This song was written by Graham Gouldman (most famously of 10cc but at the time in The Mockingbirds). It was a UK hit for Herman’s Hermits in 1967 before being covered by Morrissey. In the book ‘Leave the Capital’ by ex-Fall drummer Paul Hanley, this song is described as a ‘homesick lament of a globetrotting pop star’ (and in particular for Manchester). Hanley rates the Morrissey vocal over the Hermits version and I have to agree.
This song was written by Graham Gouldman (most famously of 10cc but at the time in The Mockingbirds). It was a UK hit for Herman’s Hermits in 1967 before being covered by Morrissey. In the book ‘Leave the Capital’ by ex-Fall drummer Paul Hanley, this song is described as a ‘homesick lament of a globetrotting pop star’ (and in particular for Manchester). Hanley rates the Morrissey vocal over the Hermits version and I have to agree.