 Morrissey planned to bring back Sandie Shaw and have her as a second vocalist; Shaw had earlier collaborated with the Smiths in 1984 on re-recordings of "Hand in Glove", "Jeane" and "I Don't Owe You Anything".However, when she arrived to record with the band on 13 December 1986, Morrissey was sick.Shaw was "frantic", according to Mike Joyce, and she had to call up Morrissey to get the song's melody.