Even with acid house parties and constant police invasions, it almost seems to me that whenever people in working class situations try to enjoy themselves or escape from what is forced upon them, they are stopped.

"[5] The track features Kirsty MacColl on backing vocals[6] as well as his former colleagues in the Smiths: Andy Rourke, Mike Joyce, and Craig Gannon.

In his autobiography, Morrissey recalled, "The unhappy past descend[ed] on me each time I hear[d] their voices and I decide[d] not to invite them to any further recording sessions.

[9] Street initially sought to halt the release of "Interesting Drug" as leverage to address a dispute over production royalties from Viva Hate.

Street explained, "My lawyer told me that the only way I could sort out my production royalty situation was to get an injunction that would delay the release of the 'Interesting Drug' single, which I'd worked on, after Viva Hate.

[6] The video features a group of high heel-wearing, NME-reading schoolboys who join together with an older woman cyclist played by Diane Alton.

[11] At the end of the video, Morrissey appears to give the group animal rights literature, prompting them to break into a facility to free lab rabbits[broken anchor].

[11] Edwin Pouncey in NME gave a positive review, saying the song was a "finely crafted pop single", while also commenting, "I still ache with a longing to know just what Morrissey's minions see in the man, what special stardust quality does he possess to endear him so closely to their palpitating hearts".

[13] Fellow NME writer Stuart Maconie spoke similarly in his review of Bona Drag, writing, "'Interesting Drug' is no classic but it is quite sprightly and does contain that drumbeat in full.

"[14] In a retrospective review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the song "a vicious slam on the long-loathed by him Tory government and a sometimes slightly too breathless musical and singing rush".

'"[15] Spin named it Morrissey's 13th best solo song, writing, "He may have intended it as another shot at his much-loathed Tories, but it fits just fine for ethically bankrupt villains of other eras too.

"[5] Morrissey first performed the song live at his infamous debut solo concert at Wolverhampton's Civic Hall on 22 December 1988, alongside Rourke, Joyce, and Gannon.