The Student Playlist

Showcasing the Best New Music, Curating the Classics

FROM WORST TO BEST: Oasis singles

  1. Sunday Morning Call (UK #4, Jul 2000)

oasis_sunday_morning_callThe final single from Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, ‘Sunday Morning Call’ was a squalid dirge of an affair that dropped out of the charts as quickly as it arrived. Described by the NME as “a dreary thing indeed”, it failed to make much impression on Oasis fans at the time and was soon disowned by Noel. Its exclusion from the official tracklisting of the Time Flies… compilation (it appeared only as a secret track at the end of disc 2) speaks volumes as to its standing in the mind of its creator, and indeed the public at large.

  1. Lord Don’t Slow Me Down (UK #10, Oct 2007)

oasis_lord_dont_slow_me_downAn outtake from the Don’t Believe The Truth sessions that was hastily released to promote the on-the-road documentary of the same name, ‘Lord Don’t Slow Me Down’ suffered both from a lack of publicity, its status as a download-only single, and anything to really write home about in terms of the music. An entirely tame and unremarkable Noel-sung 12-bar blues affair influenced by The Who, it was the kind of thing he could write in his sleep by this point.

  1. Little By Little / She Is Love (UK #2, Sep 2002)

oasis_little_by_littleThe only AA-side to be released in Oasis history, the main event ‘Little By Little’ is something of an opinion-splitter among fans. While some heralded it as a return to their anthemic best, others felt it was an example of Noel at his laziest, full of patronising platitudes. We side with the latter. On the flip side, ‘She Is Love’ was quite breezy and understated, more deserving of headline status. The B-side, however, did capture their set-closing cover of ‘My Generation’ in all its live glory.

  1. All Around The World (UK #1, Jan 1998)

oasis_all_around_the_worldSymptomatic of the overblown excesses and lack of new ideas at the heart of Be Here Now, ‘All Around The World’ existed as far back as 1993 when an embryonic version was used for Oasis’s soundchecks. At a gargantuan 9 minutes 38 seconds with its ridiculous ‘Hey Jude’-esque outro, it’s also the longest UK Number 1 single in chart history, breezing into the top spot during the slow sales month of January. Check out the incredible Yellow Submarine-aping video, however, which took 24 animators six months to make.

  1. Who Feels Love? (UK #4, Apr 2000)

oasis_who_feels_loveAn attempted homage to the trippy, sitar explorations of George Harrison, ‘Who Feels Love?’ was the most extreme example of the alleged ‘psychedelic’ leanings of Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants. Yes, it was different, but most importantly, it was total crap, and suffered the ignominy of being the first Oasis single not to make the UK Top 3, or to achieve a Silver sales certification, in nearly six years.

  1. D’You Know What I Mean? (UK #1, Jul 1997)

oasis_dyou_know_what_i_meanTrailing the release of much-hyped Be Here Now by a month, ‘D’You Know What I Mean?’ was never not going to be Number 1. With some none-too-subtle references to rock history (Blood On The Tracks, ‘The Fool On The Hill’ and ‘I Feel Fine’ were clumsily shoehorned together), it was full of bollocks non-sequiturs which Noel quickly wrote off as “profound lager-isms”. At more than 7 minutes, it was weighty and portentous but completely empty, with the excess of the post-apocalyptic video reflecting the excess of the music.

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