When Noel Gallagher speaks of a song that’s been overlooked, you listen. Having headed the mighty Oasis and now guiding his own journey, he’s never short of opinion. In a recent conversation, he referred to one particular track as “easily one of the best ever,” lamenting that almost nobody mentions it any more.
While Gallagher has repeatedly spoken about the influence of The Beatles, The Stones, and the towering guitar heroes of rock, this confession shows his dedication to melody over flash. He’s built anthems like Live Forever and Champagne Supernova on little more than open chords and the right moment, but his respect for unsung songs reveals a deeper side of his musical judgement.
Gallagher once admitted that when he wrote Live Forever, he felt he had “the one shot” and everything else had to match it. That level of self-expectation goes both ways: not just writing hits, but seeking songs that hold up in the shadows. The song he now championed falls into that category—it didn’t dominate charts, but in his mind, it should be among rock’s defining moments.
Despite Oasis’s countless hits, Gallagher’s spotlight often shifts behind the scenes, highlighting songs and guitar moments that don’t fit the mainstream narrative. He once said that while some tunes became stadium anthems, others quietly carved out the deeper corners of the genre. This particular track is a tribute to that quiet corner—the place where songs are felt more than they are heard.
For fans of Gallagher, Oasis, or simply great guitar music, this kind of statement is an invitation to dig. It’s a push to revisit songs you might have skipped, to search for the understated greatness hidden in familiar albums. Because if Noel Gallagher—a writer of stadium anthems—considers something “one of the greatest things in rock music,” maybe it’s time we listened.
