Don't Look Back in Anger

About Don't Look Back in Anger

"Don't Look Back in Anger" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. It was released on 19 February 1996 as the fourth single from their second studio album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995). The song was written by the band's guitarist and main songwriter, Noel Gallagher. It became the band's second single to reach number one on the UK Singles Chart, where it also went platinum. It was also the first Oasis single with lead vocals by Noel (who had previously only sung lead on B-sides) instead of his brother, Liam. The song is in the key of C, but pitched slightly sharp of the standard concert tuning of A 440. It is one of the band's signature songs, and was played at almost every single live show from its release to the dissolution of the band. In 2012, it was ranked number one on a list of the '50 Most Explosive Choruses' by the NME, and the same year it was voted the fourth most popular number-one single of the last 60 years in the UK by the public in conjunction with the Official Charts Company's 60th anniversary. In 2015, Rolling Stone readers voted it the second greatest Britpop song in a poll (after "Common People" by Pulp). On 29 May 2017, Absolute Radio 90s broadcast a programme counting down the top 50 songs written by Noel Gallagher to mark his 50th birthday with the song voted number one. more »