Song · Morrissey
“Ouija Board, Ouija Board” by Morrissey
Released 1989
“Ouija Board, Ouija Board” by Morrissey appears on 8 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1989 and 2003. It was first released in 1989. Its best result is #16 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #40 alternative song of 1989, #3,080 alternative song of all time and #306 of the '80s.
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"Ouija Board, Ouija Board" was a stand-alone Morrissey single in November 1989, later gathered onto Bona Drag, and it's one of his stranger little ghost stories: the singer reaches through a Ouija board to a dead friend, and the friend talks back. The music is by Stephen Street, his former producer, who didn't play on it or produce it, leaving that to Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, and Anton Corbijn shot the sleeve. The B-side, "Yes, I Am Blind", came from ex-Smith Andy Rourke.
The press, and the public, didn't take to it, with some writers accusing it of encouraging occult dabbling or even Satanism. It stalled at 18 in the UK, the first Morrissey solo single to miss the top 10.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 16 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 | 105 |
| 1989 | 20 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1989 | 50 |
| 1990 | 41 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
| 1990 | 33 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 187 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) | 302 |
| 1992 | 214 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) | 299 |
| 2002 | 865 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 285 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Ouija Board Ouija Board.
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