Alma Matters

Infobox Single
Name = Alma Matters


Artist = Morrissey
from Album = Maladjusted
Released = July 21, 1997 (UK)
August 5, 1997 (USA)
Format = 7", 12", CD, cassette
[ Recorded = ]
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:48
Label = Island (UK)
Writer = Morrissey, Alain Whyte
Producer = Steve Lillywhite
Last single = "Sunny"
(1995)
This single = "Alma Matters"
(1997)
Next single = "Roy's Keen"
(1997)

"Alma Matters" is a song by Morrissey, released as a single in July 1997. It was the first single to be taken from the "Maladjusted" album and was released one week before its parent album.

The single reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Morrissey's first top twenty hit since "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" in 1994. The song was also notable for seeing Morrissey reference the film "A Taste of Honey" for the first time since his early days in The Smiths in the line "it's my life to ruin my own way".

Track listings

7" vinyl & cassette (UK)

# "Alma Matters"
# "Heir Apparent"

12" vinyl & CD

# "Alma Matters"
# "Heir Apparent"
# "I Can Have Both"

Musicians

* Morrissey: Voice
* Martin "Boz" Boorer: Guitars
* Alain Whyte: Guitars
* Jonny Bridgwood: Bass
* Spencer James Cobrin: Drums

See also

* Morrissey discography

External links

* " [http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/disc/moz-d35am.htm Alma Matters] " at [http://www.passionsjustlikemine.com/ Passions Just Like Mine]