Oscillate Wildly

Title by Morrissey - Music by Johnny Marr

• Officially Released Versions
  Studio version was B-side of "How Soon Is Now?" and gained wider release on the Louder Than Bombs and The World Won't Listen compilations

• Bootleg Versions
  None.

• Controversy
  None.

• Critical Speak
  "Check out ... the hypnotic, onomatopoeic instrumental, 'Oscillate Wildly,' to see what Johnny can do on his own. Marr does more with less than any musician this side of Peter Buck and Bob Mould."
  - Roy Trakin, Creem

• Sundry
  "Oscillate Wildly" is a marvelous instrumental track - the first of three Marr instrumentals to be released as b-sides. It is by far the superior of the three - and it is the only one which sounds like it was always intended to be an instrumental. Primarily piano driven, the track is given added atmosphere by Andy Rourke's eerie cello. The excellent title - courtesy Morrissey, of course - is a pun on Oscar Wilde. Predictably for such an intricate and delicate composition, this song was never played live, although I do recall standing in line at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA in August, 1986 and hearing this song echo through the air during a soundcheck. A brilliant composition by a brilliant musician.