Songs Similar to There Is a Light That Never Goes Out by The Smiths
Album: The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe; 2008 Remaster) · Alternative · Romantic
The Smiths's “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” from the album The Sound of the Smiths (Deluxe; 2008 Remaster) is a alternative track that we file under romantic songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play; the original moves at roughly 136 BPM.
The closest match right now is “Bigmouth Strikes Again” by The Smiths (100% match). The list also pulls in Joy Division, Morrissey, Billy Idol and Radiohead — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with The Smiths's. By genre, the list is mostly alternative (8 of 20 tracks), with rock and pop mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”
What songs are similar to There Is a Light That Never Goes Out?
On our list, the closest matches are “Bigmouth Strikes Again” by The Smiths, “The Boy With The Thorn In His Side” by The Smiths and “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” by The Smiths, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does There Is a Light That Never Goes Out sound like?
Based on listening data, “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” sits closest to The Cure, Joy Division, Morrissey and Billy Idol. Fans of The Smiths play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is There Is a Light That Never Goes Out Alternative?
We file “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” by The Smiths under Alternative. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to There Is a Light That Never Goes Out?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.