Oasis’ ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’: Every Track Ranked

As we approach the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ iconic second album - with 2025 tour tickets for the band now on sale - we take a look at each song on the album according to the amount of Spotify streams it’s had

Last updated: 31/08/2024 at 10.00am

Oasis released their second album, ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ in 1995, at the height of the Britpop era.

As we approach the album’s 30th anniversary, it's been confirmed that there will be a huge reunion tour in 2025, with tickets for both Wembley and Cardiff on sale now. The band initially stopped playing together after a famous feud between Liam and Noel Gallagher back in 2009.

Fans will do anything to get tickets to see the iconic band again live, but for now, let’s take a look back at ‘(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?’ for a trip down memory lane.

The album was recorded in 12 days. Radio X reports that Noel said, "I think it was 12 working days. We were doing a track a day, which is insane. When people ask me round the world about my album, I said it took 12 days, [and] they just don’t believe you. They just say no, it couldn’t have, it takes 12 days to set the drum kit up."

Selling over 22million copies to date worldwide, the album is one of the best-selling records of all time.

‘What’s the Story’ came one year after 1994’s, ‘Definitely Maybe’, and sent the band stratospheric, catapulting them to global superstar level. In fact, it was the band that made them in America - no easy feat for a British group.

It contains noteworthy classics, including ‘Wonderwall’, ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ and ‘Champagne Supernova’.

We’ve taken a look at each track, as well as the amount of Spotify streams that each has received, to work out which are best-loved by fans in terms of most listens.

We’ll also discuss how you can secure VIP seats for the Oasis reunion concerts in 2025.

Data comes from Kworb. Please note, we have omitted two short instrumental tracks from the countdown, both untitled.

Which songs have the most Spotify streams from ‘What’s the Story (Morning Glory)’?

1. ‘Hello’

Number of streams: 36,394,684

The album’s opener, ‘Hello’, is a guitar-heavy, boisterous track. It opens with Liam singing, ‘I don’t feel as if I know you/You take up all my time.”

Noel told Select magazine: "It was written just towards the end of the Definitely Maybe sessions," he added. If Definitely Maybe was about dreaming about being in a band, this one is actually about being in a band. So it's like, 'Hello, it's good to be back' - back making records."

Confident and cocky, the opening track of the album puts Oasis very much back on the mark as the biggest band in the country when the record was released.

2. ‘Roll With It’

Number of streams: 70,208,914

Onto a much more well-known Oasis song, the second track of the album is the almighty ‘Roll With It’. The song conveys the message that it’s important to stay true to yourself - with trademark Oasis swagger.

Do you remember the face-off between Oasis and Blur that occurred in the 90s, dubbed ‘The Battle of Britpop’? Well, ‘Roll With It’ was the track at the centre of their rivalry.

It was released in the same week as Blur’s ‘Country House’ eventually taking the number two spot as Blur got the coveted number one.

The Oasis v Blur debate will always be a matter of opinion, but either way, ‘Roll With It’ remains a true classic.

3. ‘Wonderwall’

Number of streams: 2,054,980,276

Unsurprisingly, the Oasis track with the most streams, not just on ‘Morning Glory’ but of all of their songs, is ‘Wonderwall’.

Probably the band’s best-known song, it’s a huge anthem that refuses to go away, whether it’s played at a wedding, sports event or a festival.

Featuring a cello alongside the signature Oasis guitars, the song has a melancholy feel to it as Liam sings, ‘Maybe, you’re gonna be the one that saves me.’

The question is, what exactly is a wonderwall? Radio X reports that Noel said: “It's a song about an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself."

4. ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’

Number of streams: 897,894,693

Second to ‘Wonderwall’ in terms of streams, ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ was the band’s second single to go to number one in the UK (their first being ‘Some Might Say’).

Noel sings the vocals on the track, as opposed to Liam, which is quite rare for the band. In total, Noel sings lead vocals on just six Oasis tracks.

Noel told the NME that song is "about not being upset about the things you might have said or done yesterday".

5. ‘Hey Now!’

Number of streams: 31,572,421

The fifth track on the album is lesser-known, as it wasn’t released as a single, but it still has over 31million streams, which isn’t too shabby.

Noel told Select magazine that the song is about being in a band and how it’s a bigger responsibility than he thought it would be.

He said, "It's not been as big a laugh as we thought it would be. This song is basically saying, 'There's no time for running away now'."

6. ‘Some Might Say’

Number of streams: 82,581,735

Another huge release for Oasis, ‘Some Might Say’ was the first single released from the album.

The band’s first number one in the UK, it cemented them in the rock hall of fame forevermore, and also went into the top 10 in Ireland, Sweden, Iceland and Finland.

Noel has been quoted as saying that the song “defines what Oasis is”.

7. ‘Cast No Shadow’

Number of streams: 44,045,547

‘Cast No Shadow’ was written by Noel Gallagher and dedicated to The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft, who is a close friend.

Telling the story of a man who struggles to say what’s on his mind, the song is tinged with sadness.

Mojo magazine remarked that the song is " an uncharacteristically gentle reflection on his [Noel Gallagher's] difficulties with expressing any deep emotion, both personally and in his lyrics."

8. 'She’s Electric’

Number of streams: 140,082,970

A huge banger for the band, ‘She’s Electric’ is a light and upbeat song for the band, telling the story of a girl and her eclectic family.

Late last year the #AlbumChartUK announced that 'She's Electric' was the 21st century's most played album track on radio, never released as a single! To celebrate we created a brand new lyric video for the track.https://t.co/uJSHI22ZBP

— Oasis (@oasis) January 31, 2019

But did you know that it wasn’t actually ever released as a single? The track is actually an album track - however, it received the accolade of being the most-played album track of the 21st century. Pretty incredible.

When your album tracks are just as well known as your singles, then you know you’re doing something right…

9. ‘Morning Glory’

Number of streams: 78,708,113

The title track from the album, ‘Morning Glory’ wasn’t released in the UK, however it did well abroad. It’s a cautionary tale around excess and partying hard, sung by Liam.

It reached number four in Canada, and 24 in the US, where the band were beginning to make a name for themselves.

10. ‘Champagne Supernova’

Number of streams: 404,303,939

What a way to end the album. The record bows out on the huge tune that is ‘Champagne Supernova’, one of the biggest and most epic of the band’s song.

With psychedelic-style lyrics, "Some day you will find me / Caught beneath the landslide / In a champagne supernova in the sky,” it’s clear here that the band were inspired by The Beatles.

It’s the perfect end for one of the highest-selling British albums of all time - and evident that Oasis would go on to even bigger and better things.

How can I see Oasis with VIP seats at their 2025 tour?

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VIP and hospitality tickets are on sale now for both Cardiff and Wembley. With a huge demand to see Oasis live, VIP and hospitality offers a brilliant chance to see the band from some of the best seats in the house.

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