Wiki
-
Length
3:14
“This Night Has Opened My Eyes” is inspired by and retells the events of the play A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney, as Morrissey told interviewers at NME in the 7 June 1986 issue:
“At least 50 per cent of my reason for writing can be blamed on Shelagh Delaney who wrote ‘A Taste Of Honey’. And ‘This Night Has Opened My Eyes’ is a Taste Of Honey song – putting the entire play to words.“
The song is featured on two of the Smiths' compilation albums: Hatful of Hollow and Louder Than Bombs.
The song was only ever recorded for the September Peel Sessions – a feature on John Peel’s Radio 1 show which was primarily utilised to give promising artists and groups the limelight they needed to progress – so it’s likely it didn’t leave a lasting impression on the group.
It is a common theory that this song is about an unwanted child. Many also go as far as to say it is about abortion. Upon close inspection of the lyrics, it’s showing the story of a child who seems to a burden on their mother.
Track descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Feel free to contribute!
All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
