In the December 1993 issue of Select magazine, Johnny Marr said: "Strangeways suffers because it was our last record, so people think there were arguments and horrors in making it, but there weren't. Morrissey and I both think it's possibly our best album. That and some of The Queen Is Dead, which accepted opinion says is our masterpiece. That might be true, but Strangeways has its moments, like 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Love Me.' Last time I met Morrissey he said it was his favorite Smiths song."
The song was edited for the single release, losing the piano introduction found on the album version. The album version starts with 2 minutes of noise from the 1984-85 miners' strike (supplied by a BBC sound effects album) accompanied by some maudlin piano chords. The miners strike was a major industrial action affecting the British coal industry. The defeat of the miners significantly weakened the British trades union movement.
The cover of the single features Billy Fury.
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