Wonderwall

{{Short description|1995 single by Oasis}} {{Other uses}} {{Redirect|The Swamp Song|other uses|Swamp Song (disambiguation){{!}}Swamp Song}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox song | name = Wonderwall | cover = Wonderwall cover.jpg | alt = Wonderwall single cover art. A black and white photo with a hand holding a hollow picture frame, with a female figure inside it standing on a grassy hill. Trees are on the crest of the hill behind. | type = single | artist = Oasis | album = (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | B-side = {{ubl|"Round Are Way"|"The Swamp Song"|"The Masterplan"}} | released = {{start date|df=y|1995|10|30}} | recorded = May 1995 | studio = Rockfield (Rockfield, Wales) | genre = * Alternative rock<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/the-ultimate-nineties-alt-rock-playlist/40279/|title=The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist|website=The Atlantic|date=21 May 2007|access-date=25 November 2023|archive-date=24 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824090224/http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/the-ultimate-nineties-alt-rock-playlist/40279/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Robbie |last= Daw |title= One Direction Cover Oasis' "Wonderwall": Did They Do The Song Justice? |website= Idolator |date= 15 August 2012 |access-date= 25 November 2023 |url= https://www.idolator.com/6812512/one-direction-cover-oasis-wonderwall}}{{dead link|date=August 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/08/95-best-alternative-rock-songs-1995-alt/5/|title=The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995|first=Andrew|last=Unterberger|date=6 August 2015|website=Spin|access-date=13 November 2024|archive-date=12 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912154820/https://www.spin.com/2015/08/95-best-alternative-rock-songs-1995-alt/5/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Britpop<ref name=Bennett2010/> * pop rock<ref name= "Billboard Pop 500">{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= Billboard|url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= 19 October 2023|accessdate= 24 February 2024|quote= The pop-rock ballad is anchored by a relatively simple capo’d guitar hook...|archive-date= 3 December 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20241203102727/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|url-status= live}}</ref> | length = * {{Duration|m=4|s=19}} (album version) * {{Duration|m=3|s=48}} (radio edit) | label = Creation | writer = Noel Gallagher | producer = {{hlist|Owen Morris|Noel Gallagher}} | prev_title = Morning Glory | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = Don't Look Back in Anger | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|bx1Bh8ZvH84|"Wonderwall"}}}} {{Extra track listing | album = (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | type = single | tracks = {{(What's the Story) Morning Glory? tracks}} }} }}

"'''Wonderwall'''" is a song by English rock band Oasis, released by Creation Records on 30 October 1995 as the fourth single from the band's second studio album ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?''. Described by lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher, who wrote the song and co-produced it with Owen Morris, as being about "an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself", "Wonderwall" reached the top ten in 15 countries; it topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand, peaked at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 on both the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart, and reached the top 10 in Canada and the United States, reaching No. 5 and No. 8, respectively, thus becoming the band's sole top-40 entry on the latter country's main ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, becoming their biggest US hit. The single was certified octuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and 12-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Its music video, directed by Nigel Dick, won British Video of the Year at the 1996 Brit Awards.

"Wonderwall" remains one of the band's most popular songs. In Australia, it was voted No. 1 on the alternative music radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 1995 and "20 Years of the Hottest 100" in 2013. Many artists have also covered the song, such as Ryan Adams, Cat Power, and Brad Mehldau. In October 2020, it became the first song from the 1990s to reach one billion streams on Spotify. As of October 2025, 'Wonderwall' placed at number 82 in list of Spotify streaming records.

==Inspiration and writing== The song was originally titled "Wishing Stone". Gallagher told ''NME'' in 1996 that "Wonderwall" was written for Meg Mathews, his then-girlfriend and later wife.<ref>{{cite book |title=Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English rock |last=Harris |first=John |year=2004 |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |isbn=0-306-81367-X |page=226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fXQCAvSLoAoC}}</ref><ref name="Supernova">{{cite book |title=Oasis: supersonic supernova |last=Krugman |first=Michael |year=1997 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |isbn=0-312-15376-7 |pages=99–102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfjKZJOFCowC}}</ref> However, after Gallagher and Mathews divorced in 2001,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1125485.stm |title=Noel and Meg finally divorce |work=BBC News |date=19 January 2001 |location=London |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-date=23 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723035227/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1125485.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> he said the song was not about her: "The meaning of that song was taken away from me by the media who jumped on it, and how do you tell your Mrs it's not about her once she's read it is? It's a song about an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself."<ref name="BBCE">{{cite news | title=BBC Radio 2 interview, October 2002 | url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2337721.stm | access-date=8 August 2006 | date=17 October 2002 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Liam Gallagher also said he feels the song is a callback to the time when he and his brother would write notes and thoughts on the wallpaper in their bedrooms as kids: "But obviously that wasn't meaningful enough for Noel ... so he decided to say it was about some girl."<ref name="Browne">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/oasis-wonderwall-at-25-how-oasis-making-inspiration-last-rock-standards-1059189/|title='Wonderwall' at 25: How Oasis' Unlikely Ballad Became One of the Last Rock Standards|first=David|last=Browne|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=24 September 2020|access-date=25 September 2020|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002032929/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/oasis-wonderwall-at-25-how-oasis-making-inspiration-last-rock-standards-1059189/|url-status=live}}</ref> The song's final title was inspired by George Harrison's solo album ''Wonderwall Music''.<ref>Kindon, Frances. [https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/liam-gallaghers-foul-mouthed-reaction-20743647 "Liam Gallagher's foul-mouthed reaction to Oasis' Wonderwall – and why he still hates it: Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher had nothing nice to say when his brother Noel Gallagher first played him Wonderwall – and he still doesn't now,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215082542/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/liam-gallaghers-foul-mouthed-reaction-20743647 |date=15 December 2024 }} ''Daily Mirror'' (30 Oct 2019).</ref>

== Recording and production == The song was originally planned to be recorded on a ten foot wall outside Rockfield Studios.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oasis: 'I thought I split the band in Morning Glory recording sessions'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54325664|website=www.bbc.com|date=2 October 2020|access-date=30 January 2026|language=en-GB|archive-date=27 September 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927233821/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-54325664|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title="We fixed everything and they made one of the biggest albums of the 1990s"|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/we-fixed-everything-made-one-35135374|website=Irish Mirror|date=29 April 2025|access-date=30 January 2026|language=en|first=David|last=Coughlan}}</ref> A snippet of the original recording can be heard at the start of (What's the Story) Morning Glory?'s opening track "Hello" with birdsong in the background.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The stories behind three Oasis classics|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6px9ty|website=BBC Bitesize|access-date=30 January 2026|language=en-GB}}</ref> In a documentary, Noel recalled: "I remember saying... I've got this song called Wonderwall – and I want to record it on a wall."<ref name=":1" /> This sparked an arrangement of ladders and microphones worth thousands of pounds built around the wall: "I remember a lot of sheep were watching me do Wonderwall, I don't know who was more freaked out, me or them".<ref name=":1" /> [[File:Rockfield_Studios,_Monmouthshire.jpg|alt=Rockfield studios, a large farm stable converted to be used as a recording studio.|thumb|Rockfield Studios, where the song was recorded]] In the end, the outdoor version was shelved for Liam to record his vocal in the studio instead.<ref name=":1" /> Recording took place during a two-week stint with the rest of the Morning Glory album in May 1995. Morris produced the song in a half-day along with Gallagher, using a technique known as "brickwalling" to intensify the sound of the song.<ref name="Bennett2010">{{cite book |title=Britpop and the English Music Tradition |last=Bennett |first=Andy |year=2010 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd |isbn=978-0-7546-6805-3 |page=148 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cK-gFIUijQYC}}</ref> Liam Gallagher served as lead singer on the song after Noel had given him a choice between "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger", another single from the album, with Noel singing lead vocals on the latter.<ref name="Supernova" /> All of the band's members except bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan contributed to the recording, with Noel playing bass instead of McGuigan. This decision displeased Liam, who told Morris, "That's not Oasis."<ref name="Browne" />

