Nicely chiming acoustic guitars and psyched-up strings support Liam Gallagher's trademark declamatory and plaintive vocals. Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "A swirling rock song that slowly builds to epic proportions. This song was also performed during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony by Liam Gallagher and his post Oasis band Beady Eye. During the 2008 tour, the band returned to performing the song in a semi-acoustic form, in an arrangement closely resembling the album version.
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That arrangement has persisted through his most recent live performances of the song, but prior to the band's 2008 tour, the original arrangement was used for live performances by the full band with electric guitars and Liam on vocals. In August 2002, Noel changed the arrangement of his live performances of the song to a style he admitted was heavily influenced by Ryan Adams' cover. The song was not performed by the band during their headline performance the night before. Noel Gallagher debuted the song on UK television backstage at Glastonbury, and it was broadcast on Channel 4 on 24 June 1995. ( December 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Gallagher's voice ranges from an E 3 to an F ♯ 4 in the song. "Wonderwall" is written in the key of F ♯ minor and is set in common time with a moderate dance groove. This decision displeased Liam, who told Morris, "That's not Oasis." All of the band's members except bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan contributed to the recording, with Noel playing bass instead of McGuigan.
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. Morris produced the song in a half-day along with Gallagher, using a technique known as " brickwalling" to intensify the sound of the song. The song was recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales, during a two-week recording of the Morning Glory album in May 1995. 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." The song's final title was inspired by George Harrison's solo album Wonderwall Music. Gallagher told NME in 1996 that "Wonderwall" was written for Meg Mathews, his then-girlfriend and later wife. The song was originally titled "Wishing Stone". In October 2020, it became the first song from the 1990s to reach one billion streams on Spotify. Many artists have also covered the song, such as Ryan Adams, Cat Power, and Brad Mehldau. 1 on the Australian alternative music radio station Triple J's "20 Years of the Hottest 100" in 2013. It remains one of the band's most popular songs, and was voted No. The single was certified sextuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. 2 on both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart. "Wonderwall" topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand and reached the top 10 in 13 other counties, including Canada and the United States at No. The song was released as the third single from the album on 30 October 1995. According to Gallagher, "Wonderwall" describes "an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself". The song was produced by Gallagher and Owen Morris for the band's second studio album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, released in 1995. " Wonderwall" is a song by English rock band Oasis.
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