The Smiths "Hand In Glove" LIVE at The Bell House on Valentine's Day | The Smiths Tribute NYC
The Smiths Tribute NYC performs The Smiths' first single "Hand In Glove" at The Bell House in Brooklyn, New York on Valentine's Day 2023. Music by Johnny Marr, Lyrics by Morrissey. Released May 1983.
Morrissey told Star Hits magazine that the couplet, "Though we may be hidden by rags, we have something they'll never have," is his favorite Smiths lyric: "It's how I felt when I couldn't afford clothes and used to dress in rags but I didn't really feel mentally impoverished."
The Smiths were very proud of this song and expected it to be a huge hit. Morrissey commented at the time of its release: "I think the record is so absolutely perfect in every respect that if it just dribbles away I shall be ill, probably for ever." Unlucky for Morrissey, the song flopped, peaking at a miserable #124 on the UK chart.