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1995 single by Oasis

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name	Wonderwall
cover	Wonderwall cover.jpg
type	single
artist	Oasis
album	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?
B-side
released
recorded	May 1995
studio	Rockfield (Rockfield, Wales)
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label	Creation
writer	Noel Gallagher
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prev_title	Morning Glory
prev_year	1995
next_title	Don't Look Back in Anger
next_year	1996
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"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", "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 10 in Canada and the United States, reaching 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, becoming their biggest US hit. The single was certified octuple 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. Many artists have also covered the song, such as Ryan Adams, Cat Power, and Brad Mehldau. In October 2020, it became the first song from the 1990s to reach one billion streams on Spotify. As of October 2025, 'Wonderwall' placed at number 82 in list of Spotify streaming records.

Inspiration and writing

The song was originally titled "Wishing Stone". Gallagher told NME in 1996 that "Wonderwall" was written for Meg Mathews, his then-girlfriend and later wife. However, after Gallagher and Mathews divorced in 2001, he said the song was not about her: "The meaning of that song was taken away from me by the media who jumped on it, and how do you tell your Mrs it's not about her once she's read it is? It's a song about an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself." Liam Gallagher also said he feels the song is a callback to the time when he and his brother would write notes and thoughts on the wallpaper in their bedrooms as kids: "But obviously that wasn't meaningful enough for Noel ... so he decided to say it was about some girl."

The song's final title was inspired by George Harrison's solo album Wonderwall Music.

Recording and production

The song was originally planned to be recorded on a ten foot wall outside Rockfield Studios. A snipped of the original recording can be heard at the start of (What's the Story) Morning Glory?'s opening track "Hello" with birdsong in the background. In a documentary, Noel recalled: "I remember saying... I've got this song called Wonderwall – and I want to record it on a wall." This sparked an arrangement of ladders and microphones worth thousands of bounds built around the wall: "I remember a lot of sheep were watching me do Wonderwall, I don't know who was more freaked out, me or them".

In the end, the outdoor version was shelved for Liam to record his vocal in the studio instead. Recording took place during a two-week stint with the rest of the Morning Glory album in May 1995. Morris produced the song in a half-day along with Gallagher, using a technique known as "brickwalling" to intensify the sound of the song. Liam Gallagher served as lead singer on the song after Noel had given him a choice between "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger", another single from the album, with Noel singing lead vocals on the latter. All of the band's members except bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan contributed to the recording, with Noel playing bass instead of McGuigan. This decision displeased Liam, who told Morris, "That's not Oasis."

On the track, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs plays a mellotron, a primitive analogue sampling keyboard invented in the 1960s. As Oasis looked back to the 1960s and 70s for inspiration, they drew from the Beatles which had popularised the instrument with their use of it on the song "Strawberry Fields Forever". The cello preset was used for the track. The root notes of the minor chord progression are played on repeat from around a minute into the song, and gives a mournful hum to bridge the dark overtones of the verse and brighter chorus.

Instead of normal drum sticks, Alan White used Pro-Mark Hot Rods which are made of multiple thin wooden rods strapped together, which provide a softer and more diffuse sound. As part of his What Makes This Song Great? series, Youtuber, musician and producer Rick Beato notes in his video about "Wonderwall" (around 5:00): "This is kind of what you do when you're in a rock band, and playing with sticks is too heavy for a section, but playing with brushes sounds too much like jazz and doesn't really carry the track enough."

"Wonderwall" is written in the key of F minor and is set in common time with a moderate dance groove. Liam Gallagher's voice ranges from an E3 to an F4 in the song. With a capo on the second fret, the song's chord progression is Em7–G–Dsus4–A7sus4 as the third and fourth fingers are kept on the third frets of the top two strings.

