The Operation

Name: The Operation
Duration: 6 min 53 s

~ Recording by Morrissey

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.4	The Operation	6:53	Morrissey	Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	Album	GB1995-08-28	RCA Victor	74321299532
1.4	The Operation	6:53	Morrissey	Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	Album	JP1995-09-06		BVCP-860
1.4	The Operation	6:53	Morrissey	Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	Album	US1995-09-12	Reprise Records	9 45939-2
1.4	The Operation	6:53	Morrissey	Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	Album	CA1995-09-12	Reprise Records	CDW 45939
1.9	The Operation	6:51	Morrissey	Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	Album	XE2009-04-24	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697332522
1.9	The Operation	6:51	Morrissey	Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	Album	GB2009-05-04	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA Victor, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)	88697472562
1.4	The Operation	6:53	Morrissey	Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	Album	XW-
Bootleg
1.4	The Operation	6:54	Morrissey	Sisterama Vol. 5: Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	Album + Compilation	XW2020	[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

bass:	Jonny Bridgwood
drums (drum set):	Spencer Cobrin
guitar:	Boz Boorer Alain Whyte (Morrissey guitarist)
background vocals:	Alain Whyte (Morrissey guitarist)
vocals:	Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)

sampled by:	You Must Remember This #10, “Follies of 1938, Chapter 2: Kay Francis, Pretty Poison” by Karina Longworth (film historian & podcaster, You Must Remember This)

recording of:	The Operation (from 1995-03 until 1995-04)

lyricist:	Morrissey (English singer‐songwriter)
composer:	Alain Whyte (Morrissey guitarist)