On the track, Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs plays a mellotron, a primitive analogue sampling keyboard invented in the 1960s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=“It has a reputation for being a big, dumb, four-chord song, but there’s more going on than I expected”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Oasis’s Wonderwall|url=https://www.musicradar.com/artists/it-has-a-reputation-for-being-a-big-dumb-four-chord-song-but-theres-more-going-on-than-i-expected-a-music-professor-breaks-down-the-theory-behind-oasis-wonderwall|website=MusicRadar|date=7 October 2024|access-date=30 January 2026|language=en|first=Ethan|last=Hein|archive-date=1 October 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133202/https://www.musicradar.com/artists/it-has-a-reputation-for-being-a-big-dumb-four-chord-song-but-theres-more-going-on-than-i-expected-a-music-professor-breaks-down-the-theory-behind-oasis-wonderwall|url-status=live}}</ref> As Oasis looked back to the 1960s and 70s for inspiration, they drew from the Beatles which had popularised the instrument with their use of it on the song "Strawberry Fields Forever".<ref name=":2" /> The cello preset was used for the track. The root notes of the minor chord progression are played on repeat from around a minute into the song, and gives a mournful hum to bridge the dark overtones of the verse and brighter chorus.<ref name="SOS">{{cite web |title=Classic Tracks: Oasis 'Wonderwall' |first=Owen |last=Morris |date=November 2012 |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-oasis-wonderwall |website=Sound on Sound |access-date=3 January 2025 |archive-date=3 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103215539/https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-oasis-wonderwall |url-status=live }}</ref>

Instead of normal drum sticks, Alan White used Pro-Mark Hot Rods which are made of multiple thin wooden rods strapped together, which provide a softer and more diffuse sound.<ref name=":2" /> As part of his ''What Makes This Song Great?'' series, Youtuber, musician and producer Rick Beato notes in his video about "Wonderwall" (around 5:00): "This is kind of what you do when you're in a rock band, and playing with sticks is too heavy for a section, but playing with brushes sounds too much like jazz and doesn't really carry the track enough."<ref>{{Cite AV media|title=What Makes This Song Great? "Wonderwall" OASIS|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=silOU_BvPWc|date=1 August 2018|access-date=30 January 2026|via=YouTube|last=Rick Beato|archive-date=17 November 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251117044225/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=silOU_BvPWc|url-status=live}}</ref>

"Wonderwall" is written in the key of F{{music|#}} minor and is set in common time with a moderate dance groove. Liam Gallagher's voice ranges from an E₃ to an F{{music|#}}₄ in the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicforte.com/sheet_music/digital_downloads/view/5306/|title=Digital Sheet Music, Oasis "Wonderwall"|work=musicforte.com|publisher=Peer International Music Publishing|year=2011|access-date=26 July 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140317170045/http://www.musicforte.com/sheet_music/digital_downloads/view/5306/|archive-date=17 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> With a capo on the second fret, the song's chord progression is Em7–G–Dsus4–A7sus4 as the third and fourth fingers are kept on the third frets of the top two strings.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=A people's history of "Wonderwall": How Oasis' masterpiece won, lost, and regained the public|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/oasis-wonderwall-2025|website=British GQ|date=1 July 2025|access-date=31 January 2026|language=en-GB|first=Josiah|last=Gogarty|archive-date=26 November 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251126171216/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/oasis-wonderwall-2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Live performances== Noel Gallagher debuted the song on UK television backstage at Glastonbury, and it was broadcast on Channel 4 on 24 June 1995.<ref name=":3" /> The song was not performed by the band during their headline performance the night before.<ref name=":3" /> The song went on to be regularly played on the (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Tour where it was typically played and sung solo by Noel acoustically.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=What did Oasis play at their Maine Road shows in 1996?|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/oasis/what-did-oasis-play-at-their-maine-road-shows-1996/|website=Radio X|access-date=31 January 2026|language=en|archive-date=5 October 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005214913/https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/oasis/what-did-oasis-play-at-their-maine-road-shows-1996/|url-status=live}}</ref> On occasions however (including the Maine Road and Knebworth gigs) it was played by the full band acoustically with Liam on vocals.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> This song was also performed during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony by Liam Gallagher and his post-Oasis band Beady Eye.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Happy and glorious' Olympics come to rocking end|url=https://www.mlive.com/olympics/2012/08/happy_and_glorious_olympics_co.html|website=mlive|date=13 August 2012|access-date=31 January 2026|language=en|first=The Associated|last=Press}}</ref>