Live performances

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Noel Gallagher debuted the song on UK television backstage at Glastonbury, and it was broadcast on Channel 4 on 24 June 1995. The song was not performed by the band during their headline performance the night before. The song went on to be regularly played on the (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Tour where it was typically played and sung solo by Noel acoustically. On occasions however (including the Maine Road and Knebworth gigs) it was played by the full band acoustically with Liam on vocals.

This song was also performed during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony by Liam Gallagher and his post-Oasis band Beady Eye.

Since Oasis split up, both Noel and Liam have continued to play the song as part of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Liam's solo career, respectively. Both have often varied the presentation of the song, sometimes being performed in stripped down acoustic versions, whilst other times more full band arrangements have been performed. It was also played on their reunion tour in 2025.

Critical reception

Steve Baltin from Cash Box named "Wonderwall" Pick of the Week, describing the song as "a perfect example of melodic pop." He added, "Following the more uptempo riff of 'Morning Glory', this single will remind listeners of the anthemic single 'Live Forever', a track that generated massive airplay on multiple formats last year. Look for the same results for this lovely near ballad. A simple, sweet song, it shows why Oasis is rapidly becoming one of music's great singles bands." Kevin Courtney from Irish Times declared it as a "genuine Oasis gem", "with its aching string arrangements and evocative vocals". Michael Bonner from Melody Maker named it Single of the Week, praising it as "a mesmeric declaration of love — haunting, beautiful and effortlessly simple — and, unless you've been locked in a coal cellar for the last two months, you should know it forwards, backwards and sideways by now." Another Melody Maker editor, David Stubbs, said, "'Wonderwall', with its explicit George Harrison reference, doesn't bother to conceal another nod at The Beatles, but the real problem here is that Liam doesn't seem capable of modulating his voice to suit the pensively orchestrated backdrop — a bit of a subtlety deficiency."

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "A swirling rock song that slowly builds to epic proportions. Nicely chiming acoustic guitars and psyched-up strings support Liam Gallagher's trademark declamatory and plaintive vocals. Not the easiest song for EHR, but a sure grower." John Robinson from NME commented, "'Wonderwall' instead turns out to be the best example of Liam's indispensability to Noel as we are plunged into the depths of a doomed urban romance. Fires have gone out, wills to live have departed, yet we still witness Liam questioning whether Maybe you could be the one to save me. And yet the entirely twisted delivery turns it from a slightly sappy idea into a fantastically bleak song, adding an all-consuming anger to the sense of desperation." In a separate review, Robinson felt it "is one of Oasis' best records because it manages to be immensely robust while still being one of Noel's most lyrically personal songs". Andrew Harrison from Select wrote, "'Wonderwall' is a near acoustic song that wears many signs of its maturity, but heavily. There is a (good) attempt to resonate personal failure with the redemptive power of The Beatles ("Backbeat, the word is on the street/That the fire in your eyes is out"). Liam goes flat once too often on the chorus." Leesa Daniels from Smash Hits gave it a top score of five out of five and named it "Oasis' version of a love song." She added, "Absolutely beautiful." Another Smash Hits editor, Mark Frith, praised it as a highlight of the album, "mid-paced, brilliantly sung by Liam and, if it wasn't for Queen ['Heaven for Everyone'], a No. 1 hit!"

Cover art

The sleeve artwork was inspired by the paintings of the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, and was shot on Primrose Hill in London by Michael Spencer Jones. The hand holding the frame is that of art director Brian Cannon. The original idea was to have Liam in the frame before Noel vetoed that idea whilst the shoot was taking place. Noel stumbled across the photo shoot while on his way to Creation Records in a cab. He started shouting and eventually got out of the cab to confront Jones, who explained they were shooting the cover to "Wonderwall". Noel replied: "What, with our fucking kid [Liam] on the cover? I don't think so. It's a fucking love song. There's no way our kid's going on the fucking cover. You're all wasting your time," before getting back in the cab.

