The idea for this song came when Geddy Lee was messing around with a fretless bass in between vocal takes and they recorded some riffs and thought it would be cool to make a short instrumental.
This song is abbreviated by Rush fans as “MalNar,” which was actually developed by the band themselves.
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[Instrumental]
Usually a case of malignant narcissism brought on during childhood
Malignant Narcissism was written by Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee.
Malignant Narcissism was produced by Rush & Nick Raskulinecz.
Rush released Malignant Narcissism on Tue May 01 2007.