Why WONDERWALL Is So Popular
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It’s been a quarter-of-a-century since the release of “Wonderwall.” The britpop-belter remains one of the most iconic songs of the 90s and is officially the first track from that decade to surpass one billion streams on Spotify. Oasis’ most popular tune, topped the charts in over a dozen countries and continually ranks among the best tracks of all time -- beating the likes of “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Stairway to Heaven” and “Let It Be” (The Best British Song of All Time, Virgin Radio).
Whether it's the open-mic night at the pub or that one friend who brought a guitar to the party, the love song’s legacy continues to endure. But what is it about “Wonderwall” that has listeners and budding guitarists returning to it over two decades later?
Well, it is a tune. But let’s take a closer look at what made “Wonderwall” so popular.
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#Middle8 #Oasis #Wonderwall
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Written, voiced and edited by Frank Furtado
Additional Music by Matthew McClelland
@Middle8 3 жыл бұрын
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@emdiar6588 3 жыл бұрын
1. You played Live Forever and told us it was Supersonic. 2. The sibling feud was and is ongoing, and the Brit Pop Battle with Blur happened AFTER they had recorded WTSMG and were planning to release Roll With It as a single, on the same day as Blur released Country House, not "Before they headed to Rockfield Studios to record [it]" as you claim. 3. "a Mellotron that simulates an orchestra..," ? No. It simulates a cello. 4. You got the key and the chords wrong. It's in F#m and the verse chords are F#m7, A, Esus4, B7sus4, played with a capo on the second fret with the top 2 drone notes of A and E being barred by the pinky on the 5th fret of the A and B strings throughout. 5. It's easy to sing? Really? Not so much wrong as a matter of opinion. The F# sung (like a high E string fretted at the 14th fret) for the first syllable of "anybody" in the line "I don't believe that anybody..." is a problem for many a would-be karaoke hero to hit in 'chest voice' mode, ala Liam, causing many an off-key falsetto attempt to go horribly wrong. These days Noel plays the song in a different key in order to be able to reach it. You are good at making videos, but your musical knowledge needs some work.
@garchompion8848 2 жыл бұрын
Talk about Definitely Maybe please
@eric101567jedi 3 жыл бұрын
Oasis : Writes a song called “Don’t look back in anger” Also Oasis : Looks back in anger
@drewkellymusic5486 3 жыл бұрын
I covered this song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrKVqZhznra2iWw.html
@jackhrp2280 3 жыл бұрын
Shut up
@kannachthemusiclover2869 3 жыл бұрын
*Only Noel
@worksuckiknow679 2 жыл бұрын
Nice :)
@worksuckiknow679 2 жыл бұрын
Umm that was true
@Middle8 3 жыл бұрын
"Live Forever"*
@bilbobagginsjr1843 3 жыл бұрын
About to write that
@bigmantim4660 3 жыл бұрын
I was about to correct you!
@prakhar242 3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@BxEshadow 3 жыл бұрын
I was like on no he didn't
@Leonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 3 жыл бұрын
you also got the chords wrong
@thecitrus4645 3 жыл бұрын
01:08 thats not Supersonic man. thats Live forever!
@henryshriberfilm 3 жыл бұрын
I saw that too!
@liamgeorge4182 3 жыл бұрын
Someone else thank god triggered me so hard
@hantruong9694 3 жыл бұрын
I was gonna comment this
@hola_soy_ema 3 жыл бұрын
*Slaps table* Thank you!
@xavbarsky7068 3 жыл бұрын
Vid sorta lost credibility after that blunder
@markparikh4000 3 жыл бұрын
I can just see you smugly smiling after saying "anyway, that's Wonderwall" Lmao
@drewkellymusic5486 3 жыл бұрын
I covered this song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrKVqZhznra2iWw.html
@rnrtruestories 3 жыл бұрын
always loved oasis, it's a shame these guys never put their differences aside.
