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The Smiths Tribute NYC performs The Smiths' non-album single "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York on Valentine's Day 2023. Music by Johnny Marr, Lyrics by Morrissey.
Johnny Marr wrote the music for this song in about an hour after receiving a red Gibson ES-355 guitar from legendary record exec Seymour Stein on the promise that The Smiths would sign with Sire Records. The first strum on the instrument turned into the riff from this song. He wrote the underrated "Girl Afraid" that same night.
This was the first of many Smiths songs engineered by Stephen Street, who would later helm Morrissey's debut LP "Viva Hate." Said Street: "I was such a fan and I couldn't believe they were coming in. Fortunately for me, I was the only in-house engineer at the time and I got the lucky break everybody needs in this industry. They came in to do a track called 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now.' The rest is history, you could say."