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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Written, voiced and edited by Frank Furtado
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@Middle8 3 года назад

Listen to the PlayM8 Podcast: PlayM8Podcast.com

@emdiar6588 3 года назад

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 года назад

Talk about Definitely Maybe please

@NaomiHoefs 3 года назад

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 года назад

So its popular because it's popular, fair enough

@thenavigator2559 3 года назад

@@1stdragon123 that's what I was thinking lol

@MrThedonhead 3 года назад

Yeah so why was it popular back then?

@lordbuddybear 3 года назад

Yeah, it's probably the asshole with the guitar at camp

@drewkellymusic5486 3 года назад

I covered this song! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tLev5B9PRY8.html

@eric101567jedi 3 года назад

Oasis : Writes a song called “Don’t look back in anger” Also Oasis : Looks back in anger

@drewkellymusic5486 3 года назад

I covered this song! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tLev5B9PRY8.html

@jackhrp2280 3 года назад

Shut up

@kannachthemusiclover2869 3 года назад

*Only Noel

@worksuckiknow679 3 года назад

Nice :)

@worksuckiknow679 3 года назад

Umm that was true

@osmosisp 3 года назад

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 года назад

Yeah the notes aren’t hard but to sing it like Liam does very few do. He’s full on every note

@gloomsdoom649 3 года назад

Yeah he has very clean vocals

@ibtisilorh 3 года назад

I suggest you listen to Boyce Avenue

@PeterPauls 3 года назад

@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 года назад

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. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2FD0PJk-RQ0.html

@emmalynmeyer6646 3 года назад

"It's Oasis's most overrated songs, but it's definitely one of their best." sums it up perfectly cheers

@turgondoitean1378 3 года назад

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.

@wagwim3220 3 года назад

1:07 "supersonic"... man supersonic changed since I last heard the album

@TonyWalkerIsYourBestFriend 3 года назад

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.

@marcocastellano2451 3 года назад

Wonderwall, Cast no Shadow, Dont Look Back, the trifecta of perfection

@thereefster 3 года назад

you forgot champagne supernova

@marcocastellano2451 3 года назад

@@thereefster I would say that is #4. WtSMG is an AMAZING album. Too bad Noel is a first class asshole. #teamliam

@originaozz 3 года назад

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.

@maximiIiaan 3 года назад

the cough at the beginning always gets me

@cornflakesyuh3235 3 года назад

It’s actually at the end of Roll With It

@i_make_shite_content 3 года назад

What you on about there ain’t a cough you bellend

@maximiIiaan 3 года назад

@@i_make_shite_content yes there is, listen to the normal non-remastered version on Spotify or Apple Music (and lol bellend)

@cornflakesyuh3235 3 года назад

@@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 года назад

@@maximiIiaan nah man the coughs on roll with it

@Exventory 3 года назад

I gotta say. You have some of the best editing that I've ever seen before.

@YetiCoolBrother 3 года назад

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.

@subz81 3 года назад

Was waiting for the last line, did not disappoint :)

@Wildernessoutside 3 года назад

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

@speakswaffle 3 года назад

1:07 hate to break it to you, that's live forever

@madeleinep.828 3 года назад

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.

@tweettweetjones1262 3 года назад

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.👍

@jakeothy 3 года назад

The song you labelled Supersonic (at the beginning) is actually Live Forever

@dalandaconde9047 3 года назад

Was waiting for you to release another RU-vid 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.

@lollol-ss7kh 3 года назад

I have a suggestion: maybe cover something from the smiths next?

@rmsteutonic3686 2 года назад

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.

@Jakew9 3 года назад

Oasis is much more than Wonderwall, I recommend for everyone to listen to them more

@rizvanxd8724 3 года назад

Facxx

@andersforsell1728 3 года назад

Even if you stay off the albums and just listen to the B-sides, you have 15-20 great songs

@Georgia.J 3 года назад

"Kept off the top spot in the UK by..Robson and Jerome."😨 Everyone who is British MUST have felt that.😃 I'm sitting in my room alone and I still wanted to crawl under the table.

@paulbadoo9326 3 года назад

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.

@ghostlyarranger 3 года назад

You should do why "Closing Time" is still being played.

@MrDefzilla 3 года назад

I still get teary eyed when this song is played

@Chrisdrau Год назад

Wonderwall and Fireflies both give me a very similar vibe

@jdisdetermined 3 года назад

*Live Forever*

@sirsurfpsycho 3 года назад

1:08 thats live forever 😂

@angelic5424 10 месяцев назад

I know Jerome Flynn from GoT, and I knew was a musician, but I never knew his band knocked Oasis off the chart at some point. Interesting.

@Eamesam 3 года назад

anyone else who loves the music riffs in the background to this video?

@samwright1892 3 года назад

1:07 that's live forever, not supersonic

@vitaliksavonevsky6108 3 года назад

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!