@antoniobatelier 3 жыл бұрын
I would say is a miracle they stayed together for so long
@rnrtruestories 3 жыл бұрын
@Luke thanks
@vagabond4113 3 жыл бұрын
Word on the internet says that Liam reached out to Noel this year. I couldn't believe it when I read it. Lockdown is affecting everyone
@sammcivor1885 3 жыл бұрын
They haven’t put their differences aside because Liam is so on and off. He’ll come out one day saying he loves Noel but the next thing you know he’s slagging him off on social media
@mistersonnen848 3 жыл бұрын
Why is it so hard to understand this? Once the fruit basket is tampered with, Noel is outta there
@briankeogh335 3 жыл бұрын
Here in ireland and definitely in the UK “don’t look back in anger” is probably even more popular
@congealedbox7854 3 жыл бұрын
I prefer it too honestly
@k4lashni7ov35 3 жыл бұрын
Yh that's what I thought as well.
@nerdynautilus5373 3 жыл бұрын
I think it’s a much better song
@danielg0606 3 жыл бұрын
@Jorg nah, oasis wouldn’t have been the same without liam
@danielg0606 3 жыл бұрын
@Jorg that’s your opinion. i don’t think that’s true though
@NaomiHoefs 3 жыл бұрын
I feel this song is still so popular because everybody has an memory with it, because it so mainstream. It could be that one guy with his guitar at camp, or singing this at the end of a long night out or singing it with friends and people you don't know all chiming in.
@1stdragon123 3 жыл бұрын
So its popular because it's popular, fair enough
@thenavigator2559 3 жыл бұрын
@@1stdragon123 that's what I was thinking lol
@MrThedonhead 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah so why was it popular back then?
@lordbuddybear 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's probably the asshole with the guitar at camp
@drewkellymusic5486 3 жыл бұрын
I covered this song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrKVqZhznra2iWw.html
@StefC10 3 жыл бұрын
Life long Oasis-fan, started with Wonderwall, got curious to their music, fell in love with all their 'better' songs ... And somehow, you always get back to listening Wonderwall over and over again for a brief period of time. It's nostalgia, it's the song of a generation. An anthem. God I wish they'd have one last concert together, or at least get along and have a laugh together.
@bumbudapurroyco9893 3 жыл бұрын
I love oasis because liam. I know oasis from don't look back in anger, but im not that interested in noel's voice. When the first time i heard wonderwall i immediately like oasis and beginning to listen all their albums
@badgasaurus4211 3 жыл бұрын
@@bumbudapurroyco9893 Exact same story for me too
@MrIcaru5 3 жыл бұрын
Dont look back in anger was actually the first song I heard from them. But Stand by Me is my number 1
@bumbudapurroyco9893 3 жыл бұрын
My number 1 is live forever
@StefC10 3 жыл бұрын
@@bumbudapurroyco9893 nothing beats Live Forever for me as well!
@AkitaSyn 3 жыл бұрын
“It’s been a quarter of a century since the release of Wonderwall” Me: * blinks slowly while having a existential crisis. *
@osmosisp 3 жыл бұрын
I don't think Wonderwall vocals are easy, maybe not that hard to sing, but haven't heard that many covers that actually sounds alright.
@badgasaurus4211 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the notes aren’t hard but to sing it like Liam does very few do. He’s full on every note
@gloomsdoom649 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah he has very clean vocals
@ibtisilorh 3 жыл бұрын
I suggest you listen to Boyce Avenue
@PeterPauls 3 жыл бұрын
@Luke Liam is a baritone, Noel is a tenor. So Liam had a special voice, and even today after his voice went through changes it’s very unique and grabs the listener and pulls in. 1 man born with the same vocal strength in every decade with that kind of stand out vocals.
@thierryhenry674 3 жыл бұрын
Try to play the lead guitar note by note. It’s not simple. And I don’t mean it’s hard to play. Just try to write a lead guitar line like that, and you will know what I mean. What makes Noel so special is his songwriting ability. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aKx0Y7N70JO2gWQ.html
@turgondoitean1378 3 жыл бұрын
You never realize how amazing Wonderwall really is as a song until you listen really closely or you listen to the isolated parts. On the surface if you just listen casually you miss out a ton of beautiful sound.
