How Soon Is Now (No.7)

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"How Soon Is Now" was originally released by The Smiths as the b-side to their 1984 No.17 single "William It Was Really Nothing"

It was then re-released as a single itself in 1985 where it managed to reach No.24 on the UK Charts in February 1985.

The song was written by Johnny Marr & Morrissey and was described at the time by one music critic as being the "Stairway to heaven of the eighties"