Since Oasis split up, both Noel and Liam have continued to play the song as part of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Liam's solo career, respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Watch Liam Gallagher Perform “Wonderwall” at the MTV Europe Music Awards|url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/oasis-liam-gallagher-wonderwall-once-mtv-europe-music-awards.html|work=Slate|date=4 November 2019|access-date=31 January 2026|issn=1091-2339|language=en-US|first=Matthew|last=Dessem|archive-date=1 October 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001133202/https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/oasis-liam-gallagher-wonderwall-once-mtv-europe-music-awards.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Search Results|url=https://catalogue.royalalberthall.com/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Performance&id=PERF11973|website=catalogue.royalalberthall.com|access-date=31 January 2026}}</ref> Both have often varied the presentation of the song, sometimes being performed in stripped down acoustic versions, whilst other times more full band arrangements have been performed. It was also played on their reunion tour in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Nick |date=15 August 2025 |title=Oasis 2025 reunion tour: setlist, tour dates, support acts and more |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/oasis-setlist-2025-songs-reunion-tour-dates-tickets-stage-time/ |access-date=4 September 2025 |website=Official Charts |language=en |archive-date=2 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250902182353/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/oasis-setlist-2025-songs-reunion-tour-dates-tickets-stage-time/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Critical reception== Steve Baltin from ''Cash Box'' named "Wonderwall" Pick of the Week, describing the song as "a perfect example of melodic pop." He added, "Following the more uptempo riff of 'Morning Glory', this single will remind listeners of the anthemic single 'Live Forever', a track that generated massive airplay on multiple formats last year. Look for the same results for this lovely near ballad. A simple, sweet song, it shows why Oasis is rapidly becoming one of music's great singles bands."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Steve|last=Baltin|title=Pop Singles|magazine=Cash Box|date=18 November 1995|page=7}}</ref> Kevin Courtney from ''Irish Times'' declared it as a "genuine Oasis gem", "with its aching string arrangements and evocative vocals".<ref>Courtney, Kevin (29 September 1995). "Rock". ''Irish Times''.</ref> Michael Bonner from ''Melody Maker'' named it Single of the Week, praising it as "a mesmeric declaration of love — haunting, beautiful and effortlessly simple — and, unless you've been locked in a coal cellar for the last two months, you should know it forwards, backwards and sideways by now."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Michael|last=Bonner|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53589787806/|title=Singles|magazine=Melody Maker|date=11 November 1995|page=36|access-date=17 March 2024|archive-date=18 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318051201/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53589787806/|url-status=live}}</ref> Another ''Melody Maker'' editor, David Stubbs, said, "'Wonderwall', with its explicit George Harrison reference, doesn't bother to conceal another nod at The Beatles, but the real problem here is that Liam doesn't seem capable of modulating his voice to suit the pensively orchestrated backdrop — a bit of a subtlety deficiency."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Stubbs|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53563867514/|title=Albums|magazine=Melody Maker|date=30 September 1995|page=33|access-date=13 March 2024|author-link=David Stubbs|archive-date=13 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313233939/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53563867514/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Pan-European magazine ''Music & Media'' wrote, "A swirling rock song that slowly builds to epic proportions. Nicely chiming acoustic guitars and psyched-up strings support Liam Gallagher's trademark declamatory and plaintive vocals. Not the easiest song for EHR, but a sure grower."<ref>{{cite magazine |title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 12 |issue= 44 |date= 4 November 1995 |page= 12 |access-date= |url= }}</ref> John Robinson from ''NME'' commented, "'Wonderwall' instead turns out to be the best example of Liam's indispensability to Noel as we are plunged into the depths of a doomed urban romance. Fires have gone out, wills to live have departed, yet we still witness Liam questioning whether ''Maybe you could be the one to save me''. And yet the entirely twisted delivery turns it from a slightly sappy idea into a fantastically bleak song, adding an all-consuming anger to the sense of desperation."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Robinson|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53565940480/|title=Albums|magazine=NME|date=30 September 1995|page=52|access-date=13 March 2024|archive-date=13 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313233938/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53565940480/|url-status=live}}</ref> In a separate review, Robinson felt it "is one of Oasis' best records because it manages to be immensely robust while still being one of Noel's most lyrically personal songs".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Robinson|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53582051720/|title=Singles|magazine=NME|date=28 October 1995|page=50|access-date=17 March 2024|archive-date=18 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318013420/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53582051720/|url-status=live}}</ref> Andrew Harrison from ''Select'' wrote, "'Wonderwall' is a near acoustic song that wears many signs of its maturity, but heavily. There is a (good) attempt to resonate personal failure with the redemptive power of The Beatles ("''Backbeat, the word is on the street/That the fire in your eyes is out''"). Liam goes flat once too often on the chorus."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Harrison|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2012/03/oasis1.jpg|title=New Albums|magazine=Select|date=November 1995|page=98|access-date=14 December 2024|author-link=Andrew Harrison (journalist)|archive-date=24 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124014731/https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2012/03/oasis1.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref> Leesa Daniels from ''Smash Hits'' gave it a top score of five out of five and named it "Oasis' version of a love song." She added, "Absolutely beautiful."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Leesa|last=Daniels|url=|title=Albums: Best New Album|magazine=Smash Hits|date=27 September 1995|page=57|access-date=}}</ref> Another ''Smash Hits'' editor, Mark Frith, praised it as a highlight of the album, "mid-paced, brilliantly sung by Liam and, if it wasn't for Queen ['Heaven for Everyone'], a No. 1 hit!"<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Frith|url=https://sites.google.com/view/smash-hits-remembered-1994-5/home/1995/441-25th-october-7th-november-1995|title=Singles|magazine=Smash Hits|date=25 October 1995|page=64|access-date=16 February 2025|author-link=Mark Frith (journalist)|archive-date=20 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220022809/https://sites.google.com/view/smash-hits-remembered-1994-5/home/1995/441-25th-october-7th-november-1995|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cover art== The sleeve artwork was inspired by the paintings of the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, and was shot on Primrose Hill in London by Michael Spencer Jones. The hand holding the frame is that of art director Brian Cannon. The original idea was to have Liam in the frame before Noel vetoed that idea whilst the shoot was taking place.<ref>''Q Special Edition – Oasis: Ten Years Of Rock 'n' Roll Mayhem'' (EMAP Metro)</ref> Noel stumbled across the photo shoot while on his way to Creation Records in a cab. He started shouting and eventually got out of the cab to confront Jones, who explained they were shooting the cover to "Wonderwall". Noel replied: "What, with our fucking kid [Liam] on the cover? I don't think so. It's a fucking love song. There's no way our kid's going on the fucking cover. You're all wasting your time," before getting back in the cab.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Oasis' most iconic photos as told by their photographer|url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/oasis-photo-exhibition-be-here-now|website=British GQ|date=23 November 2019|access-date=31 January 2026|language=en-GB|first=Thomas|last=Barrie|archive-date=18 September 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918051311/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/oasis-photo-exhibition-be-here-now|url-status=live}}</ref>

The shoot was rescheduled for the next day, and it was decided a female figure was necessary. A Creation Records employee, Anita Heryet was asked to stand inside the frame. Jones shot the photo on infrared black and white film: "So you create another layer. Suddenly she becomes part of the environment. It goes to a situation where you're not looking at her, as the viewer – she’s looking at you, which is the way I wanted it to be. It worked. The cover to 'Wonderwall' is one of my favourites."<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Brian Cannon's stunning album artwork in his own words|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/brian-cannon-s-stunning-album-artwork-in-his-own-words-1417308|website=NME|date=18 February 2011|access-date=31 January 2026|language=en-GB|first=Sarah|last=Anderson|archive-date=1 September 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250901150131/https://www.nme.com/photos/brian-cannon-s-stunning-album-artwork-in-his-own-words-1417308|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Music video== alt=Liam Gallagher looks into the camera with lights reflecting off his glasses, in the black and white music video.|thumb|Liam Gallagher looks into the camera with lights reflecting off his glasses, in the black and white music video The original music video to the song conceived by Johanna Bautista was filmed by British music video and film director Nigel Dick at Unit 217B in Woolwich, London, on 30 September 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PRODUCTIONS 1995|url=https://www.nigeldick.com/films/productions-1995/|access-date=23 October 2020|website=Nigel Dick – Director|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020053853/https://www.nigeldick.com/films/productions-1995/|url-status=live}}</ref> The filming of the promotional video took place during the brief period when bassist Guigsy quit the band due to nervous exhaustion, and was replaced by Scott McLeod, who appears in the video along with the four other members of the band.<ref>{{cite news|title=Not Here Now|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/19/glastonbury2004.popandrock|access-date=25 January 2006|location=London|first=John|last=Robinson|date=19 June 2004|archive-date=2 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002042228/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/jun/19/glastonbury2004.popandrock|url-status=live}}</ref> The song won British Video of the Year at the 1996 Brit Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Simon |date=22 February 2012 |title=Brit awards winners list 2012: every winner since 1977 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/feb/22/brit-awards-winners-list-2012 |access-date=13 February 2026 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> == In popular culture == "Wonderwall" is the team song of Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer, sung after every home victory. The overarching fan organisation is MNWonderwall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/04/12/why-wonderwall-a-minnesota-united-story-behind-singalong-after-wins/|title=Why 'Wonderwall'? The story behind the Minnesota United singalong|last=Greder|first=Andy|date=14 April 2019|work=St. Paul Pioneer Press|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415173319/https://www.twincities.com/2019/04/12/why-wonderwall-a-minnesota-united-story-behind-singalong-after-wins/|url-status=live}}</ref> "Wonderwall" is also played after all Manchester City F.C. home games.<ref>{{cite web |last=Keidel |first=Phil |date=18 September 2013 |title=20 Chants Every True Manchester City Fan Should Know |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1777894-20-chants-every-true-manchester-city-fan-should-know |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110004326/https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1777894-20-chants-every-true-manchester-city-fan-should-know |archive-date=10 January 2021 |access-date=27 March 2021 |publisher=Bleacher Report}}</ref> "Wonderwall" is the pre-match song for Australian A-League Men side Adelaide United.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alexander |first=Jimmy |date=31 January 2022 |title=Every A-League Men club's pre-match song ranked |url=https://thefootballsack.com.au/2022/01/every-a-league-men-clubs-pre-match-song-ranked.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213132028/https://thefootballsack.com.au/2022/01/every-a-league-men-clubs-pre-match-song-ranked.html |archive-date=13 December 2023 |access-date=13 December 2023 |website=The Football Sack}}</ref>

