The first sample is of a male voice apparently telling a story in a restaurant while dishes clink in the background, and a female companion laughs.

Both samples return at the end of the track, with the male voice continuing his story and the Skeeter Davis record fading out with audible vinyl surface noise.

"My Love Life" was reviewed in NME by John Peel as the "best one he's [Morrissey] made in a long time" and the song was described as "catchy, romantic [and] endearing".

[6] In a retrospective reception, Ned Raggett of AllMusic called the song "a gentler ramble in comparison to things like the live "Sing Your Life," and though the lyrics are a bit curious (Morrissey asking for a ménage à trois?

"[2] The music video, directed by Tim Broad was shot mostly on Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona.