Johnny Marr shares Record Store Day version of ‘Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want‘


Johnny Marr (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever)

Johnny Marr (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever)




Johnny Marr has revealed the live cover of his former band’s classic b-side ‘Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want‘.

Have a listen below.

The Smiths track is due to back a cover of Depeche Mode‘s ‘I Feel You‘ on a special 7″ single release for Record Store Day this weekend.

“I’ve surprised myself that it sounded so like me and my band,” Marr has previously said of the Depeche Mode cover. “When you cover a song you have to bring something of yourself to it. I was playing it on tour, just in my dressing room, and it sounded good, and then I started to sing it and we worked it up in a soundcheck and played it immediately in the encore that night.”

“The first night we played it someone posted it on YouTube and it became really popular in the encore. Then the tour was over and I was invited to do something for Record Store Day and it was a really good fit. The song turned out surprisingly well. We managed to put our own twist on it, and I think make it modern.”


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