
Bitter Sweet Symphony
1997
Built on an Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of a Stones song; Jagger and Richards returned the credit in 2019.
★ 7.8

Built on an Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of a Stones song; Jagger and Richards returned the credit in 2019.

Gallagher wrote it in 1991, before Oasis had a record deal, pitching plain optimism against everything grunge was selling.

Noel's first lead vocal on an Oasis single, a phrase lifted from a Lennon tape, Manchester's anthem ever since.

Owen Morris showed Bonehead the root notes for a Mellotron cello, and the track was largely done in a day.
Seven and a half minutes, Paul Weller on lead guitar, and a lyric Noel admits he chose for the rhyme.