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Wonderwall (Song) | align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|"Wonderwall" | | lign="center" colspan="3"| | | lign="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Single by Oasis | | lign="center" colspan="3"|From the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | | lign="left" valign="top"|Single Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|30 October 1995 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Single Format | colspan="2" valign="top"|CD | | lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|Spring/Summer, 1995 | | lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Britpop | | lign="left" valign="top"|Song Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|4 min 18 s | | lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Creation Records | | lign="left" valign="top"|Producer | colspan="2" valign="top"|Owen Morris | | lign="left" valign="top"|Chart positions | colspan="2" valign="top"|2 (UK)
8 (USA) | | gcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Oasis single chronology | align="top"|"Roll With It"
(1995) | valign="top"|"Wonderwall"
(1995) | valign="top"|"Don't Look Back in Anger"
(1996) | "Wonderwall" is a song by British rock group Oasis from their second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory. Released as a single in 1995, it peaked a number 2 in the UK charts. It is their most successful single to date, and perhaps their most popular song. Though it was kept from becoming 1995's Christmas number 1 by Michael Jackson's "Earth Song", in the long run, it appears "Wonderwall" has fared better against the test of time. As of 2002 it was number 96 in the UK's list of best-selling singles. It is also the song with which Oasis temporarily "broke" America, before famously deciding that, actually, it wasn't all it was cracked up to be. The song was written by Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher for his then-girlfriend, Meg Mathews. Noel married Mathews, but they were divorced in 2001. Since then, Noel's attitude towards the song has changed and Oasis play it less often. Initially Noel wanted to sing this song, but he gave his brother the choice, and Noel ended up singing "Don't Look Back in Anger". The song is also notable as the video was filmed in the relatively brief period when bassist Guigsy quit the band due to nervous exhaustion and was replaced by Scott McLeod. Shortly afterwards, McLeod disappeared from an American tour and Guigsy agreed to return. The song was covered in an easy listening style by The Mike Flowers Pops and in 2004 it was covered by US indie music star Ryan Adams. The Travis song "Writing To Reach You" borrows the main chords to "Wonderwall", as does Oasis' first single from Be Here Now, "D'You Know What I Mean". In late 2004, "Wonderwall" was featured in the popular mash up, "Boulevard Of Broken Songs". Track listing - "Wonderwall"
- "Round Are Way"
- "The Swamp Song"
- "The Masterplan"
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