Wonderwall

For other uses, see Wonderwall (disambiguation).

"Wonderwall"
Single by Oasis
from the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
B-side
Released30 October 1995 (1995-10-30)
RecordedMay 1995
StudioRockfield (Rockfield, Wales)
Genre
Length
  • 4:19 (album version)
  • 3:48 (radio edit)
LabelCreation
Songwriter(s)Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)
Oasis singles chronology
"Morning Glory"
(1995) 		"Wonderwall"
(1995) 		"Don't Look Back in Anger"
(1996)
Music video
"Wonderwall" on YouTube
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? track listing
12 tracks
  1. "Hello"
  2. "Roll with It"
  3. "Wonderwall"
  4. "Don't Look Back in Anger"
  5. "Hey Now!"
  6. Untitled
  7. "Some Might Say"
  8. "Cast No Shadow"
  9. "She's Electric"
  10. "Morning Glory"
  11. Untitled
  12. "Champagne Supernova"

"Wonderwall" is a song by English rock band Oasis, released by Creation Records on 30 October 1995 as the fourth single from the band's second studio album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. Described by lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher, who wrote the song and co-produced it with Owen Morris, as being about "an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself",[5] "Wonderwall" reached the top ten in 15 countries; it topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand, peaked at No. 2 on both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart, and reached the top ten in Canada and the United States at No. 5 and No. 8, respectively, thus becoming the band's sole top-40 entry on the latter country's main Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single was certified septuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and 12-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Its music video, directed by Nigel Dick, won British Video of the Year at the 1996 Brit Awards.

"Wonderwall" remains one of the band's most popular songs. In Australia, it was voted No. 1 on the alternative music radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 1995 and "20 Years of the Hottest 100" in 2013.[6][7] Many artists have also covered the song, such as Ryan Adams, Cat Power, and Brad Mehldau.[8] In October 2020, it became the first song from the 1990s to reach one billion streams on Spotify.[9]

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  8. ^ "Brad Mehldau Trio Add To The "Wonderwall" Cover Canon, Ryan Adams To Tour with the Guys Who First Recorded That Song". Stereogum. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ^ Jones, Damian (13 October 2020). "Oasis' classic hit single 'Wonderwall' has clocked up more than one billion streams". NME. Retrieved 20 October 2021.