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THE SMITHS song
Name	Oscillate Wildly
Album/single
Length	3:26
Writer/composer	Johnny Marr (Named by Morrissey)
Recorded	January 1985

Information

Morrissey said of the song:

"Initially the very notion of instrumentals was motivated by me. I suggested that 'Oscillate Wildly' should be an instrumental; up until that point Johnny had very little interest in non-vocal tracks. There was never any political heave-hoing about should we-shouldn't we have an instrumental and it was never a battle of powers between Johnny and myself. The very assumption that a Smiths instrumental track left Morrissey upstairs in his bedroom stamping his feet and kicking the furniture was untrue! I totally approved but, obviously, I didn't physically contribute."

NME, February 13, 1988

Lyrics

Live History

Play count (The Smiths concert): 0

Play count (Morrissey concert): 0

Appears On

Cover Versions

Badly Drawn Boy

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+Morrissey said of the song:
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+"Initially the very notion of instrumentals was motivated by me. I suggested that 'Oscillate Wildly' should be an instrumental; up until that point Johnny had very little interest in non-vocal tracks. There was never any political heave-hoing about should we-shouldn't we have an instrumental and it was never a battle of powers between Johnny and myself. The very assumption that a Smiths instrumental track left Morrissey upstairs in his bedroom stamping his feet and kicking the furniture was untrue! I totally approved but, obviously, I didn't physically contribute."
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+NME, February 13, 1988
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