Favorite "Light" Songs #2 - "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"

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We are nearing the end. (Luckily, @FourWalls is doing this theme as well!) #2 in my Favorite "Light" Songs series, and it's a tune by a band that regularly makes it into my music countdowns: "There is a Light that Never Goes Out" by The Smiths. Led by vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, The Smiths formed in Manchester, England, in 1982. The band released just four studio albums during their five years together, but all four records reached Top 5 in the UK. Highly influential, The Smiths had a major impact on alternative guitar rock in the 1980's and early 1990's (give a listen to The Ocean Blue's first album for starters.) Popular in Britain, the group also established a fanbase in the US with the alternative crowd thanks to exposure on College Radio and MTV. (Not so Fun Fact That You Might Already Know: In 1989, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce sued Morrissey and Marr, claiming they were equal members of the band and deserving equal royalties and profits. Rourke settled, Joyce won.) From their 1986 Gold album, The Queen is Dead (voted the #1 album of all time by the readers of New Musical Express Magazine!,) "There is a Light that Never Goes Out" is, frankly, one of the band's finest moments, perfectly combining Marr's composing skills with Morrissey's hilarious (yet serious) lyrics. (Of course, if you don't like The Smiths, this is probably the song you use to make your point!) It's Morrissey at his drone on morbidly finest! (Info verified by Wikipedia)