Johnny Marr blind-ranks five of his songs – see where The Smiths classics land

Which Johnny Marr solo track would he rank above classic songs by The Smiths and Electronic? Watch NME’s Blind Ranking video below to find out. READ MORE: Johnny Marr on Fontaines D.C. and fighting “dodgy views”: “The current young generation are really switched on” NME caught up with the Smiths icon ahead of his new solo album ‘The Age Of Everything’, which was released last Friday (October 2). During our time with the guitarist, we got him to rank five songs from across his discography in order of greatness, without knowing what track could come up next. The first track up was the Electronic hit ‘Getting Away With It’, which he said “goes down very very well, even if people are hearing it for the first time”. We then asked Marr how’d he rate the track ‘Spin’, off his new solo record. He acknowledged that “not everybody knows it, but it makes an impression”. The Smiths’ classic ‘This Charming Man’ was presented to him next: “Obviously it’s very well known, but it goes by so quick.” Marr also said the song for him still acts as a “connection” to his youth: “I can hear the young man who wrote those guitar parts”. Marr deemed his 2014 solo track ‘Easy Money’ a “pretty catchy” song th...