On 7 April 2011, Mr. 305 artist Jamie Drastik released the song "Save Me" which heavily samples "Wonderwall". It is the lead single from Jamie's mixtape ''Champagne and Cocaine''. The song also features a verse from Jamie's mentor and Mr. 305 boss Pitbull. Jamie performed "Save Me" all around the world, including on the Planet Pit World Tour. The song achieved major radio success all across the US. It is currently the most popular song from ''Champagne and Cocaine''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 April 2011 |title=Jamie Drastik - Champagne And Cocaine |url=https://livemixtapes.com/mixtape/jamie-drastik-champagne-and-cocaine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827150247/https://livemixtapes.com/mixtape/jamie-drastik-champagne-and-cocaine |archive-date=27 August 2023 |access-date=27 August 2023 |website=livemixtapes.com}}</ref> A part of the song can be heard during the final episode of the BBC series ''Ashes to Ashes'' on a Betamax video showing how WPC Shaz Granger died in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mulrooney |first1=Marty |date=24 May 2010 |title=Feature Article – Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust, R.I.P Gene Hunt |url=https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2010/05/24/feature-article-ashes-to-ashes-dust-to-dust-r-i-p-gene-hunt/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251206073347/https://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2010/05/24/feature-article-ashes-to-ashes-dust-to-dust-r-i-p-gene-hunt/ |archive-date=6 December 2025 |access-date=14 January 2026 |website=Alternative Magazine Online |language=en}}</ref>

=== Meme === The song has become the subject of various memes in the decades after its release. The phrase "Anyway, here's Wonderwall" originated in a 2013 video, which has amassed almost 500,000 views as of 2026.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite AV media|title=anyways here's wonderwall|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Rak9YyRfA|date=10 December 2013|access-date=31 January 2026|via=YouTube|last=Julia Banks|archive-date=29 December 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251229142804/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Rak9YyRfA&pp=ygUYYW55d2F5IGhlcmUncyB3b25kZXJ3YWxsoAcB|url-status=live}}</ref> The phrase, which has been used in subsequent memes essentially pokes fun at the ubiquity of the song in every guitarist's repertoire due to its simplicity.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|title=Anyway, here&rsquo;s Wonderwall|url=https://www.voicemag.uk/blog/10355/anyway-heres-wonderwall|work=Voice Magazine|access-date=31 January 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110211455/https://www.voicemag.uk/blog/10355/anyway-heres-wonderwall|archive-date=10 November 2024|language=en-gb|url-status=live}}</ref> Christopher Hill argues in ''The Voice Mag'': "The Wonderwall meme isn't about the song; it's about the player ... there is an implied discouragement of new guitarists from trying to learn the piece: it becomes a 'cringe' activity."<ref name=":5" /> Some guitar stores have banned people playing "Wonderwall" like other popular hits such as "Stairway to Heaven", "Smoke on the Water" and "Seven Nation Army".<ref name=":2" />

==Chart and sales performance== "Wonderwall" reached the No. 2 spot in both Ireland and the United Kingdom in October and November 1995.<ref name="irish2"/><ref name="uk"/> It finished at No. 10 on the year-end chart for 1995.<ref name="ukye95"/> The track has sold and streamed 4.8&nbsp;million units in the UK as of November 2024, certifying the song octuple platinum and making it Oasis' biggest-selling song in their homeland.<ref name="bpi"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/oasis/top-10-best-selling-oasis-singles/|title=The Top 10 best selling Oasis singles|website=Radio X|access-date=7 January 2022|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107002247/https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/oasis/top-10-best-selling-oasis-singles/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2024, in light of the announcement of the band's reunion tour, "Wonderwall" re-entered at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. On 5 September 2025, the song spent its 100th week on the UK chart.<ref name="uk"/>

