Morning Glory (Oasis song)

"Morning Glory"
Single by Oasis
from the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
B-side "It's Better People"
"Rockin' Chair"
"Live Forever" (Live at Glastonbury '95)
Released 15 September 1995
Format CD single
Recorded 1995
Genre Rock, Britpop, hard rock, psychedelic rock
Length 5:03
Label Creation, Epic
Writer(s) Noel Gallagher
Producer(s) Owen Morris, Noel Gallagher
Oasis singles chronology
"Roll with It"
(1995)		 "Morning Glory"
(1995)		 "Wonderwall"
(1995)
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? track listing

"Morning Glory" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher, and released on the band's second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in September 1995. It was given an Australian-only single release and was also a radio single in the United States.

History

Gallagher claims that he was drunk while writing the song. According to him, parts of the song were inspired by walking while listening to a Walkman ("walking to the sound of my favourite tune") and using cocaine ("all your dreams are made / when you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade"), since razors are often used to cut cocaine into lines on a mirror, from which they are then snorted. It has been suggested that the song is about drug addiction in general ("need a little time to wake up/need a little time to rest your mind/you know you should so I guess you might as well").

The line "tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon" seems to reference The Beatles' song "Tomorrow Never Knows", though Gallagher claims to have completely forgotten why he felt it was relevant to the song. Over the years, the song was regular on their live performance set.

Towards the end of "Morning Glory", a woman can be heard singing "without a lover to call your own". This is a snippet from a Soul II Soul track called "Love Enuff", which bleeds into track 11 on the Morning Glory album and was a hit in July 1995. Its unclear whether its inclusion is deliberate or not. The song's guitar riff closely resembles "The One I Love" by R.E.M.

According to Gallagher in a 2005 interview, the song originated from an early song called "Blue". The lyrics were something along the lines of:

I live my life in blue,
There's nothing anyone can do.

Gallagher described these lyrics as "fucking awful". There was also an early song written by Noel, entitled "The Mirror and the Razorblade", where the first verse went:

The mirror and the razorblade,
If you live round here it's where your dreams are made,
There's no beach, no bucket and spade,
For me.

...the second verse went:

Rainy Monday afternoon,
All you need is your favourite tune,
The end of the day can't come too soon,
For me.

...and the third verse went:

Remember what we used to say,
The dreams we'd dream and the games we'd [play],
It doesn't matter anymore anyway,
To me.

Music video

The song's accompanying video is directed by Jake Scott. The band is performing in a room when one or two people (or robots) at a time come up to knock on the door and look in the peep hole. Finally the video concludes with everyone going to the door together, just as the band is packing up.

Personnel

Covers

Track listing

  1. "Morning Glory" - 5:01
  2. "It's Better People" - 3:59
  3. "Rockin' Chair" - 4:35
  4. "Live Forever" (Live at Glastonbury '95) - 4:39

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 25
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 4
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 24
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