The Very Best of The Smiths - Track Listing

Track Listing

All songs written by Morrissey/Marr. Songs marked "*" are exclusive to this compilation.

1. "Panic" – 2:20
2. "The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" (single version)* – 3:17
3. "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" – 3:35
4. "Ask" (single version)* – 3:09
5. "Bigmouth Strikes Again" – 3:13
6. "How Soon Is Now?" (album version) – 6:45
7. "This Charming Man" – 2:42
8. "What Difference Does It Make?" – 3:51
9. "William, It Was Really Nothing" – 2:12
10. "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" – 3:17
11. "Girlfriend in a Coma" – 2:02
12. "Hand in Glove" (album version) – 3:24
13. "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" – 4:04
14. "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" – 1:53
15. "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" (album version) – 4:59
16. "I Know It's Over" – 5:49
17. "Sheila Take a Bow" – 2:41
18. "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish" – 3:47
19. "Still Ill" – 3:22
20. "Shakespeare's Sister" – 2:09
21. "Shoplifters of the World Unite" – 2:58
22. "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" (single version) – 3:10
23. "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" – 3:33

• Tracks 7,8,12 and 19 - The Smiths
• Tracks 3,6,9 and 14 - Hatful of Hollow
• Tracks 6 and 15 - Meat Is Murder
• Tracks 5,10,13 and 16 - The Queen Is Dead
• Tracks 1,4,13,20 and 21 - Louder Than Bombs
• Tracks 1,2,3,4,9,14,17,20 and 21 - The World Won't Listen
• Tracks 11,18,22 and 23 - Strangeways, Here We Come