If You Think You Can Stop Me You Need to Think Again

1987 single by the Smiths

"Stop Me If You Remember Yous've Heard This One Earlier"
Single by the Smiths
from the album Strangeways, Here We Come
B-side	"I Go along Mine Hidden"
Released	1987
Genre	Alternative stone
Length	three:32
Characterization	Sire (US)
Songwriter(southward)	Morrissey Johnny Marr
Producer(s)	Stephen Street Johnny Marr Morrissey
The Smiths singles chronology
"Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" (1987) "Terminate Me If You Remember You've Heard This Ane Before" (1987) "At that place Is a Low-cal That Never Goes Out" (1992)

"Terminate Me If You Call up You've Heard This One Before" is a song by the English stone band the Smiths, written by vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. The song was first released on the group's 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come. Marr'south music features a larger sound, courtesy of a 12-string Gibson ES-335, and ane of his few guitar solos with the Smiths. Morrissey's lyrics allude to booze and deception.

Although the song was originally planned to exist released as a single in August 1987, the BBC objected to the song'southward lyrical reference to mass murder in the aftermath of the Hungerford Massacre. Equally a outcome, "Finish Me If You lot Think You've Heard This Ane Earlier" was simply released every bit a single in America, Australia, and some European markets, while "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" was chosen to supercede the vocal as the band's new UK single.

Despite its censorship by British radio, "Stop Me If Y'all Think You've Heard This One Before" has seen disquisitional acclamation for Marr'due south guitar work and Morrissey'southward witty lyricism. It has since appeared on multiple compilation albums and has been ranked by music writers as 1 of the ring'south best songs.

Background [edit]

"Stop Me If You Recall You lot've Heard This 1 Before" was, like near Smiths songs, features lyrics written by Morrissey and music written by Johnny Marr. Marr composed the vocal'due south music on a 12-string Gibson ES-335, which he commented "gave a really big audio."^{[ane] [nb 1]} He explained that the guitar hits in the vocal'due south intro were the event of stacking a Telecaster "on pinnacle of a Fender Twin Reverb with the vibrato on, and tun[ing] it to an open chord" merely to "drop a knife with a metal handle on it, hitting random strings." The song as well featured the first guitar solo on a Smiths record; Marr explained in an interview with Guitar Actor mag:

"I was really pleased that the get-go solo every bit such on a Smiths record was one yous could sing... I liked the melody at the end of 'Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before,' but it just felt a footling too achieved. I wanted it to sound similar a punk role player who couldn't play, so I fingered it on ane string, right up and down the neck. I could take played information technology with harmonics or my teeth, or something clever, but the poignancy would accept gone out of the melody."^[ane]

Lyrically, Rolling Stone described the vocal as "a cyclone tour of sex, lies, booze, obsession, mass murder, [and] cycle-related testicular injury".^[3] Len Brown of the NME commented on an alternating meaning to the song'southward title, "[Morrissey] even seems to enjoy calling a song 'Stop Me If You've Heard This One Earlier,' in the face up of those who perpetually take the piss out of him and reckon that every Smiths song sounds the same."^[4]

Release [edit]

In addition to its release on Strangeways, Hither We Come, "Stop Me If You lot Call up You've Heard This One Before" was originally intended to be released equally the album'south 2nd single. Promotional singles were printed and sent to Radio I. However, the song's single release came in the wake of the Hungerford massacre, in which 16 people were murdered, and the BBC refused to play the song on the grounds that the lyric "program a mass murder" was offensive.^[5] As a effect, the vocal was non released as a single in the UK and "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" was selected instead. "End Me If You Retrieve You've Heard This One Earlier" was ultimately released as a single in other regions, including the United states of america, Australia, Germany, and others.^[v] The cover of the single is a motion-picture show of British role player and vocalizer Murray Head from a still of the 1966 picture show The Family Way (a motion-picture show that would also be the source of the photo on the comprehend of "I Started Something I Couldn't End").^[iv]

Morrissey later on stated:

"I desperately, desperately wanted that to be released. Rough Trade sent white labels forth to Radio One but they said they would never under any circumstances play information technology because of the line about mass murder. They said people would've instantly linked it with Hungerford and it would've caused thousands of shoppers to exit and buy automobile guns and murder their grandparents. I think Rough Trade should've released 'Expiry of a Disco Dancer' just to be stroppy."^[iv]

The song was later featured on the compilation albums Stop Me and The Very All-time of The Smiths. The song is also included in the music video game Rock Band 3.^[6] Though the ring broke up earlier they could tour any songs from Strangeways, Here We Come, Morrissey performed the song live alongside fellow ex-Smiths Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce, and Craig Gannon as the opening song of his infamous debut solo concert at Wolverhampton'south Civic Hall in December 1988.^[7]

Music video [edit]

