This article is about the song. For the subculture, see Suedehead (subculture). For the album, see Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey.
"Suedehead"
Single by Morrissey
from the album Viva Hate
B-side
"I Know Very Well How I Got My Name"
"Hairdresser on Fire"
"Oh Well, I'll Never Learn"
Released
15 February 1988 (1988-02-15)[1]
Genre
Jangle pop[2]
Length
3:54
Label
HMV
Songwriter(s)
Morrissey
Stephen Street
Producer(s)
Stephen Street
Morrissey singles chronology
"Suedehead" (1988)
"Everyday Is Like Sunday" (1988)
Music video
"Suedehead" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[3]
"Suedehead" is the debut solo single by English singer Morrissey, released on 15 February 1988. Co-written by Morrissey and former Smiths producer Stephen Street, the song was Morrissey's first solo release after the Smiths break-up. Morrissey was inspired lyrically by the suedehead subculture, recalling an individual from his teenage years in the context of the movement. Street, who had originally sought to contribute his musical ideas to Morrissey to use for Smiths B-sides, also contributed bass guitar, while Vini Reilly and Andrew Paresi rounded out his new solo band.
"Suedehead" was featured on Morrissey's debut album, Viva Hate, and the compilation album Bona Drag, the latter of which also featured the B-side "Hairdresser on Fire". Upon release, the song saw commercial success, reaching number five in the UK, as well as rave reviews for its Smiths-esque musicianship and the new Morrissey-Street writing team. Encouraged by the success of the single, Morrissey would continue working with Street for subsequent singles and the rest of Viva Hate.
Since its release, "Suedehead" has become one of Morrissey's most successful songs and remains critically acclaimed by modern writers.
^"New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 13 February 1988. p. 31. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
^Leivers, Dannii (3 December 2014). "Live Report: Morrissey At The O2 Arena, London". Clash. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^Raggett, Ned. "Suedehead Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
"Suedehead" is the debut solo single by English singer Morrissey, released on 15 February 1988. Co-written by Morrissey and former Smiths producer Stephen...
of Oi!, with information about McCourt. Hoxton Tom Hoxton Tom Myspace fan page' Suedeheads Informative article on Suedeheads and includes Hoxton Tom....
and some of the original skins dropped into new categories, such as the suedeheads (defined by the ability to manipulate one's hair with a comb), smoothies...
the album was released, Reilly claimed every song on the album except "Suedehead" had been composed by Morrissey and Reilly. Street has denied this. In...
scenes Japan Australia United States United Kingdom Other topics Third wave ska list of ska musicians rude boy mod skinhead Suedehead traditional skinhead...
Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988. "Suedehead" (Australian Music Report) peak: "Australian Top 50 Singles Chart – Week...
roadman is discussed Jamaican posse Junglist Rhyging Rude Boy USA Skinhead Suedehead (subculture) Yardie "The Rude boy in Jamaican music" – The Gleaner – 1...
features all of Morrissey's solo singles up to that point, two of which ("Suedehead" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday") were taken from his first solo album Viva...
Presley. "Weird Al" Yankovic wrote and performed the song "King of Suede". "Suedehead" A skinhead subculture and song by English singer/songwriter Morrissey...
4, 2016. El Primero del Gang (First of the Gang to Die) Estuvo Bien (Suedehead) (Live at Radiolovefest) Cada Dia Es Domingo (Everyday Is Like Sunday)...
announced that EMI had deleted this album along with World of Morrissey and Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey from its catalogue. Despite this, it is still available...
Henderson, "I Was Nearly a Suedehead! Ivor Perry and Cradle Tales", Underground, No. 13, April 1988, p. 5. Henderson, "Suedehead". Johnny Rogan, "The Smiths:...
from its catalogue on 14 December 2010 along with Beethoven Was Deaf & Suedehead: The Best of Morrissey. The album's cover art features boxer Cornelius...
song by Morrissey, first released as a B-side to his debut solo single "Suedehead". Co-written by Morrissey and producer Stephen Street, the song features...
Stephen Street, the songwriting team behind Morrissey's debut solo single "Suedehead". Street, who initially believed the Smiths would reunite within a few...
Corbijn. In February 1988, EMI released the first single from this album, "Suedehead", which reached number 5 on the British singles chart, a higher position...
Become Successful" "Suedehead" (live London 4/10/91) 12-inch vinyl (UK) "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" "Suedehead" (live London 4/10/91)...
Playboys" My Early Burglary Years (compilation, 1998) "Michaels Bones" Suedehead: The Best Of Morrissey (compilation, 1997) "The Last of the Famous International...
Pants" with Orbital from Blue Album. 2005 - remixed Morrissey's song, "Suedehead", for the compilation Future Retro 2010 - remixed the song "Give Me Something"...
No.32 was used as a backdrop for video accompanying Morrissey's track "Suedehead". The whole except No.s 80a, 81, 81a, 82, 83 and 83a (so No.s 1–13 and...
album by Morrissey. "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" – 3:43 "Suedehead" – 3:54 "Everyday Is Like Sunday" – 3:32 "Glamorous Glue" – 4:08 "Do Your...
world, one may speak of a shearling coat. During the 1970s in Britain the suedehead subculture adopted this item as an identifying fashion, and it also had...
Global Information
