Why is wonderwall so popular

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Trendy one-word bands like Blur, Pulp and Suede emerged with the reigning sound of the mid-'90s. A similar thing happened stateside, with bands like Nirvana, Green Day and No Doubt skyrocketing from formerly cloistered scenes to the pinnacles of fame. Amid that music scene, Manchester- based Oasis entered the studio to record their second album.

Noel, the show-runner of the band, told his brother and Oasis' lead singer Liam that Liam could sing the lead on either "Wonderwall" or "Don't Look Back In Anger," and Liam chose the former — reluctantly.

The band's producer, Owen Morris, said that with Liam's vocals, "Wonderwall" sounded like "rasping blues, like he's smoked cigarettes. When Spin magazine asked Noel in , "What great Oasis songs were not written on drugs?

Before , I hadn't written a song without the aid of the old Colombian marching gear. It was a strategy that seems to have worked. The title of the song, "Wonderwall," was a subtle hat tip to Oasis' predecessors, the Beatles.

In , George Harrison released his first post-Beatles album, Wonderwall Music , which also happened to be the soundtrack to the film Wonderwall from that same year.