The first TV appearance came a full 2 months before the single was released. It was on the same Earsay show on 31 March 1984 as had featured Sandie Shaw:-
Simon Goddard has pointed out that Rough Trade's TV campaign to promote the single was relentless...something they had to do as The Smiths refused to make promo videos...as famously proclaimed by the lead singer in a live TV interview for The Tube in January 1984:-
So you had that very strange Charlie's Bus clip that was featured last week....and now the singer could be seen being very uncomfortable on Eight Days A Week and Pop Quiz on BBC telly on 25 and 26 May:-
But the mainstream telly stuff did the trick in terms of giving the new single exposure. Morrissey made his third BBC appearance in five days the following Thursday:-
On 14 June 1984, just as I was about to turn 21 years of age....they went Top 10 for the first time and went back to the TOTP studio:-
mp3 : The Beautiful South - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Next up. One of THE greatest Top Of The Pops appearances of all time.
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Och, my favourite Smiths song bar none. Especially when Spitting Image parodied it combining Morissey, Lady Di and Jim'll Fix it.
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