In the United States, the song peaked at No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart for a then-unprecedented ten weeks and reached No. 8 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in March 1996, becoming their only top-10 hit on the latter chart.<ref name="usas"/><ref name="hot100"/> "Wonderwall" also proved to be a major hit in Australia and New Zealand, claiming the No. 1 spot in both countries.<ref name="aus"/><ref name="nz"/> In Canada, the song reached No. 5 on the ''RPM'' 100 chart and topped the ''RPM'' Alternative 30 ranking.<ref name="can"/><ref name="canrock"/> In October 2020, it became the first song from the 1990s to reach one billion streams on Spotify.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Damian |date=13 October 2020 |title=Oasis' classic hit single 'Wonderwall' has clocked up more than one billion streams |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-classic-hit-single-wonderwall-has-clocked-up-more-than-one-billion-streams-2783189 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020145452/https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-classic-hit-single-wonderwall-has-clocked-up-more-than-one-billion-streams-2783189 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |access-date=20 October 2021 |website=NME}}</ref> ==Awards and accolades== * The American magazine ''The Village Voice''{{'}}s Pazz & Jop critics' poll ranked "Wonderwall" at No. 11 on its annual year-end poll in 1995. The following year, "Wonderwall" was ranked at No. 4, tied with Pulp{{'}}s "Common People".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres95.php|title=Pazz & Jop critics' poll, 1995|publisher=robertchristgau.com|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-date=25 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325144430/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres95.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres96.php|title=Pazz & Jop critics' poll, 1996|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-date=17 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317164451/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres96.php|url-status=live}}</ref> * In the Grammy Awards of 1997, the band received a nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, and Noel Gallagher picked up an additional nomination for Best Rock Song, winning neither.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm |title=39th Annual Grammy Awards – 1997 |publisher=Rock on the Net |date=26 February 1997 |access-date=31 May 2010 |archive-date=28 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228081340/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> * In May 2005, "Wonderwall" was voted the best British song of all time, in a poll of over 8,500 listeners conducted by Virgin Radio.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4592897.stm |title=Oasis hit is named 'best UK song' |work=BBC News |date=30 May 2005 |access-date=31 May 2010 |archive-date=3 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103003027/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4592897.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> * In August 2006, "Wonderwall" was named the second-greatest song of all time in a poll conducted by ''Q Magazine'', finishing behind another Oasis song, "Live Forever".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1222079.ece |title=The greatest song in the history of the world. Maybe |work=The Independent |date=27 August 2006 |access-date=31 May 2010 |location=London |first=Anthony |last=Barnes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223173136/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1222079.ece |archive-date=23 December 2007}}</ref> * In 2006, U2's guitarist The Edge named "Wonderwall" one of the songs he most wishes he'd written.<ref>Q Magazine November 2006 – U2 Q+A</ref> * In May 2007, ''NME'' magazine placed "Wonderwall" at No. 27 on its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.nme.com/news/nme/28059 |title=50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever |work=NME |date=2 May 2007 |access-date=31 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503195719/http://web.nme.com/news/nme/28059 |archive-date=3 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * On 28 June 2007, ''NME'' stated that Alex James, bassist of Blur, who had been long-standing rivals with Oasis, said: "Wish I'd written it. He's got a great voice, Liam (Gallagher)".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/blur-323-1347010|title=Alex James: 'I wish I'd written Wonderwall'|date=28 June 2007|work=NME|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220234029/http://www.nme.com/news/music/blur-323-1347010|url-status=live}}</ref> * In July 2009, "Wonderwall" was voted at No. 12 in the ''Hottest 100 of all time'' countdown poll, conducted by Australian radio station Triple J. More than half a million votes were cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_12.htm |title=Countdown &#124; Hottest 100 – Of All Time &#124; triple j |date=January 2009 |publisher=ABCnet.au |access-date=31 May 2010 |archive-date=24 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324014115/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_12.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> * In Australia, it was voted No. 1 on the alternative music radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 1995 and "20 Years of the Hottest 100" in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 November 2017 |title=Triple J Hottest 100 Countdown of 1995 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/search/?year=1995 |access-date=1 August 2023 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=18 April 2013 |title=Countdown – Twenty Years of triple j's Hottest 100 – triple j |url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/20years/countdown/#1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825060208/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/20years/countdown/#1 |archive-date=25 August 2015 |access-date=8 September 2015 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> * In February 2014, the song was voted No. 36 of The 500 greatest songs of all time, according to ''NME''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/magazine/issue/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time |title=500 greatest songs of all time |work=NME |date=8 February 2014 |access-date=14 June 2014 |archive-date=26 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626002135/http://www.nme.com/magazine/issue/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time |url-status=live }}</ref> * In March 2016, "Wonderwall" was voted the greatest British song of all time by Radio X listeners.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/29/wonderwall-by-oasis-voted-greatest-british-song-of-all-time-5782085/|title=Wonderwall by Oasis voted greatest British song of all time by Radio X listeners|last=Duff|first=Seamus|date=29 March 2016|work=Metro|access-date=23 October 2016|archive-date=24 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024023255/http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/29/wonderwall-by-oasis-voted-greatest-british-song-of-all-time-5782085/|url-status=live}}</ref> *In September 2021, ''Rolling Stone'' placed the song at No. 95 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=15 September 2021|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/|access-date=2 October 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=15 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915162053/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Track listings== {{Track listing | headline = UK single<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2022 |title=Wonderwall |url=https://oasisinet.com/music/wonderwall/ |access-date=22 March 2026 |website=Oasis |language=en-US}}</ref> | total_length = 19:52 | all_writing = Noel Gallagher, except where noted | title1 = Wonderwall | length1 = 4:18 | title2 = Round Are Way | length2 = 5:42 |title3 = The Swamp Song |length3 = 4:19 |title4 = The Masterplan |length4 = 5:23 |}} {{Track listing | headline = US single<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oasis Wonderwall US CD single |url=https://au.rarevinyl.com/products/oasis-wonderwall-us-cd-single-cd5-49k78204-58464 |access-date=22 March 2026 |website=RareVinyl.com |language=en}}</ref> | total_length = 26:53 | title1 = Wonderwall | length1 = 4:14 | title2 = Round Are Way | length2 = 5:41 | title3 = Talk Tonight | length3 = 4:11 | title4 = Rockin' Chair | length4 = 4:33 | title5 = I Am the Walrus (Live Glasgow Cathouse June 1994) | note5 = Beatles cover | length5 = 8:14 |}}

==Personnel== '''Oasis''' * Liam Gallagher – vocals, tambourine * Noel Gallagher – acoustic and electric guitars, bass,<ref name=Browne /> piano * Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs – Mellotron (cello)<ref name="SOS" /> * Alan White – drums

