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Jesse in Brisbane

He created All in the Family, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons and Maude.

Updated Chart History

Singles

The Smiths:

1983 Hand in Glove (Rough Trade) UK only

1983 This Charming Man (Rough Trade) #25 UK

1984 What Difference Does It Make? (Rough Trade) #12 UK

1984 Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (Rough Trade) #10 UK

1984 William, It Was Really Nothing (Rough Trade) #17 UK

1985 How Soon Is Now? (Rough Trade) #24 UK

1985 Shakespeare’s Sister (Rough Trade) #26 UK

1985 That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (Rough Trade) #49 UK

1985 Barbarism Begins at Home (Rough Trade)

1985 The Boy with the Thorn in His Side (Rough Trade) #23 UK

1986 Bigmouth Strikes Again (Rough Trade) #26 UK

1986 Panic (Rough Trade) #11 UK

1986 Ask (Rough Trade) #14 UK

1987 Shoplifters of the World Unite (Rough Trade) #12 UK

1987 Sheila Take a Bow (Rough Trade) #10 UK

1987 Girlfriend in a Coma (Rough Trade) #13 UK

1987 I Started Something I Couldn’t Finish (Rough Trade) #23 UK

1987 Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before (Sire) US only

1987 Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
(Rough Trade) #30 UK

1992 This Charming Man (WEA) #8 UK

1992 How Soon Is Now? (WEA) #16 UK

1992 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (WEA) #25 UK

1995 Ask (WEA) #62 UK

1995 Sweet and Tender Hooligan (Reprise) US only

2019 The Queen is Dead #4 (Warner) UK only

Morrissey:

1988 Suedehead (HMV) #5 UK

1988 Everyday Is Like Sunday (HMV) #9 UK

1989 The Last of the Famous International Playboys
(HMV) #6 UK

1989 Interesting Drug (HMV) #9 UK

1989 Ouija Board, Ouija Board (HMV) #18 UK

1990 November Spawned a Monster (HMV) #12 UK

1990 Piccadilly Palare (HMV) #18 UK

1991 Our Frank (HMV) #26 UK

1991 Sing Your Life (HMV) #33 UK

1991 Pregnant for the Last Time (HMV) #25 UK

1991 My Love Life (HMV) #29 UK

1991 At KROQ (Sire) US only

1992 We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
(HMV) #17 UK

1992 You’re the One for Me, Fatty (HMV) #19 UK

1992 Tomorrow (Sire) US only

1992 Certain People I Know (HMV) #35 UK

1994 The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get
(Parlophone) #8 UK / #46 US

1994 Hold On to Your Friends (Parlophone) #47 UK

1994 Interlude (Parlophone) #25 UK with Siouxsie

1994 Now My Heart Is Full (Sire) US only

1995 Boxers (Parlophone) #23 UK

1995 Dagenham Dave (RCA) #26 UK

1995 The Boy Racer (RCA) #36 UK

1995 Sunny (Parlophone) #42 UK

1997 Alma Matters (Island) #16 UK

1997 Roy’s Keen (Island) #42 UK

1997 Satan Rejected My Soul (Island) #39 UK

2004 Irish Blood, English Heart (Attack) #3 UK

2004 First of the Gang to Die (Attack) #6 UK

2004 Let Me Kiss You (Attack) #8 UK

2004 I Have Forgiven Jesus (Attack) #10 UK

2005 Redondo Beach / There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Attack) #11 UK

2006 You Have Killed Me (Attack) #3 UK

2006 The Youngest Was the Most Loved (Attack) #14 UK

2006 In the Future When All’s Well (Attack) #17 UK

2006 I Just Want to See the Boy Happy (Attack) #16 UK

2008 That’s How People Grow Up (Decca) #14 UK

2008 All You Need Is Me (Decca) #24 UK

2009 I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris (Polydor) #21 UK

2009 Something Is Squeezing My Skull (Polydor) #46 UK

2010 Everyday Is Like Sunday (Major Minor) #42 UK

2011 Glamorous Glue (Major Minor) #69 UK

2012 Suedehead (Liberty) UK only

2013 The Last of the Famous International Playboys
(Parlophone) UK only

2014 World Peace is None of Your Business (Harvest) #80 UK

2016 Spent the Day in Bed (BMG) #64 UK / #1 UK vinyl

2017 Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up On The Stage (BMG) #1 UK vinyl