The shoot was rescheduled for the next day, and it was decided a female figure was necessary. A Creation Records employee, Anita Heryet was asked to stand inside the frame. Jones shot the photo on infrared black and white film: "So you create another layer. Suddenly she becomes part of the environment. It goes to a situation where you're not looking at her, as the viewer – she’s looking at you, which is the way I wanted it to be. It worked. The cover to 'Wonderwall' is one of my favourites."

Music video

The original music video to the song conceived by Johanna Bautista was filmed by British music video and film director Nigel Dick at Unit 217B in Woolwich, London, on 30 September 1995. The filming of the promotional video took place during the brief period when bassist Guigsy quit the band due to nervous exhaustion, and was replaced by Scott McLeod, who appears in the video along with the four other members of the band. The song won British Video of the Year at the 1996 Brit Awards.

A second video depicts the band sitting down throughout the video with some getting up and leaving before returning. The video ends with Noel, Alan White and Scott McLeod leaving their seats, leaving Liam and Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs in their seats.

Anyway, here's Wonderwall meme

The song has become the subject of various memes in the decades after its release. The phrase "Anyway, here's Wonderwall" originated in a 2013 video, which has amassed almost 500,000 views as of 2026. The phrase, which has been used in subsequent memes essentially pokes fun at the ubiquity of the song in every guitarist's repertoire due to its simplicity. Christopher Hill argues in The Voice Mag: "The Wonderwall meme isn't about the song; it's about the player ... there is an implied discouragement of new guitarists from trying to learn the piece: it becomes a 'cringe' activity." Some guitar stores have banned people playing "Wonderwall" like other popular hits such as "Stairway to Heaven", "Smoke on the Water" and "Seven Nation Army".

Chart and sales performance

"Wonderwall" reached the No. 2 spot in both Ireland and the United Kingdom in October and November 1995. It finished at No. 10 on the year-end chart for 1995 and at No. 26 on the 1990s decade-end in the UK. The track has sold and streamed 4.8 million units in the UK as of November 2024, certifying the song octuple platinum and making it Oasis' biggest-selling song in their homeland. In August 2024, in light of the announcement of the band's reunion tour, "Wonderwall" re-entered at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. On 5 September 2025, the song spent its 100th week on the UK chart.

In the United States, the song peaked at No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart for a then-unprecedented ten weeks and reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1996, becoming their only top-10 hit on the latter chart. "Wonderwall" also proved to be a major hit in Australia and New Zealand, claiming the No. 1 spot in both countries. In Canada, the song reached No. 5 on the RPM 100 chart and topped the RPM Alternative 30 ranking.

Awards and accolades

The American magazine *The Village Voice*s Pazz & Jop critics' poll ranked "Wonderwall" at No. 11 on its annual year-end poll in 1995. The following year, "Wonderwall" was ranked at No. 4, tied with Pulps "Common People".
In the Grammy Awards of 1997, the band received a nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, and Noel Gallagher picked up an additional nomination for Best Rock Song, winning neither.
In May 2005, "Wonderwall" was voted the best British song of all time, in a poll of over 8,500 listeners conducted by Virgin Radio.
In August 2006, "Wonderwall" was named the second-greatest song of all time in a poll conducted by Q Magazine, finishing behind another Oasis song, "Live Forever".
In 2006, U2's guitarist The Edge named "Wonderwall" one of the songs he most wishes he'd written.
In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Wonderwall" at No. 27 on its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.
On 28 June 2007, NME stated that Alex James, bassist of Blur, who had been long-standing rivals with Oasis, said: "Wish I'd written it. He's got a great voice, Liam (Gallagher)".
In July 2009, "Wonderwall" was voted at No. 12 in the Hottest 100 of all time countdown poll, conducted by Australian radio station Triple J. More than half a million votes were cast.
In February 2014, the song was voted No. 36 of The 500 greatest songs of all time, according to NME.
In March 2016, "Wonderwall" was voted the greatest British song of all time by Radio X listeners.
In September 2021, Rolling Stone placed the song at No. 95 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Track listings

