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Who sang There Is a Light That Never Goes Out?
Release date: 16/6/1986
Duration: 04:05
Writer(s): Johnny Marr and Morrissey
Producer(s): Johnny Marr and Morrissey

The Smiths released the song There Is a Light That Never Goes Out. Date of release: 16/6/1986.

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The meaning of the song 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out ', based on the lyrics
What is There Is a Light That Never Goes Out about?
🎶 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out song analysis
It's a song about how the singer never wants to go home, because he's not really home anymore.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
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The Smiths - Short Biography

- The Smiths is a band formed in Manchester, England, in 1982
- Composed of Morrissey (singer), Johnny Marr (guitarist), Andy Rourke (bassist) and Mike Joyce (drummer).
- One of the most important bands of the British independent music scene of the 1980s.
- They have developed a cult following throughout their career.
- Considered one of the most influential alternative rock bands of all time.
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The song There Is a Light That Never Goes Out was written by singer and guitarist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr of the Smiths. It was first released on the album The Queen Is Dead in 1986. The song is an ode to love and death, and it talks about how love can be stronger than death. Morrissey said the song was partly inspired by the movie Children of Paradise, in which two lovers commit suicide together. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out has become one of the Smiths' best known songs.

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