Irish Blood, English Heart

"Irish Blood, English Heart"
Single by Morrissey
from the album You Are the Quarry
B-side
  • "It's Hard to Walk Tall When You're Small"
  • "Munich Air Disaster 1958"
  • "The Never Played Symphonies"
Released12 April 2004 (2004-04-12)
Length2:37
LabelAttack
Songwriter(s)
  • Morrissey
  • Alain Whyte
Producer(s)Jerry Finn
Morrissey singles chronology
"Satan Rejected My Soul"
(1997)
"Irish Blood, English Heart"
(2004)
"First of the Gang to Die"
(2004)

"Irish Blood, English Heart" is a song by British singer Morrissey, released as the lead single to his seventh studio album You Are the Quarry. His first new song in seven years, it was released on 12 April 2004 in the United States and on 10 May 2004 in the United Kingdom.

The song, described as "the most unambiguously political of his career to date",[1] touches upon Morrissey's identity as the son of Irish immigrants living in England. Driven by the hype of Morrissey's comeback, it became his highest-charting single in the United Kingdom (alongside 2006's "You Have Killed Me"), reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart. It is also his highest-charting single in Sweden, peaking at number four, and it reached number seven in Canada and the top 20 in Ireland and Norway.

  1. ^ Goddard, Simon (2010). Mozipedia : the encyclopedia of Morrissey and the Smiths. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-452-29667-1. OCLC 567155177.