See the latter discography entry for details. Info about this is found at the latter link. The reissue of the 7" single by Rhino UK was also included in the "Smiths Singles box" which compiled the band's first 10 UK singles plus two bonuses. On each of the five weeks leading to the release of the latter box, two singles from it were put up for sale individually.

This Charming Man



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This Charming Man [Maxi Single] by The Smiths (CD, Nov-1992, Warner Bros.)
The singer explained of the song's lyrics, "I really like the idea of the male voice being quite vulnerable, of it being taken and slightly manipulated, rather than there being always this heavy machismo thing that just bores everybody. Although only moderately successful on first release—the single peaked at number 25 on the British singles chart—"This Charming Man" has been widely praised in both the music and mainstream press. The single was re-issued in , reaching number 8 on the UK singles chart making it The Smiths' biggest UK hit by chart position.




The motorist tells the cyclist: Morrissey deliberately used archaic language when composing the voice-over style lyrics for "This Charming Man". His use of phrases and words such as 'hillside desolate', 'stitch to wear', 'handsome' and 'charming' are used to convey a more courtly world than the mid-Eighties north of England, and evoke a style that has, in the words of the music critic Mat Snow , "nothing to do with fashion". In the daily scheme of things, people's language is so frighteningly limited, and if you use a word with more than 10 letters it's absolute snobbery. People listen to "This Charming Man" and think no further than what anyone would presume. I hate that angle, and it's surprising that the gay press have harped on more than anyone else.