| headline = UK single | total_length = 19:52 | all_writing = Noel Gallagher, except where noted | title1 = Wonderwall | length1 = 4:18 | title2 = Round Are Way | length2 = 5:42 |title3 = The Swamp Song |length3 = 4:19 |title4 = The Masterplan |length4 = 5:23 |}} | headline = US single | total_length = 26:53 | title1 = Wonderwall | length1 = 4:14 | title2 = Round Are Way | length2 = 5:41 | title3 = Talk Tonight | length3 = 4:11 | title4 = Rockin' Chair | length4 = 4:33 | title5 = I Am the Walrus (Live Glasgow Cathouse June 1994) | note5 = Written by Lennon–McCartney | length5 = 8:14|

Personnel

Oasis

Liam Gallagher – vocals, tambourine
Noel Gallagher – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, piano
Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs – Mellotron (cello)
Alan White – drums

Additional performer

Owen Morris – Kurzweil strings

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1995–1996) | Peak position | Denmark (Tracklisten) | Estonia (Eesti Top 20) | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | Europe (European AC Radio) | Europe (European Alternative Rock Radio) | Europe (European Hit Radio) | Hungary (Mahasz) | Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) | Italy (Musica e dischi) | Italy Airplay (Music & Media) | UK Airplay (Music Week) | UK Indie (Music Week) | US Cash Box Top 100 | Zimbabwe (ZIMA) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ::

::data[format=table] | Chart (20242025) | Peak position | Australia (ARIA) | Israel International Airplay (Media Forest) | Italy (FIMI) | Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan) | Spain (PROMUSICAE) | Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 55 | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | 72 | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | | | | | | | 96 | | | | | | | | | 13 | | | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1995)	Position	Europe (European Alternative Rock Radio)	Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)	Sweden (Topplistan)	UK Singles (OCC)	UK Airplay (Music Week)
24
28
82
10
45
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Chart (1996)	Position	Australia (ARIA)	Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)	Brazil (Crowley)	Canada Top Singles (RPM)	Canada Rock/Alternative (RPM)	Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	Europe (European Hit Radio)	Germany (Media Control)	Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	Netherlands (Single Top 100)	New Zealand (RIANZ)	Sweden (Topplistan)	UK Singles (OCC)	UK Airplay (Music Week)	US Billboard Hot 100	US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)	US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)	US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard)
19
37
38
16
26
2
31
39
80
52
98
29
90
51
28
56
38
6
43
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Chart (2018)	Position	Portugal (AFP)
168
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Chart (2019)	Position	Portugal (AFP)
177
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Chart (2021)	Position	UK Singles (OCC)
76
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Chart (2022)	Position	UK Singles (OCC)
80
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Chart (2023)	Position	UK Singles (OCC)
78
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Chart (2024)	Position	UK Singles (OCC)
75
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Chart (2025)	Position	UK Singles (OCC)
86
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Decade-end charts

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Chart (2010–2019)	Position	UK Singles (OCC)
78
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Certifications

Release history

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Region	Date	Format(s)
30 October 1995		Creation
6 November 1995	12-inch vinyl
14 November 1995	Contemporary hit radio	Epic
20 November 1995		Creation
23 November 1995	CD	Epic
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The Mike Flowers Pops version

British band the Mike Flowers Pops released an easy listening version of "Wonderwall" that reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart—just as the Oasis original had done two months earlier—during Christmas 1995. On New Year's Day 1996, it earned a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments exceeding 200,000 copies. This cover also peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Denmark, Ireland and Sweden.

Noel Gallagher mentioned that when BBC Radio 1 premiered the song, they jokingly claimed that they had found "the original version of Wonderwall". Gallagher, who had been in America at the time, was surprised to be asked by one of his record company's executives if he had actually written the song.