@modestturtle2294 Год назад

Says he is playing supersonic but it's live forever

@cometogether999 3 года назад

A lot of brothers in bands don't get along. The Gallaghers, the Robinsons of the Black Crowes, and the Davies's from the Kinks.

@loba49 2 года назад

Not sure why this song never fails to hit me in the gut.

@ralfsziemelis9201 3 года назад

Can you make video about "Sunrise Avenue" or "Hurts"?

@johnroe9298 2 года назад

1:11 is "Live Forever" not "Supersonic"....and Oasis is rock...not pop ;) Love your work!

@DillyBlue 3 года назад

I must admit, the most interesting thing that I learned from this video is that Jerome Flynn also had a singing career in the '90s.

@cmkoi 3 года назад

Wife asked if I could stop playing Wonderwall I said maybe..

@SpencerGM888 3 года назад

You should do a video on Royal Blood

@upgoyxtirzruz 3 года назад

Love this channel

@dreweichmann7457 3 года назад

Do a video on Don't Stop Believin by Journey

@HenryG 3 года назад

Do an oasis documentary

@doctorwhat3683 3 года назад

There’s a bit of an error at the start Frank - the title Supersonic is on the screen but you’re playing Live Forever, Thought you’d want to know

@bernardobila4336 3 года назад

Masterpiece

@Bramslootmans 3 года назад

TODAYYY IS GONNA BE THE DAAAAY

@royfablooo2810 3 года назад

Well wondereall is an amazing song it's easy and it makes people crazy when you play it. Anyways, here's WonderWall.

@sendhelp9614 Год назад

"Supersonic" from Definitly Maybe (plays Live Forever)

@badgasaurus4211 3 года назад

Minor corrections but the song was originally going to be called ‘wishing stone’ not ‘wishing well’ and Liam initially disliked the song because it sounded to him like a Reggae song

@joseguadalupeanaya9792 3 года назад

I have never ever trusted Americans when they talk about Oasis. This video is no exception.

@zxck876 3 года назад

DO A VIDEO ON OF MONSTERS AND MEN

@thewintereaglefly 3 года назад

Because it's a good ass song

@MedalionDS9 3 года назад

I used to love Wonderwall as much as anybody else, but for me it's endured because it's an overplayed song is the point... it's a meme... a joke to annoy people with... granted it may get people singing along, but it's a song that overstayed its welcome but people will still sing along to anyways

@zodix44 3 года назад

can you make one on 21 pilots?

@production2353 3 года назад

It's puzzling

@nickcompton4772 3 года назад

do more of some early oasis tunes ! there first album was amazing

@sasquatchwizard 3 года назад

Today is gonna be the day

@killkount8933 3 года назад

I love oasis

@JeremyReedMusic13 3 года назад

Great video production! Informative and entertaining! Sub-ed 😎🤩

@esdeath9318 3 года назад

Always thought that Champagne Supernova was better

@Mantrooo 3 года назад

OASIS SO FUCKING GOOD

@joeryan7306 3 года назад

1:15 thats Live Forever not Supersonic

@HenryG 3 года назад

Play live forever

@ioanenikabadze9349 3 года назад

make video about jamiroquai

@omkarshah5862 3 года назад

Me: 1:08 It's Live Forever not Supersonic. Live 8: Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

@samdog166 3 года назад

Being born in the 90s it seems mad to me there was a time before oasis

@dominickirwan7436 3 года назад

I miss Oasis not existing.

@hereticstone 2 года назад

decent song, but i refuse to add it to any of my playlists cause the second I tell anyone I play guitar I get asked "Oh, can you play Wonderwall?" like 50% of the time. Also, nobody I've met really knows Oasis yet manages to know all the lyrics to this song, which irritates me as the only teen in my area to still listen to rock.

@mikewazowksi7938 Год назад

its a good song

@devangaphukan7484 3 года назад

Don't look back in anger feels like England's national anthem

@jamesraymondsmith 3 года назад

I don’t have any idea or any clue under the sun why this song is so popular it will be long dead and forgotten in just a few short years. Let’s see now you’re a wonder to me you’re kind of like a wall that I have to climb or or there’s something behind your wall you’re not letting me see it I’m wondering about you and as soon as I go get my meds I’m going to figure this out but right now I’ve got this Melody that I play with cords that you only have to use two fingers. That’s the ticket I got it now

@hiepphambui3941 3 года назад

"Why is Creep so popular"

@clingclanglarry3327 3 года назад

Joke all you want about that one buddy with a guitar, but he's secretly the guy everyone wants to be!

@mechajaraxxus3510 3 года назад

lol no

@haldworkin1027 3 года назад

Overplayed song? Yes. Still great as long as you don't hear it too often? Also yes. For some reason I think my favorite rendition is actually when Charlie played it on that one episode of LOST. I'd say it's too bad Oasis kind of faded away since they have a ton of good songs, but they have a weird longstanding grudge against Radiohead preventing me from lamenting their demise too much. Hey, you know what other band originated in the early 90s and would make a great subject for a video? Ween!

