What Difference Does It Make?

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“What Difference Does It Make?”
Single by The Smiths from the album The Smiths
Released	January 16, 1984
Recorded	Late 1983
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:49
Label	Rough Trade
Writer(s)	Johnny Marr Morrissey
Producer	John Porter
The Smiths singles chronology
"This Charming Man" (1983) "What Difference Does It Make?" (1984) "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" (1984) Alternate cover Alternate cover featuring Morrissey

"What Difference Does It Make?" is a 1984 single by British band The Smiths. The single version can be found on the band's self-titled debut album The Smiths. A different version recorded for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio One is featured on the compilation album Hatful of Hollow. The single cover is a still from the film The Collector, based on the novel by John Fowles. Originally Terrence Stamp denied permission for the still to be used, and some pressings featured lead singer Morrissey in a re-enacted scene. Eventually, however, Stamp changed his mind, and the covers featuring Morrissey are now very rare and collectible.

Morrissey has stated on more than one occasion that "What Difference Does It Make?" is among his least-favourite Smiths songs.^[1] However, it became one of the band's first significant chart hits, peaking at #12 in the UK.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 7": Rough Trade / RT146 (UK) 1.2 12": Rough Trade / RTT146 (UK) 2 Notes

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[edit] 7": Rough Trade / RT146 (UK)

1. "What Difference Does It Make? [single edit]"
2. "Back to the Old House"

• in original green sleeve

[edit] 12": Rough Trade / RTT146 (UK)

1. "What Difference Does It Make?"
2. "Back to the Old House"
3. "These Things Take Time"

• also released on CD Rough Trade RTT146CD (1988)

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