Best Friend on the Payroll
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| "Best Friend on the Payroll" | ||
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| Song by Morrissey | ||
| from the album Southpaw Grammar | ||
| Released | August 28, 1995 | |
| Recorded | March-April 1995 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:43 | |
| Label | RCA | |
| Writer(s) | Morrissey/Whyte | |
| Producer(s) | Steve Lillywhite | |
| Southpaw Grammar track listing | ||
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"Best Friend on the Payroll" is a song performed by Morrissey on his album Southpaw Grammar. It was written by Morrissey and his guitarist Alain Whyte.
The lyrics to the track pushes the idea that friendship and busines do not mix well, with the petulant opening lines "I turned the music down, and I don't know why - this is my house". Morrissey's habit of writing very much about his own personal life has lead to thoeries that this song is about his former friend and employee 'Jake', with whom it is rumoured Morrissey had a romantic relationship. The defiant closing lines of "Oh no, it's not going to work out" suggest that the ending of that relationship was emphantic and permanent.
