Best… I

Tracklist

• 1
  This Charming Man
  2:42
  4.0 ★
• 2
  William, It Was Really Nothing
  2:09
  4.3 ★
• 3
  What Difference Does It Make?
  3:51
  4.1 ★
• 4
  Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before
  3:33
  4.3 ★
• 5
  Girlfriend in a Coma
  2:04
  4.4 ★
• 6
  Half a Person
  3:36
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Rubber Ring
  3:49
  3.7 ★
• 8
  How Soon Is Now?
  6:46
  4.8 ★
• 9
  Hand in Glove
  3:25
  4.1 ★
• 10
  Shoplifters of the World Unite
  2:59
  3.7 ★
• 11
  Sheila Take a Bow
  2:42
  3.8 ★
• 12
  Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
  3:15
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Panic
  2:20
  4.4 ★
• 14
  Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
  1:53
  4.2 ★

More by The Smiths

The Queen Is Dead

The Queen Is Dead 1986

The Smiths

The Smiths 1984

Hatful of Hollow

Hatful of Hollow 1984

Meat Is Murder

Meat Is Murder 1985

Louder Than Bombs

Louder Than Bombs 1987

Strangeways, Here We Come

Strangeways, Here We Come 1987

Release credits

• Andy Rourke
  bass [12], bass guitar [1-7, 9-14]
• Craig Gannon
  additional [6, 13], guitar [6, 13]
• John Porter
  producer [1-3, 8-9, 13-14], remixer [9], slide guitar [11]
• Johnny Marr
  guitar, harmonica [1, 3, 9], mandolin [14], piano [4-5], producer [4-7, 10-12], slide guitar [13]
• Mike Joyce
  drums (drum set) [1-7, 9-14]
• Morrissey
  lead vocals [2, 6-7, 10-14], producer [4-7, 11-12], vocal [1, 3-5, 9]
• Neill King
  engineer [1, 3, 9]
• Phil Bush
  engineer [1, 3, 9]
• Stephen Street
  engineer [8, 12], producer [4-6]
• Steve Williams
  assistant [4-5]
• The Smiths
  producer [6]

Issues

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  Best… I

  CD (no circular writing on medium edge)
  17 August 1992
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  B
  Best... I

  CD
  29 September 1992
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  B
  Best... I

  CD
  29 September 1992
• B
  Best… I

  CD
  29 September 1992
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  B
  Best… I

  CD (circular writing on medium edge)
  1992
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  B
  Best… I

  CD (BMG club edition)
  1992
• B
  Best... I

  Unknown format
  30 September 1997
• B
  Best… I

  CD (reissue with SID codes, no circular writing on medium edge)
  July 1999
• 

  B
  Best... I

  CD (Remastered)
  24 July 2026
• B
  Best... I

  CD