2017 All The Young People Must Fall in Love (BMG) #2 UK vinyl

2017 My Love, I’d Do Anything For You (BMG) #24 UK / #1 UK vinyl

2017 Lover-to-Be (BMG) #10 UK vinyl

2018 Wedding Bell Blues (BMG) #1 UK vinyl

2018 Back on the Chain Gang (BMG) #1 UK vinyl

2018 It’s Over (BMG) #1 UK vinyl

2019 Honey, You Know Where to Find Me (BMG) #1 UK vinyl

2021 Cosmic Dancer (Parlophone) #62 UK / #1 UK vinyl with David Bowie

2022 Rebels Without Applause (Capitol Records) #73 UK

Albums

The Smiths:

1984 The Smiths (Rough Trade) #2 UK / #150 US

1984 Hatful of Hollow (Rough Trade) #7 UK

1985 Meat Is Murder (Rough Trade) #1 UK / #110 US

1986 The Queen Is Dead (Rough Trade) #2 UK / #71 US

1987 The World Won’t Listen (Rough Trade) #2 UK

1987 Louder Than Bombs (Rough Trade) #38 UK / #62 US

1987 Strangeways, Here We Come (Rough Trade) #2 UK / #55 US

1988 Rank (Rough Trade) #2 UK / #77 US

1992 Best…I (WEA) #1 UK / #139 US

1992 …Best II (WEA) #29 UK

1995 Singles (WEA) #5 UK

1995 Hatful of Hollow (WEA) #26 UK

1995 The Queen Is Dead (WEA) #30 UK

1995 Strangeways, Here We Come (WEA) #38 UK

1995 Meat Is Murder (WEA) #39 UK

1995 The Smiths (WEA) #42 UK

1995 The World Won’t Listen (WEA) #52 UK

2000 Louder Than Bombs (WEA) #52 UK

2001 The Very Best Of (WEA) #30 UK

2008 The Sound of The Smiths (Rhino) #21 UK / #98 US

2014 Complete (Rhino) #62 UK

2019 The Queen is Dead (Warner) #10 UK / #197 U.S.

2023 The Queen is Dead (Warner) #11 UK

2023 Hatful of Hollow (Warner) #18 UK

2023 The Sound of the Smiths (Rhino) #20 UK

Morrissey:

1988 Viva Hate (HMV) #1 UK / #48 US

1990 Bona Drag (HMV) #9 UK / #59 US

1991 Kill Uncle (HMV) #8 UK / #52 US

1992 Your Arsenal (HMV) #4 UK / #21 US

1993 Beethoven Was Deaf (HMV) #13 UK

1994 Vauxhall and I (Parlophone) #1 UK / #18 US

1995 World of Morrissey (Parlophone) #15 UK / #134 US

1995 Southpaw Grammar (RCA) #4 UK / #66 US

1997 Viva Hate (Parlophone) UK only

1997 Maladjusted (Island) #8 UK / #61 US

1997 Suedehead (EMI) #26 UK

1998 My Early Burglary Years (Reprise) US only

2001 ¡The Best Of! (Rhino) US only

2004 You Are the Quarry (Attack) #2 UK / #11 US

2005 Live at Earls Court (Attack) #18 UK / #119 US

2006 Ringleader of the Tormentors (Attack) #1 UK / #27 US

2008 Greatest Hits (Decca) #5 UK / #178 US

2009 Years of Refusal (Polydor) #3 UK / #11 US

2009 Southpaw Grammar (RCA) #63 UK

2009 Maladjusted (Universal) #103 UK

2009 Swords (Polydor) #55 UK

2010 Bona Drag (Major Minor) #62 UK

2011 Very Best Of (Major Minor) #80 UK

2012 Viva Hate (Liberty) #147 UK

2013 Kill Uncle (Parlophone) #106 UK

2014 World Peace is None of Your Business (Harvest) #2 UK / #14 U.S.

2016 Low In High School (BMG) #5 UK / #10 U.S.

2018 California Son (BMG) #4 UK / #7 U.S.

2020 I Am Not a Dog On A Chain (BMG) #3 UK / #18 U.S.

This discography lists official UK and US pressings only, with UK and US chart positions.
If any discrepancies appear above please let us know.

My love, my life

photo by ryan lowry, 28 November 2023