"The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" is a song by English singer-songwriter Morrissey, co-written by Boz Boorer released as a single on 28 February 1994.

It is also Morrissey's only charting single on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 46, and it became his second Modern Rock Tracks number-one hit.

The UK version was included on the track listing on the 1997 CD reissue of Viva Hate, despite not being a contemporaneous recording from those sessions.

NME gave the single a negative review, describing the song as a "formless neutered ramble" and that his "gleaming reputation tarnishes" with this release.

The B-side "Used to Be a Sweet Boy" was "more immediately affecting", and non-album track "I'd Like To" [sic] had a "mysterious, spacious band performance.