Tenth in the BBC-only chart with 8.9 million viewers, this edition had a marginally larger audience than the Monday edition, making it the second most-watched episode of the three broadcast that week.
The Smiths were due to perform their new single "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" on this edition, with their involvement listed in multiple newspapers, including The Times. However, the episode eventually went out with Five Star as the guests, performing "Let Me Be the One".
The 2002 book "The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life" by Simon Goddard described the incident as being entirely down to Morrissey pulling out: "While Marr, Joyce and Rourke obediently turned up for rehearsal at BBC's Shepherds Bush theatre that afternoon, Morrissey was a no-show having decided at the eleventh hour that Wogan was a mainstream compromise they didn't need. Without their singer, the band made their apologies and cancelled their scheduled appearance. The following week, the single dropped to number 70."
The 2002 book "The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life" by Simon Goddard described the incident as being entirely down to Morrissey pulling out: "While Marr, Joyce and Rourke obediently turned up for rehearsal at BBC's Shepherds Bush theatre that afternoon, Morrissey was a no-show having decided at the eleventh hour that Wogan was a mainstream compromise they didn't need. Without their singer, the band made their apologies and cancelled their scheduled appearance. The following week, the single dropped to number 70."
"Let Me Be The One" by Five Star had entered the charts at No.40 when this episode was broadcast - the following week the single rose to No.22, before eventually peaking at No.18.
In contrast, the planned Smiths song, "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore", had entered at No.49 the previous week and had already dropped to No.56. Following their no show on Wogan, it fell to No.70, before falling out of the Top 100 altogether after just three weeks on the chart.
In contrast, the planned Smiths song, "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore", had entered at No.49 the previous week and had already dropped to No.56. Following their no show on Wogan, it fell to No.70, before falling out of the Top 100 altogether after just three weeks on the chart.