@midgekin 3 жыл бұрын
The animation and editing in this vid is NEXT LEVEL! Nice one!
@k4lashni7ov35 3 жыл бұрын
In England, I think Dont look back in anger is more iconic. Before Man Citeh home games, we always play Wonderwall though.
@drewkellymusic5486 3 жыл бұрын
I covered this song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrKVqZhznra2iWw.html
@slewy6351 3 жыл бұрын
CTID
@k4lashni7ov35 3 жыл бұрын
@@slewy6351 CTID 💙
@startracker5895 3 жыл бұрын
@Luke yeah same here!
@AS-mw6pw 3 жыл бұрын
We used to play Role With It before matches when we were at Maine Road
@benchwashere 3 жыл бұрын
1:07 'supersonic' *plays live forever*
@jones848 3 жыл бұрын
yeah
@Middle8 3 жыл бұрын
I changed my mind but not my title apparently. Whoops.
@howitzer4041 3 жыл бұрын
@@Middle8 lol
@emmalynmeyer6646 3 жыл бұрын
"It's Oasis's most overrated songs, but it's definitely one of their best." sums it up perfectly cheers
@realroy999 3 жыл бұрын
Its genuinely a great and simple song for guitar beginners, thats it.
@lordbuddybear 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's the fantastic and terrible thing about it
@mouthman_ Ай бұрын
still barely anyone strums it correctly.
@wagwim3220 3 жыл бұрын
1:07 "supersonic"... man supersonic changed since I last heard the album
@anupamakallidukkil8771 3 жыл бұрын
You should make a video on Grimes, you're just so good at editing...it's amazing how vivid your analysis is. Good job! you deserve way more recognition.
@TonyWalkerIsYourBestFriend 3 жыл бұрын
Liam's voice at that time was untouchable. He is very heavy in the mix of that song as well, especially in the beginning. Noel is the best songwriter of our time. Oasis have so many great tracks, their B-sides are genius as well.
@jakejohnston3788 3 жыл бұрын
As a person who plays guitar, the amount of times I’ve been asked to play this that if I got a pound for every time someone asked, i would be a billionaire right now
@casualsoundenjoyer 3 жыл бұрын
Anyway, here’s Wonderwall. :)))))))))))))))))))
@dominicsc9225 3 жыл бұрын
Came to your channel when I was looking for vids about RadioHead and still haven’t left. Thanks for showing me so much more music
@mattkraig 3 жыл бұрын
MAN, your videos are so entertaining. Keep killing it, Middle 8!
@marcocastellano2451 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderwall, Cast no Shadow, Dont Look Back, the trifecta of perfection
@thereefster 3 жыл бұрын
you forgot champagne supernova
@marcocastellano2451 3 жыл бұрын
@@thereefster I would say that is #4. WtSMG is an AMAZING album. Too bad Noel is a first class asshole. #teamliam
@ElectriKiwi 3 жыл бұрын
This dude deserves so much more attention than he gets
@jamesraymondsmith 3 жыл бұрын
Oh it’s getting much more attention than it should have
@brentbare3698 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderwall is one of my all-time favorite songs...
@sebastiancrowson7042 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@subz81 3 жыл бұрын
Was waiting for the last line, did not disappoint :)
@Exventory 3 жыл бұрын
I gotta say. You have some of the best editing that I've ever seen before.
@theheelsynergy 3 жыл бұрын
It’s always a good day when this guy uploads
@originaozz 3 жыл бұрын
It's the song that got me hooked to Oasis. Their songs just express so much of the inner turmoil, the need to find solace in someone, repress anger, and past regrets that just makes it all timeless. Gems like Wonderwall, Champagne Supernova, Stand by Me, Don't Look Back in Anger, and Live Forever are perfection, would love to see middle8 take on other songs too.
