William Tell Overture (Mike Oldfield instrumental)

"William Tell Overture"
Single by Mike Oldfield
Released	11 February 1977 (1977-02-11)
Genre	Folk, rock, classical music
Length	3:55
Label	Virgin Records
Songwriter(s)	Gioachino Rossini
Producer(s)	Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield singles chronology
"Portsmouth" (1976) "William Tell Overture" (1977) "Cuckoo Song" (1977)

"William Tell Overture" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1977. It is a rendition of the last movement (Allegro molto) from Gioachino Rossini's William Tell Overture, played in a deliberately much slower arrangement than Rossini's original piece. This version of the William Tell Overture did not have much of an impact on the UK charts.^[1] It is the first of the two non-album singles released by Mike Oldfield in 1977.