'''Additional performer''' * Owen Morris&nbsp;– Kurzweil strings<ref name=SOS />

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (1995–1996) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021|refname="aus"}} |- {{single chart|Austria|6|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|7|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|7|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|5|chartid=2906|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021|refname="can"}} |- {{single chart|Canadarock|1|chartid=2856|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021|refname="canrock"}} |- !scope="row"|Denmark (Tracklisten)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA67|title=Hits of the World – Denmark|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=108|issue=11|page=67|date=16 March 1996|access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref> | 9 |- !scope="row"|Estonia (Eesti Top 20)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=eestipaevaleht19951114.2.17.4&srpos=18&e=-------en-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA-wonderwall+oasis------------|title=Eesti Top 20|work=Sõnumileht|date=14 November 1995|page=9|access-date=14 December 2024|language=et|archive-date=16 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816062653/https://dea.digar.ee/?a=d&d=eestipaevaleht19951114.2.17.4&srpos=18&e=-------en-25--1--txt-txIN%7CtxTI%7CtxAU%7CtxTA-wonderwall+oasis------------|url-status=live}}</ref> | 20 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=9|page=16|date=2 March 1996}}</ref> | 8 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European AC Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Adult Contemporary Europe Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=6|page=18|date=10 February 1996}}</ref> | 13 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Alternative Rock Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=European Adult Contemporary Top 25|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=47|page=22|date=25 November 1995}}</ref> | 1 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=6|date=10 February 1996|page=24}}</ref> | 3 |- {{single chart|Finland|11|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|France|10|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Germany|17|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|songid=3155|access-date=25 December 2019}} |- !scope="row"|Hungary (Mahasz)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=13|page=21|date=30 March 1996}}</ref> | 8 |- !scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2933623#page/n41/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (18.11. '95 – 24.11. '95)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=50|date=18 November 1995|access-date=28 July 2020|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728115935/https://timarit.is/page/2933623#page/n41/mode/2up|url-status=live}}</ref> | 2 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018|refname=irish2}} |- !scope="row"|Italy (''Musica e dischi'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it|access-date=28 May 2025|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201160637/http://musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|url-status=live}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Oasis".</ref> | 14 |- !scope="row"|Italy Airplay (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Major Market Airplay: Italy|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=6|page=27|date=10 February 1996}}</ref> | 8 |- {{single chart|Dutch40|9|year=1996|week=7|rowheader=true|access-date=2 July 2019}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|8|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021|refname="nz"}} |- {{single chart|Norway|5|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|2|date=19951111|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2018}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|12|song=Wonderwall|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|17|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|UK|2|date=19951111|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2018|refname="uk"}} |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 50 Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=25 November 1995|page=23}}</ref> | 1 |- !scope="row"|UK Indie (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Independent Singles|magazine=Music Week|date=21 October 1995|page=40|issn=0265-1548|via=World Radio History}}</ref> | 1 |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|8|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021|refname="hot100"}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|5|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|36|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|30|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021|refname="usas"}} |- {{single chart|Billboarddancesales|17|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=27 June 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|9|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|10|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- !scope="row"|US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|magazine=Cash Box|volume=LIX|issue=27|page=6|date=16 March 1996}}</ref> | 6 |- !scope="row"|Zimbabwe (ZIMA)<ref>* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. ''Zimbabwe: singles chart book''. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000</ref> | 9 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col"| Chart (2024{{ndash}}2025) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 9 September 2024|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1801|page=4|date=9 September 2024}}</ref> | 55 |- {{single chart|Billboardglobal200|50|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2024}} |- {{single chart|Ireland4|10|date=20240906|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| Israel International Airplay (Media Forest)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediaforest-group.com/weekly_charts.html#!|title=מדיה פורסט {{ndash}} המצעד הבינלאומי השבועי {{ndash}} Week 38 {{ndash}} 14/09 {{ndash}} 20 September 2025|trans-title=Media Forest {{ndash}} International Weekly Chart {{ndash}} Week 38 {{ndash}} 14/09 {{ndash}} 20 September 2025|publisher=Media Forest|access-date=22 September 2025|date=21 September 2025|language=he|type=Select the year 2025 and the option "38 14-09-25 20-09-25" from the stretched lists, then click "שירים מובילים - רדיו - בינלאומי" to see the chart.|archive-date=5 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905003649/https://mediaforest-group.com/weekly_charts.html#!|url-status=live}}</ref> | 6 |- ! scope="row"| Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/archivio-classifiche-settimanali/archivio-classifiche-per-settimana/?tipo=2&anno=2024&settimana=36#tabs-1b|title=Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 36|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref> | 72 |- ! scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (''Billboard Japan'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2025&month=11&day=03|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of October 29, 2025|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref> | 11 |- {{single chart|Portugal|85|artist=Oasis|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2024}} |- ! scope="row"| Spain (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2024/36|title=Top 100 Songs – Week 36, 2024|access-date=15 September 2024|publisher=Productores de Música de España|website=El Portal de Música|archive-date=10 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910165558/https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2024/36|url-status=live}}</ref> | 96 |- ! scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2024&dspp=37|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 37|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=13 September 2024|archive-date=13 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913130716/https://sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215/?dspy=2024&dspp=37|url-status=live}}</ref> | 13 |- {{single chart|UK|11|date=20240906|rowheader=true|access-date=6 September 2024}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|17|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=10 September 2024}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1995) !Position |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Alternative Rock Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Year End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1995|magazine=Music & Media|page=23|volume=12|issue=51/52|date=23 December 1995}}</ref> | 24 |- !scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2935413?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up|title=Árslistinn 1995|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=16|date=2 January 1996|access-date=30 May 2020|archive-date=14 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714210153/https://timarit.is/page/2935413?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up|url-status=live}}</ref> | 28 |- !scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1995&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1995|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=3 March 2020|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609144911/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1995&dspp=1|url-status=live}}</ref> | 82 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref name="ukye95">{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1995|magazine=Music Week|page=9|date=13 January 1996}}</ref> | 10 |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Airplay Top 50 of 1995|magazine=Music Week|date=13 January 1996|page=23}}</ref> | 45 |- |} {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1996) !Position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1996|publisher=ARIA|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313224359/https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/singles-chart|url-status=live}}</ref> | 19 |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1996|title=Jaaroverzichten 1996|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=9 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609213426/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1996|url-status=live}}</ref> | 37 |- !scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1996|title=Rapports annuels 1996|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=17 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717095224/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1996|url-status=live}}</ref> | 38 |- !scope="row"|Brazil (Crowley)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/1996/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 1996|date=3 April 2018|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|accessdate=29 June 2025|archive-date=17 August 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250817014138/https://maistocadas.mus.br/1996/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 16 |- !scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9730&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9730.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9730|title=RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|date=16 December 1996|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=7 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207063648/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9730&URLjpg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Fobj%2F028020%2Ff4%2Fnlc008388.9730.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9730|url-status=live}}</ref> | 26 |- !scope="row"|Canada Rock/Alternative (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9740|title=RPM Year End Alternative Top 50|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|date=16 December 1996|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613050013/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9740|url-status=live}}</ref> | 2 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Music & Media 1996 in Review – Year End Sales Charts|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=51/52|page=12|date=21 December 1996}}</ref> | 31 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=1996 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=51/52|page=17|date=21 December 1996}}</ref> | 39 |- !scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1996|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1996|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=7 August 2015|archive-date=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509001159/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1987|url-status=live}}</ref> | 80 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1996|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1996|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023221026/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1996|url-status=live}}</ref> | 52 |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1996|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-date=18 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018035305/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref> | 98 |- !scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1996-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1996|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=3 March 2020|archive-date=10 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410013711/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/index_chart?chart=3885|url-status=live}}</ref> | 29 |- !scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1996|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=3 March 2020|archive-date=26 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826130544/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1|url-status=live}}</ref> | 90 |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1996|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=18 January 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201996.html|title=Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1996 wg sprzedaży|language=pl|access-date=28 March 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604144645/http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201996.html|archive-date=4 June 2015}}</ref> | 51 |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Airplay Chart of 1996|magazine=Music Week|date=18 January 1997|page=41}}</ref> | 28 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1996|access-date=17 July 2011|archive-date=1 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301121523/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 56 |- !scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA42-IA9|title=The Year in Music: Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books|volume=108|issue=52|page=YE-76|date=28 December 1996|issn=0006-2510|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> | 38 |- !scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA42-IA11|title=The Year in Music: Hot Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|via=Google Books|volume=108|issue=52|page=YE-78|date=28 December 1996|issn=0006-2510|access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref> | 6 |- !scope="row"|US Top 40/Mainstream (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Airplay Monitor Best of '96: Top 40/Mainstream Titles|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=4|issue=53|page=30|date=27 December 1996}}</ref> | 43 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2018) !Position |- !scope="row"|Portugal (AFP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiogest.pt/documents/files/top_vendas/Top_200_2018.xls|title=Top AFP – Audiogest – Top 200 Singles 2018|publisher=AFP|language=pt|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=21 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821125319/http://www.audiogest.pt/documents/files/top_vendas/Top_200_2018.xls|url-status=live}}</ref> | 168 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2019) !Position |- !scope="row"|Portugal (AFP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiogest.pt/documents/files/Top%20AFP-AUDIOGEST_01-52_2019_V2%20site%281%29.pdf|title=Top AFP – Audiogest – Top 3000 Singles + EPs Digitais|publisher=Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|language=pt|access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809161347/http://www.audiogest.pt/documents/files/Top%20AFP-AUDIOGEST_01-52_2019_V2%20site(1).pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> | 177 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2021) !Position |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20210101/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2021|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=5 January 2022|archive-date=23 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123130622/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 76 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2022) !Position |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 - 2022|website=officialcharts.com|access-date=3 January 2022|archive-date=26 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526055037/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 80 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2023) !Position |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20231231/37501|title=End of Year Singles Chart – 2023|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=3 January 2024|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104125806/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20220101/37501/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 78 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2024) !Position |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20240101/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart – 2024|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=1 January 2025|archive-date=30 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241230233011/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20240101/37501/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 75 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2025) !Position |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20250101/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart – 2025|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=1 January 2026|archive-date=31 December 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251231212759/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20250101/37501/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 86 |}

