I love [it]. The only problem is our kid thought he’d be a bit of a producer, whereas Owen Morris – who is a producer – would have gone, ‘Leave it out with them Slash guitars, mate’, ‘This song’s a bit long’. That’s how it got long, and that’s why Noel hasn’t got fond memories of it. But I think it’s f**king class.” The band’s name was taken from Swindon Oasis Leisure Centre in south west England, a clothes shop in the Manchester Arndale shopping center called Oasis, and a taxi rank round the corner from where they lived. Liam Gallagher told NME in 2013: “It meant that we were out there, because we were different. It was a s–t name.” A banger of a B-side, but you can see why it never made the cut on a proper album. It’s redundant compared to their other early work, yet they’re definitely keyed into the mode that made early Oasis so exciting. One of the times they somewhat succeeded treading into new territory on SOTSOG. Oasis had been brash, jubilant, and exciting- but never really brooding. This was their first and possibly only stab into that space, to modest results. Noel calls this the archetypical Oasis song- if one song embodied the band for all their glory and faults, it’s Some Might Say. The song was the first one recorded for Morning Glory, and the last one featuring original drummer Tony McCarroll on the skins. That apex moment between their two definitive first two albums was probably the moment Oasis plateaued in the universe, so it’s fair to say it is the archetypical Oasis song, even if they never found that brighter day.

Year in Review – European Top 100 Albums 2002" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol.21, no.2/3. 11 January 2003. p.15. OCLC 29800226. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 January 2021 . Retrieved 5 July 2021– via World Radio History. The song famous for battling Country House for the Britpop title. How many times has it been written that Oasis lost the battle but won the war? Are we sure about that at this point? Maybe Blur never gained the traction of Oasis, but Damon Albarn certainly knew how to carve out a lasting role in the cultural zeitgeist. Anyway, Roll With It rules. Disco de Oro y Platino – Oasis" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 31 May 2011 . Retrieved 14 January 2021.Fox, Jason (25 June 2002). "Oasis: Heathen Chemistry". NME. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 27 January 2013. Chakroff, Evan (1 September 2003). "Oasis – Heathen Chemistry – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010 . Retrieved 27 January 2013. Noel finally steps in on SOTSOG to lament the band’s fever dream crash landing. A song I’m sure he wishes he could have sung to his younger self. When Heathen Chemistry came out, Noel famously proclaimed it was the band’s second best album behind Definitely Maybe. He was, of course, catastrophically wrong. But The Hindu Times was a fairly strong opener- it’s just that it never got much better from there.

The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Oasis; 'Heathen Chemistry ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien . Retrieved 14 January 2021. The album was certified triple platinum in UK, [9] and 154,000 copies in the US. [10] [11] Upon release, Heathen Chemistry went straight to number one in the UK, though it fared rather poorly in the US, only entering at number 23. Listening to Champagne Supernova as a child activated something in my soul. There was some kind of god out there, and a glimpse of it was captured in this song. It began a search for something that I’ve never been able to find, or even put into words. I’ve spent my life trying to re-capture the feeling I had the first dozen or so times I heard Champagne Supernova when I was 8 years old. Maybe someday I’ll find it. One of Noel’s favorite songs- and this time he’s not just saying it because he’s on a promotional cycle. This one was called the best song of 2005 by Q Magazine.Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2003" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011 . Retrieved 14 January 2021. Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2002" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2008 . Retrieved 5 July 2021. The Gallagher brothers are notoriously surly toward their fans. “I don’t have to be nice to people because they dig my music,” Noel told Rolling Stone. “I don’t live my life to have my picture taken by fans. I’m not asking them to buy records. They buy them because they like them.” In an age filled with songs about hating oneself and wanting to die, it was almost daring to bring optimism to the radio. But the public latched onto it- maybe it was the anthem they didn’t know they needed. A simple acoustic tune by Noel that’s kind of a “fill in the blank” love song. Noel’s capable of better than this.

Oasis – Little by Little / She Is Love] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 7 November 2002 . Retrieved 23 August 2023. Moon, Tom (4 July 2002). "Oasis: Heathen Chemistry". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007 . Retrieved 27 June 2017. One can only wonder what the early Oasis b-sides could have been if they saved them for a proper LP. “One fine day, we’re gonna leave it all behind,” laments Liam- too bad the day the Masterplan was released was the day they left their best years behind. This song is caught somewhere between putting you in a hypnotic trance and punching you in the teeth. Columbia proves Oasis doesn’t just talk the talk, they walk the walk. Hey cool, Liam learned how to write a catchy chorus- and the whole song is actually an enjoyable listen. Maybe he’s taking himself a little too seriously, and the Lennon words at the end of the song are WAY too on the nose, but I’m Outta Time is debatably Liam’s best tune.Turns out writing about the bad Oasis songs is a lot easier than writing about the good ones. So many words have already been written about these songs, there’s damn documentaries about these songs. I don’t have much extra to contribute. I wrote this, but it sounds like something I’d already read before. Here it is if you’d like to read it: One of Noel’s favorites, and it certainly took on a new life and meaning as he’s played it at most of his shows since leaving Oasis. Wonder why.

Mega. Absolutely biblical. I don’t remember much about it, but obviously it’s stood the test of time. I f**king love that record; I still play some of the songs. A f**king mega album,that was. That’s exactly what made us. For a lot of the kids, it means a lot to their generation.” Petridis, Alexis (21 June 2002). "Yawning glory". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014 . Retrieved 27 January 2013.Classifica Annuale 2002 (dal 31.12.2001 al 29.12.2002) – Album & Compilation" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on 5 February 2019 . Retrieved 16 June 2021. Beaumont, Mark (5 October 2017). "Liam Gallagher ranks every Oasis, Beady Eye and solo album from worst to best". NME . Retrieved 22 December 2021. Oasis Album Sales Ranking] (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011 . Retrieved 3 November 2021.