@dalandaconde9047 3 жыл бұрын
Was waiting for you to release another KZfaq video and was super excited that you came back with a video about my favorite band ever. Anyways, like everyone said, it’s still so popular bc we all have a sentimental moment related to that song. For me it’s related to the French music day (on June 21st) where everyone is celebrating music and performing it in the streets while celebrating the first day of summer too and Wonderwall is always played on that day.
@maximiIiaan 3 жыл бұрын
the cough at the beginning always gets me
@cornflakesyuh3235 3 жыл бұрын
It’s actually at the end of Roll With It
@i_make_shite_content 3 жыл бұрын
What you on about there ain’t a cough you bellend
@maximiIiaan 3 жыл бұрын
@@i_make_shite_content yes there is, listen to the normal non-remastered version on Spotify or Apple Music (and lol bellend)
@cornflakesyuh3235 3 жыл бұрын
@@maximiIiaan it’s not originally at the beginning of the track on all other versions including the single and the album
@i_make_shite_content 3 жыл бұрын
@@maximiIiaan nah man the coughs on roll with it
@Melophile74 3 жыл бұрын
Im so happy I saw them live back in 2002 at Coachella
@untitledproject7392 3 жыл бұрын
Love the videos man, been binge watching your vides recently and im hooked. keep it up!
@Princeify 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderwall always reminds me of a four day trip I took to see my sister play in a softball tournament. It was the only song I had on my phone at the time and I listened to it on repeat the whole time.
@anthonydavis5288 3 жыл бұрын
It's one of those songs that imprints itself to anyone who let's it. I find it calming and addictive
@user-lw1iw9bg9y 3 жыл бұрын
anyways, here's wonderwall. There's wonderwall. Everywhere's wonderwall. Wonderwall is an endless, inescapable void of suffering. Give in to wonderwall.
@hasinakhyear644 2 жыл бұрын
This is definitely one of my all time most favorite channels.
@MarcellaMendesBarao Жыл бұрын
I LOVE your videos. The're so well made. Thanks a lot!!!!
@RobCortez0416 3 жыл бұрын
You're playing Live Forever and labeled it Supersonic. Love your videos. Keep them coming.
@Hayzie3 3 жыл бұрын
At our school, there's a disco every year that holds significant value to the life of the college. At the end of the disco, 2 songs are sung by everybody: out school anthem and this. When singing this, we all hold each others back in a giant circle with our phone's lights turned on, and it's the most heavy thing I've ever seen.
@ahmadsyafiq4832 3 жыл бұрын
i just love these type of videos
@breakingnewground1 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing as usual
@baxterlmao 3 жыл бұрын
I love middle 8 your videos inspired me to get into music!!!!
@chasingtheclouds 3 жыл бұрын
Once people realize you play the guitar, Wonderwall is one of the most frequently requested songs that they want you to play. While the chords are pretty simple, I often struggle with the strumming pattern though.
@johnwick9358 3 жыл бұрын
Its because on the recording theres 2 acoustic guitars playing which is why it never wuite sounds right
@alsenar2 2 жыл бұрын
It's a beautiful melodie. Has good and meaningful lyrics that everybody can somehow relate to and most important...it's an easy song. Easy to sing, easy to play.
@madeleinep.828 3 жыл бұрын
It also just feels very nostalgic. Even if you're like me and weren't around when the song first came out, you've still definitely heard it somewhere before and it just takes you back, much like with Oasis' other hit singles.
@paulbadoo9326 3 жыл бұрын
It's one of those songs that simply has it all. One of those that once you listen to one, you never forget. Pure magic.
@minorearthmajorsky1476 3 жыл бұрын
Great video as always, I think you should do a video on the band a-ha, how they’re way more than a one hit wonder
@upgoyxtirzruz 3 жыл бұрын
Love this channel
@aidannolastname 3 жыл бұрын
Dude, how do you know what I want when I want it?! This is so cool!
@deepanjalisharma8749 Ай бұрын
What I love about Wonderwall is how it kind of portrays a tough person, who's not used to showing emotions, becoming vulnerable. It’s like being so deeply in love that you can’t help but be honest and open. The song isn’t cheesy but beautifully vulnerable with a tiny bit of edge and I love that.
