Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
The instrumental from the third movement of Smile that won Wilson his first Grammy.
Brian Wilson, from Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2004)
- Written by
- Brian Wilson
- Released
- 28 September 2004
- Length
- 2:27
- Album
- Brian Wilson Presents Smile
It sits fifteenth on the album, between "Wind Chimes" and "In Blue Hawaii", and Wilson is the sole writer. When the piece was put to him during the assembly of the project, he hummed the melody of "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter", a track from Smiley Smile, and that melody was worked into it.
At the 2005 Grammy Awards it won Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Wilson's first Grammy.
On stage
- 2004-02-20, Royal Festival Hall, London Played in the third movement at the premiere of Brian Wilson Presents Smile.
More songs by Brian Wilson
Heroes and Villains, Surf's Up, Good Vibrations, Love and Mercy
Sources
- Brian Wilson Presents Smile, Wikipedia
- Week in Rock History: Brian Wilson Performs the Premiere of Smile, Rolling Stone