Dagenham Dave (Morrissey song)

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"Dagenham Dave"

Single by Morrissey
from the album Southpaw Grammar
Released	21st August 1995
Format	7", CD, cassette
Genre	Rock
Length	3:16
Label	RCA (UK)
Writer(s)	Morrissey, Alain Whyte
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
Chart positions
#26 (UK)
Morrissey singles chronology
"Boxers" (1995)	"Dagenham Dave" (1995)	"The Boy Racer" (1995)

"Dagenham Dave"

Song by Morrissey
from the album Southpaw Grammar
Released	August 28, 1995
Recorded	March-April 1995
Genre	Rock
Length	3:16
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Morrissey/Whyte
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
Southpaw Grammar track listing
"The Teachers Are Afraid of the Pupils" "Reader Meet Author" "The Boy Racer" "The Operation" "Dagenham Dave" "Do Your Best and Don't Worry" "Best Friend on the Payroll" "Southpaw"

"Dagenham Dave" was a single by Morrissey released in August 1995 prior to the release of the Southpaw Grammar. It was Morrissey's first release on the RCA he had signed to after leaving EMI. This was the second Morrissey solo single not to feature the singer on the cover, instead English football coach and former player Terry Venables was shown cheekily sticking out his tongue. Venables had been born in Dagenham.

The single reached number 26 in the UK singles chart showing that Morrissey had enough of a hardcore following to be almost assured top thirty hits but that his recent work was failing to reach a mass audience.

1 Track listings
- 1.1 7" vinyl & cassette
- 1.2 CD
2 Reviews
3 Musicans
4 Live Performances
5 References
6 See also
7 External link

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 7" vinyl & cassette

"Dagenham Dave"
"Nobody Loves Us"

[edit] CD

"Dagenham Dave"
"Nobody Loves Us"
"You Must Please Remember"

Country	Record label	Format	Catalogue number
UK	RCA	7" vinyl	29980 7
UK	RCA	Compact disc	29980 2
UK	RCA	Cassette	29980 4

[edit] Reviews

The NME gave their usual negative review, saying that this single showed that "Morrissey has become the embarrassing incontinent grandfather of Britpop". The song was described as "piss-poor old crap" and a "tune-impaired three-minute drone".^[1]