@Wildernessoutside 3 жыл бұрын
Because it’s an anthem of a generation ,it was my anthem of a miss spent youth ,20 years later still makes me feel like a 20 year old
@Jack-sk3we 3 жыл бұрын
middle 8: anyway, here’s wonderwall
@micaharies 3 жыл бұрын
i honest to god think it's just one of the most well put together and catchy songs ever made
@K.H6751 3 жыл бұрын
Omg I've been hoping youd do an oasis video for so long !!!
@YetiCoolBrother 3 жыл бұрын
I first heard of this song when Noel Gallagher was quoted as being upset that Jay-Z was headlining Glastonbury Music Festival, so Jay performed this song as the first song in his set lol. Legendary shit, great song too.
@AnearPlayz 3 жыл бұрын
Oh the timing! A couple days before this video I was wondering if you had made a video on Oasis, one of my favourite bands as a britpop listener. I watch this channel everytime youtube recommends one of your vids and I enjoy them a lot! Keep up the good work!
@c1audius 3 жыл бұрын
I used to be friends with a busker and I would sing this with him for the masses at pub/bar closing time. We would sing and play (and avoid drunken fights) late into the night and the following morning. Sadly he passed away a few years ago. RIP Rivington. This song is so important to me and it lights people up. Oasis will truly Live Forever
@MrThedonhead 3 жыл бұрын
Because of the sparse sound, the acoustic guitar riff through it ,the hooks, and Liams vocal delivery coming straight out!. A brilliant song people put it dii I am coz it’s so popular and cooler to say slide away is better. But when you go back to first time hearing it it’s an amazing song and there was nothing like it around.
@guarny4469 3 жыл бұрын
I´ve been waiting so long for an Oasis episode... Thank you so much.
@moonwalkerkop4479 2 жыл бұрын
1:16 - Him: *Puts "Supersonic" next to the Album cover* Also Him: *Plays Live Forever*
@MrDefzilla 3 жыл бұрын
I still get teary eyed when this song is played
@spookymulder1131 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderwall is an AMAZING song with anyone can feel a relate and Noel G. is a MASTER of the melody, so catchy and cool.
@MrKurtykurt 11 ай бұрын
I remember I was like 11 and hadn’t yet been allowed to get a CD player like my older brother, so I distinctly remember flipping the cassette tape of What’s the Story (Morning Glory) from A side to B side and back hundreds of times
@flyingnematode 3 жыл бұрын
Biggest band that came out from England since the beatles? How about Queen or Led Zeppelin? Pink Floyd? Rolling Stones?
@Bubdiddly 3 жыл бұрын
Ikr that part was a joke😂 I think he meant after that era?
@flyingnematode 3 жыл бұрын
@@Bubdiddly maybe hehehe i was going to say radiohead but their sales isn't that big.... they are just more "consistent"?
@rizvanxd8724 3 жыл бұрын
@@flyingnematode meh
@yes-wo7qn 3 жыл бұрын
They were on their way of beating them all till they blew it with be here now
@satyamsinghh 3 жыл бұрын
@@flyingnematode yeah radiohead killed it with ok computer but that was 1997
@jakeothy 3 жыл бұрын
The song you labelled Supersonic (at the beginning) is actually Live Forever
@henryshriberfilm 3 жыл бұрын
saw oasis, and middle 8, had to click
@drewkellymusic5486 3 жыл бұрын
I covered this song! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qrKVqZhznra2iWw.html
@awsomepossum210 3 жыл бұрын
Whoever added that mallatron track is a f***ing genius...
