don’t you take a seat over there

Min Kim

3y↑1

Yeah 25 is nothing… very young! I wish I was 25!

ansaksa

She could have write the same story to newspaper. Psycological point of view from highschool

TheWookiegirl24

4y↑2

I always feel so sad watching this part and seeing her reveal her real identity - I feel like she could've just made a cool speech still keeping her cover and Rob's cover and kept at the story and none of the issues would've came out yet lol she could've just been that "high school student" who bridged that gap between bully and nerd and showed them they were idiots

However this movie is still awesome and I can also see why they had it play out like this - there's always the part where the protagonist is at her lowest point until finally she finds a resolution

sha11235

Just noticed at 0:16 in the background you have King Kong dancing with Fay Wray.

alexander aldana

6y↑16

she's not so innocent either because she only went undercover to basically do over her high school life

T Missing Link Videos

4y↑2

I can so relate to this movie I was not popular in school and I was involved in class things just to get through the school. And I was picked and bullied. I even had a friend who put this guy up to acting like he liked me. She knew how much I liked the guy. He asked me out and to be his girlfriend just to find out it was a joke. She said I was just trying to make you feel good about yourself.

J S

Did Guy knew what they were going to do? Thats something I always wondered

sha11235

Yes, he did.

A Al

4y↑1

J S I like to think he didn't but maybe I'm lying to myself

Bright Angel

4y↑1

Josies date Guy tricked that girl to dance so they could set her up. She was a Seeet girl.

Jaclyn Schilt

5y↑4

Did she really have yo call her brother out like that?

sha11235

3y↑1

I think she had to explain the whole truth to them.

Your Drug

6y↑8

The Reason I Hate The Term Besties

J Gerard

5y↑15

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING

Ella Bione

I’VE BEEN BEATING MY BRAAAAAINS OUT... TRYING TO IMPRESS YOU PEOPLE

milton lawson

I'm an undercover reporter for the Chicago Sun Times.

Teacher Dayanne

I'M 25 YEARS OLD!

UrbanAbnormalities

4y↑1

I DON’T CARE ABOUT BEING YOUR STUPID PROM QUEEN

Koji Kaze

Stream Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix!

Christine Johnston

4y↑2

I know feeling in that clip my own way

Silvia Garcia

What about that mandela residue with the rob geller costume

Paul W3

7y↑21

Do you guys think that Guy was in on the prank too or do you think he was genuinely asking Aldys for a dance? I'm not sure!

One Eyed King

5y↑7

I think he was in too. There was no real backup between him and Aldys except other scenes where he was being a jerk to her.

tfola

6y↑2

Some of you people should watch the entire-m0vie, instead of just assuming things by looking at their body languages

Andy Andys

6y↑9

he knew...he is part of their group. so it was all planned to get back at Aldys when she took the prom tickets after they refuse to sell it to her

dan19630

6y↑3

lisardo weisert if that were the case then he would have stopped it himself.

lisardo weisert

6y↑4

I kind of see it as half and half. He was in on it, sure. But like any other romantic tale, in the moment he changed his mind.

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blackleather

I'm 74 now

K.an.ne.s

Of course the one time a movie character has my name she happens to be terrible

Auine Almeida

What is the mame of this song?

Adry Ramos

6y↑1

Qual o nome dessa música de fundo?Lembra Morrisey..

Anna Louisa

5y↑1

É the Smiths sim! Please please please let me get what I Want 💕

martin mannie

What’s with the places glitch in the clip ? Anyone notice it ? And if you stop it its a clip from I think the matrix

Jaclyn Schilt

5y↑5

Did the guy dancing with her plan it all?

La_Trolette

YOU SO DO NOT DESERVE TO BE PROM QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nena D'Arteaga

8y↑6

name of the song?

LexCreeps

8y↑12

The smiths- please please please, let me get what I want

Forrest D

8y↑76

What... Is... SHE WEARING?!

Stephanie Garcia

I think they could've made her more glamorous as well

sha11235

5y↑7

She is supposed to be Rosalind from As You Like It.

Niko

6y↑1

Aldys? Cause I love what Josie’s wearing.

M E

Forrest D lmaooo

Necole Ross

7y↑15

costume

Jocelyn Lopez

Does anyone know what the song was in the background while she was witnessing them about to put the dog food on her?

Art Wishwood

Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths. It's a short song, less than 2 minutes, but still great.

evan grossman

5y↑1

Tables turned

Christine Johnston

4y↑1

Find out who u are and try not b afraid so true

B You

3y↑1

Ok what bothers me is later on she says she was 17 when she was pranked by billy. This movie is set in 1999. Wouldn’t she have been 17 in 1991? But her flashbacks are in the eighties and oh no I’ve gone cross eyed 😵

SenoritaTorres1

3y↑1

That part bugs me too. Josie would have been 17 in the 90s.

Stephanie Bracey

Prom whoa..

just thisguy

6y↑11

Why she sell out her brother

Through The Looking Glass

4y↑1

I'm going to phrase this differently. Josie was fed up and ticked off watching the popular kids mistreat the very person who made her feel welcomed in the same behavior back in her high school days. Being caught up in the heated moment, she outed her brother because he's the only reason why they even showed respect to her. Josie admitted this when her brother asked why she acted ungratefully by ruining his chances to stay on their baseball team. As already said, she felt regret by hurting her brother in that reckless moment and corrected her mistake.

LaniChop

4y↑7

She made it up to him by getting him position of Asst. Coach anyway :)

Will C

6y↑25

just thisguy She had no fucks left to give and had to make a point.

Nate Harrell

Real Friend

Christine Johnston

And that saying so true

sha11235

8y↑4

Black Robin Hood.

christopher optimus prime

Dog food

TheWookiegirl24

4y↑5

Also I hate that the teacher is mad at her! She had a job to do! I hate that they make her look like she was in the wrong with him when I feel like he was really just upset she was gonna do a cover story about him being a predator like come on. He really should've been happy she was 25, that way he doesn't have a chance of going to jail or losing his job.

SenoritaTorres1

It worked out for Ezra Fitz I’m Pretty Little Liars. Shouldn’t have done but it did.

Erika Song

4y↑1

It was more like to him that Josie played with his feelings.

Christine Johnston

1:27

Christine Johnston

Find out who you are so true

Christine Johnston

1:20

Haamish McGarry

... What the

Christine Johnston

Feeding my brains out to inpress you

Christine Johnston

Memorys school not fun

Martin Espinosa

Why is there a hidden image of Neo from the Matrix dodging bullets in second 11? Is it like this in the actual movie?

anastasia

6y↑1

Lol I guess whoever edited this clip messed up. They skipped a few parts of the scene too

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