===Decade-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (2010–2019) !Position |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-top-100-biggest-songs-of-the-decade-2010-2019__27936/|title=The UK's Official Top 100 biggest songs of the decade|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=11 December 2019|access-date=12 December 2019|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211082710/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-top-100-biggest-songs-of-the-decade-2010-2019__27936/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 78 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=14|relyear=1995|certyear=2026|access-date=3 March 2026}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Wonderwall|artist=Oasis|type=single|award=Diamond|relyear=1995|certyear=2026|access-date=22 January 2026}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Wonderwall|artist=Oasis|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1995|certyear=2026|access-date=28 January 2026|id=16513}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Wonderwall|artist=Oasis|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1995|certyear=2025|access-date=25 November 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=Wonderwall|artist=Oasis|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1995|certyear=2021|access-date=2 November 2021|id=9258|note=sales since 2009}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|artist=Oasis|title=Wonderwall|award=Diamond+Platinum|number=2|number2=3|type=single|certyear=2026|relyear=1995|access-date=11 March 2026}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Oasis|title=Wonderwall|award=Platinum|number=7|type=single|relyear=1995|certyear=2025|access-date=30 October 2025|source=radioscope}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|title=Wonderwall|artist=Oasis|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|nosales=true}} {{Certification Table Entry |region=Portugal|artist=Oasis|title=Wonderwall|type=single|award=Platinum|number=5|certweek=1|relyear=1995|certyear=2024|id=file_2024-09-05-09-32-28.pdf|access-date=6 September 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|artist=Oasis|title=Wonderwall|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1996|certyear=2024|access-date=9 September 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Wonderwall|artist=Oasis|type=single|award=Platinum|number=8|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|id=8332-1114-1|access-date=29 November 2024|refname="bpi"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Wonderwall|artist=Oasis|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2005|award=Gold|digital=true|access-date=9 May 2019}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|noshipments=true}}

==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"|United Kingdom |30 October 1995 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |rowspan="2"|Creation |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oasisinet.com/#!/music/album/wonderwall|title=Wonderwall|website=oasisinet.com|access-date=27 June 2021|archive-date=25 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825180037/http://www.oasisinet.com/#!/music/album/wonderwall|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=43|date=28 October 1995}}</ref> |- |6 November 1995 |12-inch vinyl |align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=43|date=4 November 1995}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United States |14 November 1995 |Contemporary hit radio |Epic |align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Selected New Releases|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1120|page=26|date=10 November 1995}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |20 November 1995 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |Creation |align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases – Product Available from : 20/11/95: Singles|magazine=The ARIA Report|issue=301|page=19|date=19 November 1995}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Japan |23 November 1995 |CD |Epic |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/Oasis/|title=Oasis {{!}} Artist Information|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407052044/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/Oasis/|archive-date=7 April 2006|access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref> |}

==The Mike Flowers Pops version== {{Infobox song | name = Wonderwall | cover = MikeFlowersPopsWonderwallcover.jpg | alt = Cover art for the Mike Flowers Pops version. A smiling man inside a picture frame with a red background. | type = single | artist = the Mike Flowers Pops | album = A Groovy Place | B-side = {{ubl|"Son of God"|"Theme from Memory Man"}} | released = {{start date|df=y|1995|12|18}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=43|date=16 December 1995}}</ref> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Easy listening | length = {{Duration|m=2|s=40}} | label = London | writer = Noel Gallagher | producer = Adrian Johnston<br>Mike Roberts | next_title = Light My Fire | next_title2 = Please Release Me | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|NTfZshkNZRw|"Wonderwall"}}}} }}

British band the Mike Flowers Pops released an easy listening version of "Wonderwall" that reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart—just as the Oasis original had done two months earlier—during Christmas 1995. On New Year's Day 1996, it earned a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments exceeding 200,000 copies. This cover also peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Denmark, Ireland and Sweden.

Noel Gallagher mentioned that when BBC Radio 1 premiered the song, they jokingly claimed that they had found "the original version of Wonderwall". Gallagher, who had been in America at the time, was surprised to be asked by one of his record company's executives if he had actually written the song.<ref>From the promotional documentary for ''Stop the Clocks,'' entitled ''Lock the Box.''</ref>

===Charts=== ====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1995–1996) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Australia|48|artist=The Mike Flowers Pops|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018}} |- !scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=12|page=19|date=23 March 1996}}</ref> |5 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=2|page=11|date=13 January 1996}} ''See'' last week ''position''.</ref> |8 |- !scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2937175#page/n25/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (17.2. – 23.3. '96)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=26|date=17 February 1996|access-date=2 October 2019|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728140533/https://timarit.is/page/2937175#page/n25/mode/2up|url-status=live}}</ref> |18 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|10|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018|refname=irish2}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|40|artist=The Mike Flowers Pops|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|29|artist=The Mike Flowers Pops|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|Norway|13|artist=The Mike Flowers Pops|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|1|date=19951224|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018|refname=scotland2}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|5|artist=The Mike Flowers Pops|song=Wonderwall|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|UK|2|date=19951224|rowheader=true|access-date=11 May 2018|refname=uk2}} |}

====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1995) !Position |- !scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1995|magazine=Music Week|page=9|date=13 January 1996}}</ref> |47 |}

===Certifications=== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Wonderwall|artist=Mike Flowers Pops|type=single|award=Silver|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|id=8332-2215-1|access-date=28 July 2020}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

== Bring Me the Horizon version == {{Infobox song | name = Wonderwall | type = single | artist = Bring Me the Horizon | cover = Bring Me The Horizon - Wonderwall.jpeg | alt = Cover artwork for Bring Me the Horizon's cover of Oasis' "Wonderwall", a still frame of its music video, which spoofs the original. | album = Spotify Singles | released = {{start date|2025|1|30|df=y}} | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=00}} | label = * Sony * RCA | writer = Noel Gallagher | producer = *Dan Lancaster *Oliver Sykes | chronology = Bring Me the Horizon | prev_title = Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood | prev_year = 2024 | next_title = Slave to the Rithm | next_year = 2026 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|pwYCbAsF3EI|"Wonderwall"}} }} }}