@badgasaurus4211 3 жыл бұрын
Noel or Owen Morris the producer
@tweettweetjones1262 3 жыл бұрын
Personally, i got behind in music for about 20 years. So i had to search high and low for solid good songs and this one'z definitely high on that new playlist. To me it seems beatlesque in a way. The droning cello is an excellent texture. What makes it great is you have 4 parts: body, pre-chorus, chorus, outro. The song is seamless and sucks you in because of the chord progression. It's so balanced. None of the 4 change-ups outshine the next. They're all equal. This song radiates perfection.👍
@jemarsbar 3 жыл бұрын
Yes a new video
@uvwevwevweonyetenyeubemuge4036 2 жыл бұрын
i love wonderwall i always play it on my guitar when i'm driking alone at my room and it makes me feel good😌
@GeneralOlde 3 жыл бұрын
I’ll always love Neil Cicierega’s mashup of it.
@unclebruncle 3 жыл бұрын
unironically wallspin is a banger
@Lario64 3 жыл бұрын
I’m definitely no vocal coach but I’ve had my fair share of vocal training and to be honest Liam’s singing voice sounds very healthy. In any case he’s a hell of a lot of fun to belt along to.
@sendhelp9614 11 ай бұрын
"Supersonic" from Definitly Maybe (plays Live Forever)
@josephcorrigan8561 3 жыл бұрын
Mad for it!!!!!!!!!
@howitzer4041 3 жыл бұрын
I love your video's they are so simple yet well made, and I learn al kinds of new things from them
@Todd21212 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@notatall2237 3 жыл бұрын
When the video started I had to check if the speed was set on normal.
@yannsa1994 3 жыл бұрын
It’s all about the melody and the voice
@JeremyReedMusic13 3 жыл бұрын
Great video production! Informative and entertaining! Sub-ed 😎🤩
@lollol-ss7kh 3 жыл бұрын
I have a suggestion: maybe cover something from the smiths next?
@jackocallaghan8659 3 жыл бұрын
1:07 hate to break it to you, that's live forever
@rmsteutonic3686 2 жыл бұрын
I remember being on a school bus heading to camp, and this song came on, and the whole bus was singing it. It came on later in the ride and we all sang again.
@johnlennon193 3 жыл бұрын
I always thought that Wonderwall didn't represent the band well they are tight solid rock n roll band. Songs like Acquiesce, Live Forever, Champagne Supernova, and Slide away best represented the band better
@lovelydakota3428 3 жыл бұрын
Make a video on Grimes please!! also the...(* cough * )" what are you doing D***head? , Oasis aren't a funk band" part was really funny. Well edited stuff mate, you should make more videos!
@Stelios78910 3 жыл бұрын
Could 2021 start the era of British Frank? With more videos on British bands? I'd love to see it. Great vid.
@TheDMW360 2 жыл бұрын
for ppl wondering, 1:08 the songs called live forever but supersonic is still a banger regardless
@bernardobila4336 3 жыл бұрын
Masterpiece
@PatBaalsbmx 3 жыл бұрын
I wish there was a version of Don’t Look Back In Anger with Liams vocals
@DenKulesteSomFins 3 жыл бұрын
Me too, but I don't think it's in Liam's range. He'd probably struggle with the chorus
@girlgirl7165 3 жыл бұрын
There is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fdiDrLSjx7WVfX0.html
@PatBaalsbmx 3 жыл бұрын
@@girlgirl7165 thanks friend
@ghostlyarranger 3 жыл бұрын
You should do why "Closing Time" is still being played.
@sirsurfpycho 3 жыл бұрын
1:08 thats live forever 😂
@ciggityliggity7039 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderwall makes me cry every time
@evanphillips570 3 жыл бұрын
Morning Glory was recorded before the battle with blur and the song off definitely maybe was live forever not supersonic
@rahulroy9310 3 жыл бұрын
Been waiting for this for a long while
@vitaliksavonevsky6108 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve no any intention to sound like a nerd, but you actually have omitted a couple of chords in the description to the song: Cadd9 and Dsus4/F#. Anyway thanks for the great stuff!
@ridethelightning7979 Жыл бұрын
The song at 1:10 from Definitely Maybe is Live Forever, not Supersonic.
@Madferit91 2 жыл бұрын
To me Liam's vocals make this song so iconic
@maxannison17 3 жыл бұрын
They released their first album definitely maybe then proceeds to play live forever captioning it supersonic
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