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By now, it feels like there would be very little that Johnny Marr<\/a> and Morrissey would ever agree on. Once the tightest of collaborators and most prolific of duos, the two men now don\u2019t even interact beyond the occasional public spat.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s perhaps one of the biggest tragedies in music, wondering what the hell really happened to the band. As Morrissey has descended further and further into questionable politics and behaviour, it\u2019s easy to understand now why Marr distances himself. But back in the late 1980s, when The Smiths quit when they were still really only just getting started, the swift collapse was a mystery. <\/p>\n The band only formed in 1982, but by 1987, it was all over, surely making them one of the most influential goddamn acts with one of the shortest life spans. At the time, the reason was chalked up to a personal one, although a clear answer never really came about<\/a>. Marr claimed that Morrissey himself was planting articles in the press claiming the band were breaking up, meanwhile Morrissey started pouring his upset about the breakup into solo material.\u00a0<\/p>\n It was a collapse that stood completely at odds with the beginning. Back in the golden days, the two would sit together and write hit after hit, once famously writing \u2018There Is A Light That Never Goes Out\u2019, \u2018Frankly Mr Shankly\u2019 and \u2018I Know It\u2019s Over\u2019 in one day<\/a>. They were a musical team unlike any other, and then it all crashed down. <\/p>\n However, in both of their reflections on the band in the years that passed, a musical tether remains in the form of a mutual favourite song. As they both considered the band\u2019s discography, the two estranged artists on either side of the acrimonious split still deeply love one tune: \u2018Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cLast time I met Morrissey, he said it was his favourite Smiths song,\u201d Marr said in a 1993 interview. Reflecting on a final conversation with his old friend, he added, \u201cHe might be right.\u201d <\/p>\n Clearly, he thought Morrissey was right, as in the years since, Marr has often mentioned the 1987 track as his top pick of the band\u2019s work, calling it \u201cthe best thing we\u2019d done\u201d.<\/p>\n