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1995–1996) | Peak position | Denmark (IFPI) | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | Iceland (Íslenski listinn Topp 40) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 5 | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | 18 | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1995)	Position	UK Singles (OCC)
47
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Certifications

Bring Me the Horizon version

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English rock band Bring Me the Horizon released a cover of "Wonderwall" as part of the Spotify Singles series, putting their own metal twist on the song. Frontman Liam Gallagher responded to the cover positively, calling it "absolutely incredible". When interviewed at the BRIT Awards, the band responded to Gallagher's positive reception to their rendition, stating they were "surprised" and expected him to "slag it off". They also revealed that they wanted to cover "Wonderwall" because it was one of Sykes' favourite songs. All royalties generated from the song's streams were donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

It peaked at number 30 on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart and number 11 on the US Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.

Track listing

Lyric video

A lyric video was released alongside the song, exclusively to Spotify Premium users. It was later published to YouTube, on February 13, 2025. It parodies the original Oasis music video and a still frame of it serves as the single's cover art.

Charts

::data[format=table title="Chart performance for "Wonderwall""] | Chart (2025) | Peak position | UK Rock & Metal (OCC) | US Hot Hard Rock Songs (Billboard) | |---|---|---|---| | 30 | | | | | 11 | | | | ::

Other cover versions

Ryan Adams' version, first performed in 2001, and later released in 2003 on Love Is Hell pt. 1 EP, was well received by Noel Gallagher. It was featured in The O.C. episode "The Heartbreak". It was featured in the final scenes of the Smallville Season 3 episode "Velocity" and the first season of the Israeli documentary series Couchsurfers. In an interview with Spin, Gallagher said "I think Ryan Adams is the only person who ever got that song right."

Paul Anka covered the song on his swing album Rock Swings, released in 2005 and was used as figure skater Paul Fentz's backing track during his 2018 Winter Olympics performance in Pyeongchang, South Korea. This version sparked an internet meme at the time.

American rapper Jay-Z often has his crowds sing "Wonderwall" after his song "Jockin' Jay-Z", which includes a reference to Noel Gallagher's criticism of the rapper's involvement in the typically rock-centric Glastonbury Festival in 2008. It launched a war of words between Jay Z and Oasis, with Oasis' rhythm guitarist Gem Archer describing Jay Z's actions as akin to an "eight-year-old girl". After Oasis broke up, Jay Z later claimed he would like to work with Liam Gallagher.

Mashups

"Wonderwall" was featured in the popular mashup "Boulevard of Broken Songs" mixed by Party Ben in late 2004, which also contained parts of both Travis's "Writing to Reach You" (which contains the line "Radio is playing all the usual / what's a Wonderwall anyway?") and Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". In late 2006, Gallagher accused Green Day of 'ripping off' "Wonderwall", saying "If you listen, you'll find it is exactly the same arrangement as "Wonderwall". They should have the decency to wait until I am dead [before stealing my songs]. I, at least, pay the people I steal from that courtesy".

Neil Cicierega's mashup albums Mouth Silence and Mouth Moods feature tracks that are mashups of "Wonderwall" titled "Wndrwll" and "Wallspin", the former a humorous remix featuring "Everywhere You Look" and the latter a mashup with "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)".

In popular culture

"Wonderwall" is the team song of Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer, sung after every home victory. The overarching fan organisation is MNWonderwall. "Wonderwall" is also played after all Manchester City F.C. home games. "Wonderwall" is the pre-match song for Australian A-League Men side Adelaide United.

On 7 April 2011, Mr. 305 artist Jamie Drastik released the song "Save Me" which heavily samples "Wonderwall". It is the lead single from Jamie's mixtape Champagne and Cocaine. The song also features a verse from Jamie's mentor and Mr. 305 boss Pitbull. Jamie performed "Save Me" all around the world, including on the Planet Pit World Tour. The song achieved major radio success all across the US. It is currently the most popular song from Champagne and Cocaine.

A part of the song can be heard during the final episode of the BBC series Ashes to Ashes on a Betamax video showing how WPC Shaz Granger died in 1995.

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