Smiths, The, brit. rock grupa osn. 1982. u Manchesteru. Predvođena osebujnim Morrisseyem (pr. ime Stephen Patrick Morrissey; Manchester, 22. V. 1959), najpoznatija su i najutjecajnija indie-rock grupa 1980-ih; albumi: The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985) i The Queen Is Dead (1986). Grupa se razilazi 1987, a Morrissey nastavlja uspješnu samostalnu karijeru. Ostali albumi: Hatful Of Hollow (1984), The World Won’t Listen (1987), Louder Than Bombs (1987), Strangeways Here We Come (1987), Rank (1988).