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“The Last of the Famous International Playboys” was the third single released by Morrissey. It reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was not featured on one of Morrissey’s main studio albums, but can be found on the compilation album Bona Drag along with the B-side “Lucky Lisp”. The artwork for the single features Morrissey, aged 7, up a tree in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester — literally a boy at play. “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” is notable for featuring three of Morrissey’s former colleagues in The Smiths — Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce and one time former Smiths rhythm guitarist Craig Gannon — all of whom also appear on the B-side, “Lucky Lisp”. The song mythologizes the notorious pair of vicious London gangsters known as the Kray... Read on...