Morning Glory (Oasis song)

"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 received significant airplay, although primarily at alternative rock radio stations, as "Some Might Say" and "Roll with It" had not achieved as such.

"Morning Glory"
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[1]
Recorded1995
GenreRock
Length5:03
Label
Songwriter(s)Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)
Oasis singles chronology
"Roll with It"
(1995)		 "Morning Glory"
(1995)		 "Wonderwall"
(1995)
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? track listing
12 tracks
  1. "Hello"
  2. "Roll with It"
  3. "Wonderwall"
  4. "Don't Look Back in Anger"
  5. "Hey Now!"
  6. Untitled
  7. "Some Might Say"
  8. "Cast No Shadow"
  9. "She's Electric"
  10. "Morning Glory"
  11. Untitled
  12. "Champagne Supernova"

Content

Lyrics and themes

"Morning Glory" contains lyrical references to the drug cocaine and to The Beatles.[2]

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.[2]

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 2020 the music video had over 17 million views on YouTube.[3]

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 listing
  • CD 662488 2
  1. "Morning Glory" – 5:01
  2. "It's Better People" – 3:59
  3. "Rockin' Chair" – 4:35
  4. "Live Forever" (Live at Glastonbury '95) – 4:39
  • "Live Forever" was recorded live at the Glastonbury Festival on 23 June 1995.
  • The B-sides on the single are the same as on the "Roll with It" single released in the UK and parts of Europe.

Personnel

Charts

Certifications
Certifications for "Morning Glory"
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver 200,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "New Release Summary – Product Available from: 18/09/95 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 292)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. Oasis – Morning Glory. YouTube. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. "Australian-charts.com – Oasis – Morning Glory". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  5. "Top RPM Rock/Alternative Tracks: Issue 9053." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  6. "Charts.nz – Oasis – Morning Glory". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  7. "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > The O – Ozric Tentacles". zobbel.de. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  8. "Oasis Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  10. "RPM Top 50 Alternative Tracks of 1995". RPM. Retrieved 21 October 2018 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  11. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 206.
  12. "British single certifications – Oasis – Morning Glory". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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