Now My Heart Is Full

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{{Infobox song

| name = Now My Heart Is Full

| cover =

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| type = single

| artist = Morrissey

| album = Vauxhall and I

| released = 23 August 1994

| recorded =

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| genre = Alternative rock

| length = 4:58

| label = Sire Records

| writer = Morrissey, Boz Boorer

| producer = Steve Lillywhite

| prev_title = Interlude

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Boxers

| next_year = 1995

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web | last = Raggett | first = Ned | title = Now My Heart Is Full Review | publisher = AllMusic | access-date = October 19, 2012 | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000120863|pure_url=yes}}}}

}}

"Now My Heart Is Full" is a song by British singer Morrissey from his fourth solo album Vauxhall and I. The song's refrain of "Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt" references the gangsters from Graham Greene's 1938 novel Brighton Rock and the film of the same name.

In an interview published in Les Inrockuptibles in 1995, Morrissey stated "This song was the definitive expression of my change to adulthood, of my maturity. And, to be honest, I was very happy to be able to sing this text, to have reached this state. After this song I could perfectly retire: I've come full circle."{{Cite web |url=http://compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/quotes/lesinroc.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-08-21 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040136/http://compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/quotes/lesinroc.htm |url-status=dead }}

Phoebe Bridgers named it to her list of five essential Morrissey songs, commenting, "This song best encapsulates Morrissey for me."{{cite web |title=Phoebe Bridgers: Five Essential Morrissey Songs {{!}} WFUV |url=https://wfuv.org/content/phoebe-bridgers-five-essential-morrissey-songs |website=WFUV |access-date=15 May 2022}}

Track listings

=Cassette=

{{Track listing

| title1 = Now My Heart Is Full

| length1 = 4:57

| title2 = Moon River

| length2 = 4:43

}}

=CD=

{{Track listing

| title1 = Now My Heart Is Full

| length1 = 4:57

| title2 = Moon River

| note2 = extended

| length2 = 9:38

| title3 = Jack the Ripper

| note3 = live in Paris 12/12/1992

| length3 = 4:14

}}

Reviews

Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote "Morrissey's quiet purr at the start turns into one of his best, most soaring performances by the end."

References