The song "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" was a contender for lead single from the album, but was passed over in favor of "Bigmouth Strikes Again". (Later in 1986 it was released as a 7"-only single in France.) It received a belated release in 1992, when it became one of WEA's singles in a programme to promote Smiths re-releases (see the entry on "...Best II"). In 1990 the song was voted no. 1 on a list of the greatest songs of all time by the readers of "SPIN" magazine in the US.