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Album: Don't Believe The Truth (2005)
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Songfacts®:

  • Noel Gallagher described this song in the May 2005 Q Magazine: "One of mine with a weird rhythm that's a bit Shack-doing-Love. The idea came to me standing in a queue in a supermarket in the West End. All I wanted was a packet of Rizla." (Rizla is a brand of papers used to roll cigarettes.) >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England

Comments: 4

  • Ram from UsaThis was used in the trailer for the 2005 film North Country.
  • Jon from ChicagoAbsolutely one of Noel'a finest!
  • Valo from Moscow, Russia FederationThis one is about my country, I tell ya
  • Luke Taylor from Manchester, United KingdomYes we know it sounds like Golden Brown! This is one of Noel greatest songs though in my opinion
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