Released: October 1995
Highest chart position: 2
Anyway, here's 'Wonderwall', as the famous meme goes.
Think Oasis, and you immediately think of this track. The song is ubiquitous in the UK and US, and has gone on to achieve sales of 1.4 million, but it didn’t reach the top spot in either country. 'I Believe' by Robson & Jerome prevented it from topping the UK singles chart, and it reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
An easy-listening cover by The Mike Flowers Pops, released in December 1995, also peaked at No.2.
Finally with this countdown of the UK's best-selling Britpop singles 'Wonderwall' is a chart-topper.
Did you know? The track is a relative go-to for anyone picking up a guitar for the first time. So much so, Noel Gallagher claimed a local Manchester guitar shop had to put up a sign banning customers from playing 'Wonderwall'. He revealed to Guitar Magazine that upon walking into the shop, those working there told him: "Do you realise how many times we've heard 'Champagne Supernova' and 'Wonderwall' over the last six months"
Jo Whiley says: "This chart has taken me back to the glory days of the Evening Session and a time when Britpop ruled the airwaves. It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years! Wonderwall has always been a special song to many people so I’m not surprised it’s at Number 1 – it’s an enormous anthem. The whole chart has brought back so many memories of brilliant songs and bands from a very special time in British pop music."
