UK 7" [Rough Trade RT156]
UK 7" [Rhino UK RT156; 2008 reissue]
Germany 7" [Intercord INT110.166]
Holland 7" [Ariola RT156]
Philippines 7" [DVNA Products RTR-86/1]
Sweden 7" [MNW RT156]

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Girl Afraid
Suffer Little Children

UK 12" [Rough Trade RTT156]
UK CD5 [Rough Trade RTT156CD]
Australia CD5 [Festival D1073]
France 12" [Virgin 80110]
Germany 12" [RT Deutschland RTD015T]
Holland 12" [Ariola/Megadisc RTT156]
Japan 12" [Tokuma Japan 15RTL-6]
Portugal 12" [Transmedia TM/RT156]
Spain 12" [Nuevos Medios 41-092M]

Additional information:
The 2008 reissue of the 7" single by Rhino UK was also included in the "Smiths Singles box" which compiled the band's first 10 UK singles (plus two bonuses). On each of the five weeks leading to the release of the latter box, two singles from it were put up for sale individually. Collectors could therefore buy two single reissues every week, or wait at the end of the programme to get all of them in the box, alongside the two bonus 7"s.

Artwork information:
Photo of Viv Nicholson taken from her 1977 autobiography "Spend Spend Spend". Another photo from the same book was used as artwork for "Barbarism Begins At Home". In 1988 Morrissey picked another photo of Viv Nicholson to appear on the "Headmaster Ritual" cd-single.

Etchings on vinyl:
UK 7": SMITHS INDEED / ILL FOREVER
UK 12": SMITHS PRESUMABLY / FOREVER ILL

Additional release date information:
UK 7" and 12": 25 May 1984
Germany: 27 June 1984
UK cd-single: 28 November 1988
Australia cd-single: late 1988
UK 2008 reissue: 17 November 2008

Chart peak information:
UK: 10

Promotion:
UK: White label copies of the 7" format were produced for promotion of this single. A two-sided press release was sent along with the record. It had the single's artwork printed on one side and release and tour date information on the other. The press release was also distributed with stock copies of the 7". Postcards were included with some copies of the white label 7"s.

France: Stock copies of this 12" single were stamped for promotional purposes. The stamp had the words DISQUE GRATUIT INTERDIT A LA VENTE in a circle.

Germany: Stock copies of the 7" format was distributed to radio with a promo sticker on the sleeve and/or a yellow and white INFO sheet.

Japan: Promo 12"s had the usual white SAMPLE sticker on the sleeve and the extra promo characters printed on the record's label.

Quotes:
Morrissey: "On the very brief spasms of employment that I had in the past it always seemed to me there were moments of the day when I would realise that I was here working with people that I despised and I had to talk to these horrible people and ask them what they did yesterday. And I would have to report to a boss that I couldn't stand and when you're in that position - which is the absolute basis of 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now' you realise that you're actually spending your entire life with people that you do not like - which was incredibly distressing."

Morrissey, March 1985: "'Girl Afraid' simply implied that within relationships, there's no real certainty and nobody knows how anybody feels. People feel that simply because they're having this cemented communion with another person that the two of them will become whole, which is something I detested. I hate that implication. It's not true,anyway. Ultimately, you're on your own, whatever happens in life."