Little Man, What Now?

Album: Viva Hate (1988)
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  • "Little Man, What Now?" is part of Viva Hate, Morrissey's first solo album after his band The Smiths broke up. The song is a tragic one, about a former juvenile actor who falls from being a major celebrity to being an struggling and ignored unknown. Morrissey has never publicly said whether this was based on anyone in particular or just a figment of his imagination, but it's believed by many to be about Jack Wild, a popular British child star whose acting career collapsed in the 1970s, in part from a heavy drinking problem. Sadly, Wild died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 53. >>>
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