Panic (song)
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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Panic
| Cover = Panic The Smiths.jpg
| Artist = [[The Smiths]]
| from Album = [[The World Won't Listen]]
| Released = [[July 21]] [[1986]]
| Format = 7", 12", CD
| Recorded = Spring 1986
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]]
| Length = 2:20
| Label = [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]]
| Writer = [[Johnny Marr]]<br/>[[Morrissey]]
| Producer = [[John Porter (musician)|John Porter]]
| Certification =
| Last single = "[[Bigmouth Strikes Again]]" <br />(1986)
| This single = "'''Panic'''" <br />(1986)
| Next single = "[[Ask (song)|Ask]]" <br />(1986)
}}
:''This article refers to the song by British band [[The Smiths]]. For the song by American band [[No Doubt]], please see "[[Everything in Time]]".''
"'''Panic'''" is a song by [[The Smiths]]. It was released by the band as a [[single (music)|single]] in [[1986]], reaching #11 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], and did not appear on a regular [[studio album]]; it has since been included on several of the band's [[compilation album]]s, including ''[[Louder than Bombs]]''. In May 2007, ''[[NME]]'' magazine placed "Panic" at number 21 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.[http://www.nme.com/news/nme/28059]
The song is credited to [[Morrissey]], who wrote the lyrics, and [[Johnny Marr]], who wrote the music.[http://foreverill.com/disc/panic.htm]
==Lyrics==
The lyrics reference a personal experience of [[panic]], and end in repeated calls of "''hang the blessed DJ / because the music that they constantly play / it says nothing to me about my life''." These are in reference to the fact that after the report of the [[Chernobyl]] disaster, a popular Radio [[Disc Jockey]], [[Steve Wright]], played a song by [[Wham!]], something which Morrissey saw as highly inappropriate, hence writing the lyrics.
==Cover versions==
The song has been covered by numerous artists, including [[Billy Bragg]], [[Tiffany (singer)|Tiffany]], [[The Puppini Sisters]] (on their album ''Betcha Bottom Dollar''), Death on Wednesday (on their album ''Buying the Lie''), [[Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine|Carter USM]] (who released a cover version as a B-side to their single "The Only Living Boy in New Cross" in [[1992]]), and [[Pete Yorn]] (who performs an acoustic version of the song incorporating locations like [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] in place of [[London]]). A [[Britpop]]-themed night in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] was also named after the song.
More recently, [[The Cribs]] frequently covered the song live on the [[NME Awards]] 2008 tour, with [[Johnny Marr]] accompanying the band on guitar.
==Track listing==
Tracks written by [[Morrissey]] and [[Johnny Marr]] except where noted. The cover art features actor [[Richard Bradford (actor)|Richard Bradford]].
*7" <small>(RT193)</small> (UK)
*# "Panic"
*# "Vicar in a Tutu"
*12" <small>(RTT193)</small> and CD <small>(RTT193CD)</small> (UK)
*# "Panic"
*# "Vicar in a Tutu"
*# "The Draize Train" (Marr)
==Etchings on vinyl==
*UK 7" and 12": I DREAMT ABOUT STEW LAST NIGHT / none
*Germany 12": 'HANG THEM HIGH MONIKA' / HANG THEM HIGH MONIKA
The UK etching is a pun on "I dreamt about you last night", a line from the song "Reel Around the Fountain", taken from the play ''[[A Taste of Honey]]''.
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