{"id":2331,"date":"2026-06-02T09:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:42:17","slug":"3-facts-you-might-not-know-about-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/3-facts-you-might-not-know-about-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Facts You Might Not Know About Oasis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are many things you likely already know about Oasis. You are familiar with the stadium hooks, the sibling rivalry, and Britpop. But here are three additional facts you might not know about the band for the next time you find yourself at Britpop trivia night at the local pub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Marr\u2019s Guitars<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oasis - Slide Away (Official Visualiser)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X5QBFoDhaH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oasis had impressed Johnny Marr at an early gig in Manchester. But The Smiths\u2019 guitarist wondered why Noel Gallagher was taking so long to tune his guitar between songs. Marr suggested to Gallagher that he should bring a backup. To speed things up between songs. But money was tight in the early days, and Gallagher brought the only electric guitar he owned. So Marr lent him several guitars as Oasis prepared to record their debut album. One guitar, a 1953 Gibson Les Paul, has quite a history: Marr had received it from Pete Townshend and wrote The Smiths\u2019 single \u201cPanic\u201d on Townshend\u2019s former\u2014and allegedly smashed\u2014Les Paul. Then Gallagher penned the Oasis song \u201cSlide Away\u201d on the same instrument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Burt Bacharach<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Half The World Away (Remastered)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cq1g3SO32iY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s well known that Noel Gallagher is a Beatles fan. And many Oasis tunes borrow openly from the Fab Four, including \u201cSupersonic\u201d, \u201cMorning Glory\u201d, and \u201cDon\u2019t Look Back In Anger\u201d. But Burt Bacharach remains another of Gallagher\u2019s songwriting heroes. The guitarist adapted the Bacharach and Hal David tune \u201cThis Guy\u2019s In Love With You\u201d for the Oasis B-side, \u201cHalf The World Away\u201d. Recorded in Texas, the sessions also led to increased tension between Gallagher and drummer Tony McCarroll. The drummer was banned from playing on the track, which only features Gallagher and Paul \u201cBonehead\u201d Arthurs. \u201cHalf The World Away\u201d backs the single \u201cWhatever\u201d and arrived in 1994. Oasis fired McCarroll the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>D\u2019You Know What I Mean?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oasis - Champagne Supernova (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tI-5uv4wryI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The success of \u201cWonderwall\u201d and \u201cChampagne Supernova\u201d proves one doesn\u2019t need to understand the literal meaning of a song to connect with it. \u201cSlowly walking down the hall \/ Faster than a cannonball,\u201d Liam Gallagher sings in \u201cChampagne Supernova\u201d. 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Gallagher needed a rhyme for \u201chall,\u201d and he chose \u201ccannonball.\u201d It highlights how a feeling often supersedes meaning in songwriting and wouldn\u2019t be the first time that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/nirvana\/smells-like-teen-spirit\">nonsensical lyrics led to an anthem<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo by Des Willie\/Redferns\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For casual Oasis fans, here are three facts you&#8217;ll want to know about the Britpop legends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":973477,"featured_media":2332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"byline":{"profiles":[{"type":"byline_id","atts":{"term_id":316,"post_id":2139}}]},"savage_platform_role_ideator":[],"savage_platform_role_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_senior_editor":[],"savage_platform_role_photographer":[],"savage_platform_role_illustrator":[],"savage_platform_role_translator":[],"savage_platform_role_as-told-to":[],"savage_platform_role_reviewed-by":[],"savage_platform_disable_recirculation":false,"savage_platform_article_type":"news","savage_platform_vice_article_type":"article","savage_platform_article_intent":"","savage_platform_show_affiliate_disclaimer":false,"wp_curate_deduplication":false,"wp_curate_unique_pinned_posts":false,"savage_platform_featured_image_caption":"Photo by Des Willie\/Redferns\/Getty Images","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","savage_platform_subheadline":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[325,318],"byline":[316],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","tag-britpop","tag-oasis"],"savage_platform_primary_term":{"category":{"term_name":"Facts","term_id":3,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/category\/facts\/"},"post_tag":{"term_name":"Britpop","term_id":325,"term_link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/tag\/britpop\/"}},"hide_from_homepage":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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