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"Sweet and Tender Hooligan" is a song by the English
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, written by singer
Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known professionally as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then ...
and guitarist
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. Recorded in 1986, it was released as a single in May 1995 by
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to promote the compilation album ''
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''.


Background

Whereas
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in Europe opted to re-issue the 1986 single "
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" to promote ''Singles'', Sire in America thought it wiser to put out a single containing rarities, even though none of them featured on the actual compilation, as neither "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" itself nor its supporting tracks had been previously released as a single. The title track had previously been recorded for the
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and included on ''
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"; "
I Keep Mine Hidden "Girlfriend in a Coma" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was the first of three UK singles from the band's fourth and final studio album, ''Strangeways, Here We Come''. Ins ...
", "Work Is a Four-Letter Word" and "What's the World?" were previously hard-to-find B-sides to earlier singles " Girlfriend in a Coma" and " I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" (both 1987).


Lyric

The lyric describes the lenient sentencing of a
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, with the narrator sarcastically taking the side of the criminal, saying "and he'll never ever do it again / of course he won't / not until the next time".


Track listing

# "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" (
Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey (; born 22 May 1959), known professionally as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He came to prominence as the frontman and lyricist of rock band the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. Since then ...
,
Johnny Marr Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher, 31 October 1963) is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. He has since performed with numerous ...
) – 3:35 # "I Keep Mine Hidden" (Morrissey, Marr) – 1:59 # "Work Is a Four-Letter Word" (
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, Don Black) – 2:47 # "What's the World?" ''(live)'' (
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,
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, Gavan Whelan) – 2:06


Artwork

The single cover features a
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of boxer
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from the music video for Morrissey's single " Boxers", as directed by James O'Brien in 1995.


Reviews

Jack Rabid of ''
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'' described this song as "one of their great punk-inspired moments (along with "London") and as usual, should have been the A-side anyway."


Notes

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