Little by Little (Oasis song)

"Little by Little" is a song by English rock band Oasis, first released as the sixth track on their fifth studio album, Heathen Chemistry. In September 2002, it was released with "She Is Love" as the first (and only) double A-side single by the band, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number nine on the Irish Singles Chart. "Little by Little" by itself reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart and number five in Italy. Noel Gallagher provides lead vocals on both tracks, which he also wrote.

"Little by Little"
Single by Oasis
from the album Heathen Chemistry
A-side"She Is Love"
B-side"My Generation"
Released23 September 2002 (2002-09-23)
GenreRock
Length4:54
LabelBig Brother
Songwriter(s)Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)Oasis
Oasis singles chronology
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
(2002)		 "Little by Little" / "She Is Love"
(2002)		 "Songbird"
(2003)

The promo video to the song featured a guest role by Robert Carlyle. The cover art for the single is an homage to Robert Indiana's Love artwork series.

Background

Liam Gallagher was originally meant to record lead vocals for "Little by Little", but according to Noel, he couldn't manage it. "It's a shame 'cos that would have made it extra, extra special. When it came to him (recording the vocals) you could see he was going, 'I'm not going to fucking get it.' And we were all willing him to get it. I went in and did a version and you could see he was sat at the desk going, 'Fucking bastard. He's got it.' But he doesn't want to do anything that's shit."[1]

Music video

There are two versions of the music video, one being Noel Gallagher sitting on a doorstep singing and playing guitar whilst people featuring a small man (played by Robert Carlyle who mimes to Gallagher) throwing money to him. It then shows Carlyle's character at a bus stop and he then grows to normal size and trips over but is helped up by Liam Gallagher. Carlyle's character is then last seen growing to giant size and walking off into a forest then into farmland. The alternate version shows the band playing in a concert at Finsbury Park in 2002.

Personnel

Oasis

Additional musicians

Track listing
  • 7-inch (RKID 26), CD (RKIDSCD 26), 12-inch (RKID 26T)
  1. "Little by Little" – 4:54
  2. "She Is Love" – 3:11
  3. "My Generation" – 4:05 (CD and 12-inch only)
    • "My Generation" was recorded live at the BBC's Maida Vale studios on 20 January 2000. The sleevenotes claim it was recorded on 7 February 2000, but this was the transmission date, not the recording date.
  • DVD (RKIDSDVD 26)
  1. "Little by Little" – 5:02
  2. "Little by Little" (demo) – 4:55
  3. 10 minutes of noise and confusion - pt three – 8:31
    • The third part of the "10 Minutes..." documentary looks behind the scenes of their sell out shows at Finsbury Park in London from 5–7 July 2002.
  • German CD (CDM 6730685)
  1. "Little by Little"
  2. "My Generation"
  3. "Columbia" (live)
    • "Columbia" was recorded live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, on 13 October 2001.
  4. "Little by Little" (live video)
    • CD-ROM video recorded live at Finsbury Park, London, on 7 July 2002.

Charts

References
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