The band’s biggest hit isn’t exactly admired by Liam and Noel, who recently got together for shows — and will have to play the song
It is not uncommon for great artists to not appreciate their greatest hits. However, few of them have been as verbal over the years as the brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher about “Wonderwall”maximum hit of Oasis.
Released as part of the album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995), the song led by guitars represented the first contact of several people with the band, at the time completed by Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs (guitar), Alan White (battery) and Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan (low). Many even took a while to understand that, in fact, the group made a sound with distorted guitars.
This, in particular, makes Noel Gallagher uncomfortable. The guitarist and main songwriter for Oasis said in 2021 to Mojo magazine (via American Songwriter) that “Wonderwall” is one of his “least favorite” songs from the group. He explains:
“’Wonderwall’ is one of my least favorite songs because it’s not finished. If I could somehow go back in time, I would probably choose a different song as our calling card. Perhaps ‘Some Might Say’.”
The criticism, interestingly enough, extends to the entire album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?also the most popular of the group. The work was made available just a year after its premiere Definitely Maybe (1994) and was created amidst several commitments on the road. THE Gallagher older comments:
“I don’t like the result [de (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?]. I was composing during the tour Definitely Maybe and I planned to finish creating the songs when I got to the studio, but we never got around to it.”
Liam Gallagher also doesn’t like “Wonderwall”
Even more directly, Liam Gallagher demonstrated his contempt for “Wonderwall” during a series of interviews carried out at the time of the Dig Out Your Soul (2008), an album that became Oasis’ last before their breakup the following year. As retrieved by the website Far Out Magazinehe said:
“I can’t stand this fucking music! Every time I have to sing it, I feel like throwing up.”
As in the case of Noel, the singer had an “extra-musical” discomfort related to the track. For him, the success achieved by the composition alienated many people from what Oasis really was.
“The thing is, it was a big, big song for us. You go to the United States and they say, ‘You’re the Mr. Wonderwall?’. You want to hit someone.”
The success of Oasis’ biggest hit
Despite the repudiation, the Gallagher brothers were unable to free themselves from “Wonderwall” not even in their solo careers. According to the database available on the website Setlist.fmthe track was Liam’s fifth most played in his solo shows to date, with more than 180 plays in 274 shows. In Noel’s case, it is ninth place, with more than 260 performances in 548 presentations. And they will have to play it on the reunion tour, scheduled to start in 2025.
Nothing surprising. We’re talking about a song that reached the top 10 of the charts in 15 countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Its source album, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?had more than 22 million copies sold across the planet.
Today, the track accumulates more than 2 billion streams on Spotifybeing among the 100 most played on the platform of all time. It is still the second most played on the tool among those recorded in the 1990s. First place goes to “Smells Like Teen Spirit”from Nirvana.
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Source: Rollingstone
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