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Pretty Girls Make Graves - 2011 Remaster

1984Released
3:43

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Interesting facts and trivia about Pretty Girls Make Graves - 2011 Remaster. By Songfacts®.

This song finds Morrissey telling the story of a teenage boy being pressured by his attractive, promiscuous girlfriend to have sex with her. The song ends with the boy losing his girl to another guy. Morrissey laments he's "lost his faith in womanhood," then sings the opening couplet to The Smiths' first single, the gay-themed "Hand in Glove" ("Hand in glove. The sun shines out of our behinds.")

The song title is a quote from Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac's 1958 novel The Dharma Burns.

The early 2000s Seattle band Pretty Girls Make Graves took their name from the song.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Pretty Girls Make Graves - 2011 Remaster.
F♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
116BPM

Album

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The record label that has released Pretty Girls Make Graves - 2011 Remaster.
WM UK
© 1986 Warner Music UK Ltd
℗ 2011 Rhino UK, a division of Warner Music UK Ltd.

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