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The Smiths' classic "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" is a sacred song by now, one that makes fans across the globe join hands and mope together. The song was the second single off of The Smiths' The Queen Is Dead (1986) album, although released as a single six years after the album was released.

The song became The Smiths' second song to top BBC Radio One DJ John Peel's 1986 Festive Fifty Poll. As a single, the song reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart. The song has been referenced in the novel Trainspotting, in the movie (500) Days of Summer and covered by Noel Gallagher and recently by Miley Cyrus on her Bangerz tour. The fan favorite has stood out for its ideal balance of Morrissey's irreplaceable voice and lyricism and the ingenious guitar ability of Johnny Marr.

In 1993, guitarist Johnny Marr told Select Magazine, "I didn't realise that 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' was going to be an anthem but when we first played it I thought it was the best song I'd ever heard."

In the same interview, Marr revealed that the song's intro was lifted from The Rolling Stones' cover of "Hitch Hike" by Marvin Gaye. Marr recalled: "There's a little in-joke in there just to illustrate how intellectual I was getting. At the time everyone was into The Velvet Underground and they stole the intro to 'There She Goes Again' - 'da da-da-da, da-da!' - from The Rolling Stones' version of 'Hitch Hike,'' the Marvin Gaye song. I just wanted to put that in to see whether the press would say, 'Oh it's the Velvet Underground!' Cos I knew that I was smarter than that. I was listening to what The Velvet Underground was listening to."