Morning Glory (Oasis song)

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"Morning Glory"
Morning Glory (Oasis single).jpg
Single by Oasis
from the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
B-side
  • "It's Better People"
  • "Rockin' Chair"
  • "Live Forever" (Live at Glastonbury '95)
Released18 September 1995 (1995-09-18)
Recorded1995
Genre
Length5:03
Label
Songwriter(s)Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)
Oasis singles chronology
"Roll with It"
(1995) 		"Morning Glory"
(1995) 		"Wonderwall"
(1995)
Music video
"Morning Glory" on YouTube
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? track listing
12 tracks

"Morning Glory" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher and released on the band's second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in September 1995. It was given a commercial single release only in Australia and New Zealand, and it was also a radio single in the United States and Canada. In North America, it was the first song of the album to receive significant airplay, although primarily at alternative rock radio stations, as "Some Might Say" and "Roll with It" had not achieved as such.

Content[]

Lyrics and themes[]

"Morning Glory" contains lyrical references to the drug cocaine and to the Beatles.[1]

Musical style[]

Kenneth Partridge proclaimed the riff that opens "Morning Glory" to be "strikingly similar" to that of "The One I Love" by American rock band R.E.M.[1]

Music video[]

The song's accompanying video is directed by Jake Scott. The band is performing in an industrial apartment, suggested by the opening shots of the video to be the Balfron Tower (not to be mistaken with Trellick Tower), as the building's tenants (including a man with a baby, a young boy, an old man and a female cyclist, an elderly woman with a hair dryer, a middle-aged woman in a house coat, a mafia boss and two bodyguards, an Indian couple, a drug addict, another elderly woman, and young woman and her mother) take offense to the loud noise of the band's playing and come up to knock on the door and look in the mail slot. The video concludes with all the tenants gathering around the door, beating on it and yelling, just as the band finishes playing and packs up their instruments. As of August 2021 the music video had over 19 million views on YouTube.[2]

Other releases[]

  • In October 2005, a remix of the song was released on the soundtrack to the movie Goal!. It was done by Don't Believe the Truth producer Dave Sardy.
  • The song is included on Oasis' compilation album Stop the Clocks. On the original album, the song segues into the 40-second untitled track, which in turn segues into "Champagne Supernova". This is the same thing that happens on Stop the Clocks, except the untitled track is not included, leaving the water sounds from "Morning Glory" to directly segue straight into "Champagne Supernova".

Track listings[]

US promo CD (ESK 7302)[3]

  1. "Morning Glory" (radio edit)
  2. "Morning Glory" (album version)

Australian CD and cassette single (662488 2; 662488 8)[4]

  1. "Morning Glory"
  2. "It's Better People"
  3. "Rockin' Chair"
  4. "Live Forever" (live at Glastonbury '95, 23 June 1995)

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Certifications for "Morning Glory"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[12] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Silver 200,000double-dagger

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Release dates and formats for "Morning Glory"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Catalogue Ref.
Australia 18 September 1995 (1995-09-18) CD
662488 2 [14]
United States 26 September 1995 (1995-09-26) Contemporary hit radio Epic ESK 7302 [15]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Partridge, Kenneth (2 October 2015). "Oasis' '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ Oasis – Morning Glory. YouTube. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. ^ Morning Glory (US promo CD liner notes). Oasis. Epic Records. 1995. ESK 7302.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Morning Glory (Australian cassette single sleeve). Oasis. Epic Records, Creation Records. 1995. 662488 8.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Oasis – Morning Glory". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9053." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Charts.nz – Oasis – Morning Glory". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > The O – Ozric Tentacles". zobbel.de. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Oasis Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  10. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  11. ^ "RPM Top 50 Alternative Tracks of 1995". RPM. Retrieved 21 October 2018 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  12. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  13. ^ "British single certifications – Oasis – Morning Glory". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  14. ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 18/09/95 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 292)". ARIA. Retrieved 31 March 2017 – via Imgur.
  15. ^ "Selected New Releases" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1113. 22 September 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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