bass guitar [the bass guitar] Andy Rourke
drums [the drums] Mike Joyce
engineer [engineered by] Mark Wallis
guitar [guitars], mandolin [mandolins] Johnny Marr
layout Caryn Gough
music by Johnny Marr
producer [produced by] John Porter
sleeve Morrissey
voice Morrissey
words by Morrissey
Copyright (c) Warner Bros. Music
Copyright (c) Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Recorded At Jam Studios
Mixed At Eden Studios
Pressed By CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Designed At Ai (2)
Similar version (EMI pressing): William, It Was Really Nothing.

Runouts are hand-etched except for the ”broken” A (appearing as Λ) and stamper numbers by CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton, which are stamped.

[Sleeve:]
Layout [...] at Ai
Recorded at Jam Studios, July 1984
[...]
Special thanks to Stephen Street
℗ © 1984 Rough Trade Records Ltd

[Labels:]
© 1984 Warner Bros. Music
Made in the UK
Label Code: LC 5661
Matrix / Runout: RTT·166 ·A1 7 THE IMPOTENCE OF ERNEST A (Variant 1, side A runout)
Matrix / Runout: RTT 166 ·B2 4 ROMANTIC AND SQUARE IS HIP AND AWARE A (Variant 1, side B runout)
Matrix / Runout: RTT·166 ·A1 THE IMPOTENCE OF ERNEST (Variant 2, side A runout)
Matrix / Runout: RTT 166 ·B2 ROMANTIC AND SQUARE IS HIP AND AWARE (Variant 2, side B runout)
Matrix / Runout: RTT·166 ·A1 THE IMPOTENCE OF ERNEST A (Variant 3, side A runout)
Matrix / Runout: RTT 166 ·B2 ROMANTIC AND SQUARE IS HIP AND AWARE A (Variant 3, side B runout)
Matrix / Runout: RTT 166 A1 2 A THE IMPOTENCE OF ERNEST A (Variant 4, side A runout)
Matrix / Runout: RTT 166 B1 ROMANTIC AND SQUARE IS HIP AND AWARE A (Variant 4, side B runout)