Ouija Board, Ouija Board (single)

Cover art

MORRISSEY Single
Name	Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Release	13 November 1989
Total Length	4:25 3:47 (2010 edit)
Recorded	Autumn 1989
Writer/composer	Morrissey / Stephen Street
Producer	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Art work	Uncredited image Jo Slee - sleeve Caryn Gough - sleeve
Vinyl Etching	ART, ANY ROAD
Publisher	HMV Records (UK) Sire Records (US)
Format(s)	7" Vinyl, 12" Vinyl, Cassette, CD
Chart position	UK #18
Single chronology
Interesting Drug ← Ouija Board, Ouija Board → November Spawned A Monster

Information

Features Steve Hopkins on piano.

Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - [HMV POP1622]

1. Ouija Board, Ouija Board – 4:25 (Morrissey/Street)
2. Yes, I Am Blind – 3:44 (Morrissey/Rourke)

12" Vinyl

UK - [HMV 12POP1622]
US - [Sire/Reprise 9 21424-0]

1. Ouija Board, Ouija Board – 4:25
2. Yes, I Am Blind – 3:44
3. East West – 2:35 (Gouldman)

CD

UK - [HMV CDPOP1622]
US - [Sire/Reprise 9 21424-2]

1. Ouija Board, Ouija Board – 4:25
2. Yes, I Am Blind – 3:44
3. East West – 2:35

Lyrics

Ouija board
Would you work for me?
I have got to say Hello
To an old friend

Ouija board, ouija board, ouija board
Would you work for me?
I have got to get through
To a good friend

Well, She has now gone
From this Unhappy Planet
With all the carnivores
And the destructors on it

Ouija board, ouija board, ouija board
Would you help me
Because I still do feel
So horribly lonely
Would you, ouija board
Would you, ouija board
Would you help me
And I just can't find
My place in this world

Well, she has now gone
From this Unhappy Planet
With all the carnivores
And the destructors on it

Oh hear my voice ("hear my voice")
Oh hear my voice ("hear my voice")
Hear my voice ("hear my voice")
Hear my voice ("hear my voice")
The table is rumbling...

The table is rumbling
The glass is moving
"No, I was NOT pushing that time"
It spells S.T.E.V.E.N.

The table is rumbling
The glass is moving
"No, I was NOT pushing that time":
P.U.S.H.O. double F.

Well, she has now gone
From this Unhappy Planet
With all the carnivores
And the destructors on it

Image Gallery

• 

  Morrissey's statement on the censorship of the Ouija Board video--published in the December 2nd, 1989 issue of Record Mirror

Music Video

Credits

• Directed by Tim Broad

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 176

Morrissey live history:

• Chicago, Illinois 2000-02-12 (Morrissey concert)
• Detroit, Michigan 2000-02-13 (Morrissey concert)
• Akron, Ohio 2000-02-14 (Morrissey concert)
• Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 2000-02-16 (Morrissey concert)
• Boston, Massachusetts 2000-02-19 (Morrissey concert)
• Boston, Massachusetts 2000-02-20 (Morrissey concert)
• Portland, Maine 2000-02-21 (Morrissey concert)
• Red Bank, New Jersey 2000-02-24 (Morrissey concert)
• New York, New York 2000-02-25 (Morrissey concert)
• Washington, DC 2000-02-27 (Morrissey concert)

... further results

Appears On

• Ouija Board, Ouija Board (single)
• Hulmerist
• Bona Drag
• Suedehead: The Best Of Morrissey
• The CD Singles '88–91'
• The HMV/Parlophone Singles '88–'95
• Very Best Of Morrissey
• 25 Live
• This Is Morrissey

Appears On Covers Compilation

• Morrissey Reimagined

Cover Versions

• Melanie

Mentioned In

• Lillian Hellman
• Matthew Seligman

Discogs Information

Credits

• Bass - Matthew Seligman
• Drums - Andrew Paresi
• Engineer [Assistant] - Stewart Day
• Guitar [Guitars] - Kevin Armstrong
• Hair - Dave Gerrard (2)
• Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young
• Piano - Steve Hopkins
• Producer [Produced By] - Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
• Sleeve - Caryn Gough
• Sleeve - Jo Slee
• Sleeve - Morrissey

Notes

Black poly-lined inner sleeve.

Runouts are stamped except for "ART, ANY ROAD", which is etched.

[Rear sleeve:] With thanks to Seymour Stein

℗ 1989 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd © 1989 EMI Records Ltd Sleeve manufactured in England

[Label, both sides:] ℗ 1989 The Copyright in this Sound Recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd Made in Gt. Britain

[Label, side A:] Copyright Control/Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.

[Label, side B:] Track 1. Copyright Control Track 2. Hournew Music Ltd.

Images

• Ouija Board, Ouija Board - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/4674
• Ouija Board, Ouija Board (12" 45 RPM Single) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/978047-Morrissey-Ouija-Board-Ouija-Board

Wikipedia Information

"Ouija Board, Ouija Board" is a song by English singer-songwriter Morrissey, released as a single in November 1989. The track appears along with its B-side "Yes, I Am Blind" on the compilation album Bona Drag. A shorter edit, omitting a verse, appeared on the 2010 reissue of Bona Drag. The single was poorly received by the music press and the public; its highest position on the UK Singles Chart was No. 18, making it the first solo Morrissey single not to reach the top 10. "Yes, I Am Blind" was composed by Morrissey's ex-Smiths partner Andy Rourke, and the picture on the sleeve was taken by Anton Corbijn.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija_Board%2C_Ouija_Board

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