@bidyutdatta5042 3 года назад

Do on periphery

@thefantasticlangs 3 года назад

1:07 uhhh...

@SarthakBhatia 3 года назад

Who even are Oasis?

@mattmyers2521 3 года назад

Anyone else cover this in their middle school garage band?

@jackhrp2280 3 года назад

I wouldn't say it's overated? Americans really don't know anything about pure and good music, Actually, Music in general.

@northernlghts 3 года назад

Uploaded: 15 seconds ago

@Middle8 3 года назад

"Live Forever"*

@bilbobagginsjr1843 3 года назад

About to write that

@bigmantim4660 3 года назад

I was about to correct you!

@prakhar242 3 года назад

Lol

@BxEshadow 3 года назад

I was like on no he didn't

@Leonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 3 года назад

you also got the chords wrong

@markparikh4000 3 года назад

I can just see you smugly smiling after saying "anyway, that's Wonderwall" Lmao

@drewkellymusic5486 3 года назад

I covered this song! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tLev5B9PRY8.html

@rnrtruestories 3 года назад

always loved oasis, it's a shame these guys never put their differences aside.

@antoniobatelier 3 года назад

I would say is a miracle they stayed together for so long

@rnrtruestories 3 года назад

@Luke thanks

@vagabond4113 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

Why is it so hard to understand this? Once the fruit basket is tampered with, Noel is outta there

@thecitrus4645 3 года назад

01:08 thats not Supersonic man. thats Live forever!

@henryshriberfilm 3 года назад

I saw that too!

@liamgeorge4182 3 года назад

Someone else thank god triggered me so hard

@hantruong9694 3 года назад

I was gonna comment this

@hola_soy_ema 3 года назад

*Slaps table* Thank you!

@xavbarsky7068 3 года назад

Vid sorta lost credibility after that blunder

@briankeogh335 3 года назад

Here in ireland and definitely in the UK “don’t look back in anger” is probably even more popular

@congealedbox7854 3 года назад

I prefer it too honestly

@k4lashni7ov35 3 года назад

Yh that's what I thought as well.

@nerdynautilus5373 3 года назад

I think it’s a much better song

@danielg0606 3 года назад

@Jorg nah, oasis wouldn’t have been the same without liam

@danielg0606 3 года назад

@Jorg that’s your opinion. i don’t think that’s true though

@AkitaSyn 3 года назад

“It’s been a quarter of a century since the release of Wonderwall” Me: * blinks slowly while having a existential crisis. *

@StefC10 3 года назад

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 года назад

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 года назад

@@bumbudapurroyco9893 Exact same story for me too

@MrIcaru5 3 года назад

Dont look back in anger was actually the first song I heard from them. But Stand by Me is my number 1

@bumbudapurroyco9893 3 года назад

My number 1 is live forever

@StefC10 3 года назад

@@bumbudapurroyco9893 nothing beats Live Forever for me as well!

@casualsoundenjoyer 3 года назад

Anyway, here’s Wonderwall. :)))))))))))))))))))

@midgekin 3 года назад

The animation and editing in this vid is NEXT LEVEL! Nice one!

@jakejohnston3788 3 года назад

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

@k4lashni7ov35 3 года назад

In England, I think Dont look back in anger is more iconic. Before Man Citeh home games, we always play Wonderwall though.

@drewkellymusic5486 3 года назад

I covered this song! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tLev5B9PRY8.html

@slewy6351 3 года назад

CTID

@k4lashni7ov35 3 года назад

@@slewy6351 CTID 💙

@startracker5895 3 года назад

@Luke yeah same here!

@AS-mw6pw 3 года назад

We used to play Role With It before matches when we were at Maine Road

@realroy999 3 года назад

Its genuinely a great and simple song for guitar beginners, thats it.

@lordbuddybear 3 года назад

Yes, that's the fantastic and terrible thing about it

@mouthman_ 4 месяца назад

still barely anyone strums it correctly.

@4074-j9d 3 года назад

anyways, here's wonderwall. There's wonderwall. Everywhere's wonderwall. Wonderwall is an endless, inescapable void of suffering. Give in to wonderwall.

@ElectriKiwi 3 года назад

This dude deserves so much more attention than he gets

@jamesraymondsmith 3 года назад

Oh it’s getting much more attention than it should have

@henryshriberfilm 3 года назад

saw oasis, and middle 8, had to click

@drewkellymusic5486 3 года назад

I covered this song! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tLev5B9PRY8.html

@anupamakallidukkil8771 3 года назад

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.

@benchwashere 3 года назад

1:07 'supersonic' *plays live forever*

@jones848 3 года назад

yeah

@Middle8 3 года назад

I changed my mind but not my title apparently. Whoops.

@howitzer4041 3 года назад

@@Middle8 lol

@chasingtheclouds 3 года назад

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.