| "The Importance of Being Idle" | ||||
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| Single by Oasis | ||||
| from the album Don't Believe the Truth | ||||
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| Released | 22 August 2005 | |||
| Studio | Wheeler End (Buckinghamshire, England) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Big Brother | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Noel Gallagher | |||
| Producer(s) | Noel Gallagher | |||
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| "The Importance of Being Idle" on YouTube | ||||
"The Importance of Being Idle" is a song by English rock band Oasis. It was released on 22 August 2005 in the UK as the second single from their sixth studio album, Don't Believe the Truth (2005), written, produced, and sung by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The song was written by Gallagher in the mid-2004, before the band made their final attempt at recording what would become Don't Believe the Truth.[citation needed]
The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for a week, marking the first time that Oasis had ever earned two successive number ones in the same calendar year (having also charted at number one earlier in 2005 with "Lyla"). "The Importance of Being Idle" would prove to be the band's last UK number one prior to their break-up in 2009. Noel Gallagher got the title from the book of the same name, which he found whilst cleaning out a garage.