A music video was produced past the director Tim Broad. It opens with a picture of the Oscar Wilde hanging on a brick wall, and features Morrissey and a group of Morrissey lookalikes cycling around Manchester and Salford, including famous locations such as the Salford Lads' Gild.^[viii] Morrissey was hesitant to take part in the videos, but was implored by Rough Merchandise's Geoff Travis to participate in gild to boost the anthology's singles. Morrissey recalled in his autobiography, "Tim Wide steps in to make sense of it all, hotch-podging two videos for both 'Girlfriend in a Blackout' and 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before'. The results for both are frustratingly unwatchable, although Tim did his beast with such a mealy-mouthed budget."^{[9] [nb ii]}

Critical reception [edit]

"Cease Me If You Retrieve Y'all've Heard This Ane Before" has seen critical acclamation since its release. David Browne of Rolling Stone called the rails "the album'southward almost propulsive number" and opined, "Marr's piercing solo at the stop of the song not only is one of the record'south emotional highlights — it also proves it's best the band split up rather than effort to supercede him."^[ten] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the song a "archetype,"^[11] while Douglas Wolk of Pitchfork commented, "Their final single couldn't have had a cleverer championship than 'Stop Me if You Think Yous've Heard This Ane Before'."^[12]

Rolling Stone ranked the song as the 14th best Smiths song,^[3] while NME named it the band's 16th best.^[13] Consequence ranked the song every bit the ring'due south 28th best, calling it "a testament to The Smiths' ability in 1987".^[14] Guitar named the song as the band's 20th greatest guitar moment.^[15]

Runway listing [edit]

All tracks written by Morrissey and Johnny Marr.

12-inch and CD single (Deutschland, cerise encompass)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"End Me If Y'all Retrieve You've Heard This I Before"	3:33
2.	"Work Is a Iv-Letter Word"	2:47
3.	"Girlfriend in a Coma"	2:02
4.	"I Keep Mine Subconscious"	1:57

12-inch (Netherlands, greyness cover and Australia, orange cover)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cease Me If You Retrieve You've Heard This Ane Before"	iii:33
2.	"Pretty Girls Make Graves" (early on cello version)	3:35
3.	"Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" (live)	five:03

seven-inch (Germany, scarlet cover)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Stop Me If Y'all Think You've Heard This One Before"	3:33
2.	"Girlfriend in a Coma"	2:02

7-inch (Netherlands, grey cover and Australia, orangish comprehend)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Terminate Me If Yous Recall You've Heard This One Before"	iii:33
2.	"Pretty Girls Brand Graves" (early cello version)	3:35

seven-inch (North America, blue cover)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Terminate Me If You Think You lot've Heard This One Earlier"	3:33
two.	"I Keep Mine Subconscious"	one:57

Marker Ronson version ("Cease Me") [edit]

"Stop Me"
Unmarried by Marker Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather
from the anthology Version
B-side	"No One Knows"
Released	2 April 2007 (2007-04-02)
Genre	Neo soul funk
Length	3:54
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(south)	Morrissey Johnny Marr Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)	Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson singles chronology
"Just" (2006) "Stop Me" (2007) "Oh My God" (2007)
Daniel Merriweather singles chronology
"NYC Rules" (2004) "End Me" (2007) "Cash in My Pocket" (2008)
Music video
"Stop Me" on YouTube

Background and release [edit]

In 2007, the vocal was re-composed as "Finish Me" with additional lyrics from the song "You Keep Me Hangin' On" past The Supremes by British DJ Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather on the vocals. Merriweather admitted in an interview with The Guardian that he was not very familiar with the original earlier he recorded Mark Ronson's revised version. He explained: "Mark said, 'I want you to sing on this – information technology's my favourite Smiths song,' so I listened to it. I'd heard information technology once before, only I was never a Smiths fan. Only I thought information technology was cute."^[16] The song was afterward released as a single on 2 April 2007 on Columbia Records with the shortened name "Terminate Me",^[17] and it was included on the compilation anthology Version. The single includes a cover version of Queens of the Stone Age'southward "No One Knows" with vocals by Domino Kirke. The single reached number two on the Great britain Singles Nautical chart.

The music video, released at the same time equally the song, features a homo who finds a pair of trainers that command him and force him to run forth the freeway near the Blackwall Tunnel. This version was released in the United Kingdom. The international version showed people crying animated tears.

The vocal featured prominently in the opening scenes of the premiere of the second half of Nip/Constrict'due south 5th flavor. The song featured on the 2013 show reel for Seattle-based b-boy crew, Fine art of Movement, uploaded past Korean-American vocalizer and member of the crew, Jay Park.^[18]

Critical reception [edit]

"End Me" gained considerable praise and reference, as well as controversy from loyal Smiths fans despite its chart success existence the highest UK chart position for a Smiths song.^[nineteen] The music review site ThisisfakeDIY gave the single a 5-star rating, citing that its popularity stemmed from its abstraction from a typical Smiths vocal, resembling a "sweeping, orchestral pop vocal with horns to boot … soulful, evocative vocals ... a stirring mix".^[19] This song was number eighty on Rolling Stone 's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.^{[20] [21]} The encompass received a mixed review from musicOMH reviewer Jenny Cole, who remarked that the notion of "discoing upwards a Smiths runway" was a "travesty", and queried that "Morrissey would no doubt hate the thought of someone who has previously worked with Christina Aguilera and Robbie Williams" re-composing his songs.^[16] All the same, the reviewer remarked that despite its composition "in a mad way it works … Electronic, cheery and danceable, information technology'south really non half bad" but that the add-on of The Supremes to the song was "but mad".^[16]

