Morrissey - You're The One For Me, Fatty

What this video is

Released July 1992, this video arrived at a pivotal juncture in British alternative music: the Smiths had dissolved five years prior, and Morrissey was asserting a muscular, glam-inflected solo identity via Your Arsenal—an album produced by Mick Ronson and seen by critics as a creative re-energization. The single reached No. 19 on the UK chart. The video's mix of exuberant performance footage and affectionately…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of early-90s British indie-rock video culture, illustrating how post-Smiths Morrissey deployed fast-cut performance aesthetics fused with narrative irony. The Broad–Morrissey creative partnership, culminating here, was central to shaping Morrissey's visual persona across his…

The director

Tim Broad (1955–1993) was a British music video director and cinematographer, best known for his long creative collaboration with Morrissey. He directed videos for The Smiths ('Girlfriend in a Coma', 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before'),…