Under the Gun (The Sisters of Mercy song)

Track listing

• "Under the Gun" written by Andrew Eldritch, Billie Hughes, and Roxanne Seeman, "Alice" written by Eldritch.

  7": Merciful Release / MR59

1. "Under the Gun" - 6:16
2. "Alice" - 3:57

   12": Merciful Release / MR59T

3. "Under the Gun" - 6:16
4. "Alice" - 3:57
5. "Under the Gun" - 6:20

   CD: Merciful Release / MR59CD

6. "Under the Gun" - 6:16
7. "Alice" - 3:57
8. "Under the Gun" - 6:20

   Artists commentary

• Terri Nunn : “ asked if I was going to use it for my record, and since I couldn't get anybody excited about it... It was really strange and dark, and he said 'Well, I want to do it, why don't we sing it?' It was called 'Under the Gun', and we sang it for the Best of Sisters album.” “My record company rejected this song for my own record.”
• Andrew Eldritch : “The tape I was working from already had her vocal on it. Although I met her once in the mid-80's I didn't meet her to make the record. I just fucked around with the tape that her vocal was already on. But that was one of the reasons for my wanting to cover that song and change it around, because I thought her vocal on it was great! So I used the original demo because I don't see the point in re-recording something that is already so great to start with. So I edited it, I changed the bass, the drums and keyboards around what was already there a little bit. I got a friend of mine from Leeds to put some electric guitars on, and then sang my stuff. So the original version sounds kind of like, I don't know, a sort of Jennifer Rush song I suppose, and the new song sounds like Jennifer Rush from hell!”

  Televised performances

• Top of the Pops