Other versions [edit]

A slightly shorter edited version (where the lyrics start at the first poetry) was released to mainstream radio in Oct 2007.^[22] A remix by Kissy Sell Out features on Ministry of Sound 2008 compilation The Annual. Trance DJ Paul Oakenfold too remixed the song exclusively for his 2007 compilation album Greatest Hits & Remixes. Live versions past Mark Ronson and/or Stu Zender featuring Merriweather have appeared on Belatedly Dark with Conan O'Brien (in July 2007), BBC Radio 1 and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. After the win and performance of Ronson at the 2008 edition of the Brit Awards, "Terminate Me" climbed as high as number 31 on the iTunes Top 100 and re-entered the UK Superlative 75 Singles nautical chart at number 51.

Track listings [edit]

• CD maxi single

1. "Cease Me" - three:54
2. "Stop Me" (A Chicken Lips Malfunction) - 7:05
3. "Stop Me" (Dirty Due south remix) - 8:24
4. "No 1 Knows" - 4:twoscore

• CD single

1. "Stop Me"
2. "No One Knows"

• ten" vinyl

1. "Stop Me"
2. "No Ane Knows"

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Marr later gave this guitar to Suede guitarist Bernard Butler.^[2]
2. ^ Morrissey recalled Travis allocating a upkeep of twelve-thousand pounds for both videos.^[9]

References [edit]

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2. ^ Bosso, Joe (4 March 2015). "x Questions for Johnny Marr". MusicRadar . Retrieved 28 April 2022.
3. ^ ^{a b} Sheffield, Rob (i August 2017). "Rob Sheffield Ranks All 73 Smiths Songs". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 31 October 2020.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Brown, Len (seven April 2010). Meetings with Morrissey. Omnibus Printing. ISBN978-0-85712-240-vii.
5. ^ ^{a b}
6. ^ "'Rock Ring' terá músicas do rapper Snoop Dogg". Popular & Arte (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 September 2010.
7. ^ Martins, Chris (24 May 2013). "Watch the Smiths Back Morrissey at His Showtime Solo Gig in 1988". Spin . Retrieved 28 April 2022.
8. ^ Zuberi, Nabeel (2001). Sounds English : transnational pop music . Urbana [u.a.]: University of Illinois Press. p. 48. ISBN978-0252026201.
9. ^ ^{a b} Morrissey (four November 2014). Autobiography. Penguin. ISBN978-0-14-310750-7.
10. ^ Browne, David (iii December 1987). "Strangeways, Hither We Come". Rolling Rock . Retrieved 28 April 2022.
11. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Strangeways, Hither We Come – The Smiths". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
12. ^ Wolk, Douglas (18 November 2011). "The Smiths: The Smiths Consummate". Pitchfork . Retrieved 25 September 2015.
13. ^ "The 20 all-time Smiths tracks, as voted by NME.COM users". NME. 25 Nov 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
14. ^ "Ranking: Every Song past The Smiths from Worst to All-time". Consequence of Audio. 21 February 2019. Retrieved thirty Oct 2020.
15. ^ Toll, Andy (17 Baronial 2021). "The Smiths' xx greatest guitar moments, ranked". Guitar . Retrieved 28 Apr 2022.
16. ^ ^{a b c} Cole, Jenny (2007) "Mark Ronson – Stop Me: track review" OMH Media: musicOMH
17. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Calendar week. 31 March 2007. p. 37.
18. ^ Park, Jay. "Art of Movement (2013)". Art of Motion. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
19. ^ ^{a b} McCaighy, Stuart (2007) "Mark Ronson – Stop Me: Track Review" ThisisfakeDIY: DIY Records
20. ^ The 100 Best Songs of 2007 Rolling Stone, eleven December 2007; Retrieved 21 December 2007
21. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine The 100 Best Songs Of 2007 Archived 26 July 2010 at the Wayback Car PopCrunch, xiii Dec 2007
22. ^ Mainstream Radio Promo Merely, October 2007
23. ^ "Event 904" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
24. ^ Mark Ronson feat Daniel Merriweather — Terminate Me. Tophit. Retrieved three Apr 2021.
25. ^ "Hits of the World – Eurocharts" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 119, no. 17. 28 April 2007. p. 51. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
26. ^ "Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather – Stop Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved xx March 2019.
27. ^ "Marking Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather – Finish Me". Tiptop Digital Download.
28. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Nautical chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
29. ^ "Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather – Stop Me". Swiss Singles Chart.
30. ^ "Official Singles Chart Pinnacle 100". Official Charts Company.
31. ^ "Mark Ronson Chart History (Dance Lodge Songs)". Billboard.
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