British rock band Bring Me the Horizon released a cover of "Wonderwall" as part of the ''Spotify Singles'' series, putting their own metal twist on the song.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ruskell |first=Nick |date=29 January 2025 |title=Listen to Bring Me The Horizon cover Oasis' Wonderwall |url=https://www.kerrang.com/listen-to-bring-me-the-horizon-cover-oasis-wonderwall |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=Kerrang! |archive-date=31 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131223411/https://www.kerrang.com/listen-to-bring-me-the-horizon-cover-oasis-wonderwall |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Richards |first=Will |date=30 January 2025 |title=Liam Gallagher praises 'absolutely incredible' Bring Me The Horizon cover of Oasis' 'Wonderwall' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/liam-gallagher-praises-absolutely-incredible-bring-me-the-horizon-cover-of-oasis-wonderwall-47201/ |access-date=31 January 2025 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=31 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131223412/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/liam-gallagher-praises-absolutely-incredible-bring-me-the-horizon-cover-of-oasis-wonderwall-47201/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Frontman Liam Gallagher responded to the cover positively, calling it "absolutely incredible".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pilley |first=Max |date=29 January 2025 |title=Liam Gallagher responds to Bring Me The Horizon's cover of Oasis' 'Wonderwall' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/liam-gallagher-responds-to-bring-me-the-horizons-cover-of-oasis-wonderwall-3833046 |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=NME |archive-date=31 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131223408/https://www.nme.com/news/music/liam-gallagher-responds-to-bring-me-the-horizons-cover-of-oasis-wonderwall-3833046 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bird |first=Daniel |date=30 January 2025 |title=Liam Gallagher's explosive four-word response to Bring Me The Horizon's Wonderwall cover |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/liam-gallaghers-explosive-four-word-34583126 |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=The Independent |archive-date=31 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131223407/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/liam-gallaghers-explosive-four-word-34583126 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jenke |first=Tyler |date=29 January 2025 |title=Liam Gallagher Responds to Bring Me the Horizon's Cover of 'Wonderwall' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/oasis-liam-gallagher-responds-bring-me-the-horizon-cover-wonderwall-1235887283/ |access-date=31 January 2025 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=31 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131223746/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/oasis-liam-gallagher-responds-bring-me-the-horizon-cover-wonderwall-1235887283/ |url-status=live }}</ref> When interviewed at the BRIT Awards, the band responded to Gallagher's positive reception to their rendition, stating they were "surprised" and expected him to "slag it off". They also revealed that they wanted to cover "Wonderwall" because it was one of Sykes' favourite songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/liam-gallagher/bring-me-the-horizon-react-to-praise-wonderwall-cover/|title=Bring Me The Horizon react to Liam Gallagher's praise of their Wonderwall cover|website=RadioX|last=Mensah|first=Jenny|date=4 March 2025|access-date=27 March 2025|archive-date=24 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324110926/https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/liam-gallagher/bring-me-the-horizon-react-to-praise-wonderwall-cover/|url-status=live}}</ref> All royalties generated from the song's streams were donated to the Teenage Cancer Trust.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/bring-me-the-horizon-oasis-wonderwall-cover-spotify-listen-47166/|title=Hear Bring Me The Horizon turn Oasis' 'Wonderwall' into a metal anthem|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Richards|first=Will|date=29 January 2025|access-date=27 March 2025|archive-date=12 February 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212213944/https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/bring-me-the-horizon-oasis-wonderwall-cover-spotify-listen-47166/|url-status=live}}</ref>

It peaked at number 30 on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart and number 11 on the US Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.<ref name="20250207chart">{{Cite web |date=7 February 2025 |title=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20250207/111/ |access-date=7 February 2025 |publisher=Official Charts Company |archive-date=15 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515031311/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20250207/111/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bring Me The Horizon Chart History (Hot Hard Rock Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bring-me-the-horizon/chart-history/hsg/ |access-date=20 February 2025 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=25 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125115835/https://www.billboard.com/artist/bring-me-the-horizon/chart-history/hsg/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Track listing === {{Track listing | headline = Spotify Singles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/paradise-kill-the-silence-ep/1583256458|title=PARADISE (Kill The Silence) - EP|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=21 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021130324/https://music.apple.com/us/album/paradise-kill-the-silence-ep/1583256458|url-status=live}}</ref> | title1 = Wonderwall - Spotify Singles | writer1 = Noel Gallagher | length1 = 3:43 | title2 = Youtopia - Spotify Singles | note2 = Earthcore remix | writer2 = {{hlist|Oliver Sykes|Lee Malia|Matt Nicholls|Zakk Cervini|Sione Teumohenga|Daisuke Ehara}} | total_length = 7:40 }}

=== Lyric video === A lyric video was released alongside the song, exclusively to Spotify Premium users. It was later published to YouTube, on 13 February 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/bring-me-the-horizon-shares-lyric-video-for-cover-of-oasiss-wonderwall|title=BRING ME THE HORIZON Shares Lyric Video For Cover Of OASIS's 'Wonderwall'|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=13 February 2025|access-date=27 March 2025|archive-date=17 March 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317221942/https://blabbermouth.net/news/bring-me-the-horizon-shares-lyric-video-for-cover-of-oasiss-wonderwall|url-status=live}}</ref> It parodies the original Oasis music video<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2025 |title=Bring Me The Horizon just covered Oasis’ Wonderwall and Liam Gallagher’s response is next-level weird |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bring-horizon-just-covered-oasis-164612720.html |access-date=4 December 2025 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref> and a still frame of it serves as the single's cover art.

=== Charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "Wonderwall" ! scope="col"| Chart (2025) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| UK Rock & Metal (OCC)<ref name="20250207chart" /> | 30 |- ! scope="row"| US Hot Hard Rock Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/Bring-Me-the-Horizon/chart-history/hsg/|title=Bring Me the Horizon Chart History (Hot Hard Rock Songs)|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=8 March 2025|archive-date=25 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125115835/https://www.billboard.com/artist/bring-me-the-horizon/chart-history/hsg/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 11 |}

==Other cover versions== Many artists have also covered the song, such as Ryan Adams, Cat Power, and Brad Mehldau.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 April 2008 |title=Brad Mehldau Trio Add To The 'Wonderwall' Cover Canon, Ryan Adams To Tour with the Guys Who First Recorded That Song |url=https://www.stereogum.com/9031/the_brad_mehldau_trio_add_to_the_wonderwall_cover/mp3/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215055715/http://www.stereogum.com/9031/the_brad_mehldau_trio_add_to_the_wonderwall_cover/mp3/ |archive-date=15 December 2014 |access-date=8 September 2015 |work=Stereogum}}</ref> Ryan Adams' version, first performed in 2001, and later released in 2003 on ''Love Is Hell pt. 1 EP'', was well received by Noel Gallagher.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2008/10/spin-interview-noel-gallagher/ |title=The SPIN Interview: Noel Gallagher &#124; Spin Magazine Online |work=Spin |date=22 September 2008 |access-date=31 May 2010 |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206000041/https://www.spin.com/2008/10/spin-interview-noel-gallagher/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was featured in ''The O.C.'' episode "The Heartbreak". It was featured in the final scenes of the ''Smallville'' Season 3 episode "Velocity" and the first season of the Israeli documentary series ''Couchsurfers''. In an interview with ''Spin'', Gallagher said "I think Ryan Adams is the only person who ever got that song right."<ref name=":0" />

Paul Anka covered the song on his swing album ''Rock Swings'', released in 2005 and was used as figure skater Paul Fentz's backing track during his 2018 Winter Olympics performance in Pyeongchang, South Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|title=German figure skater uses jazz cover of 'Wonderwall' at Winter Olympics|url=https://www.nme.com/news/figure-skater-jazz-cover-wonderwall-winter-olympics-2239265|last=Bartleet|first=Larry|date=10 February 2018|website=NME|access-date=17 May 2020|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024020336/https://www.nme.com/news/figure-skater-jazz-cover-wonderwall-winter-olympics-2239265|url-status=live}}</ref> This version sparked an internet meme at the time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=A Jazz Version of 'Wonderwall' Is the Olympic Figure Skating Meme the Internet Needed |url=https://time.com/5141500/winter-olympics-jazz-wonderwall-meme/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |magazine=Time |date=9 February 2018 |archive-date=1 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101212350/https://time.com/5141500/winter-olympics-jazz-wonderwall-meme/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

American rapper Jay-Z often has his crowds sing "Wonderwall" after his song "Jockin' Jay-Z",<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/08/07/jay-z-previews-new-oasis-inspired-track-at-kanye-wests-msg-show/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811161222/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/08/07/jay-z-previews-new-oasis-inspired-track-at-kanye-wests-msg-show/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2008 |title=Rolling Stone article |publisher=Rolling Stone article |date=7 August 2008 |access-date=10 June 2015}}</ref> which includes a reference to Noel Gallagher's criticism of the rapper's involvement in the typically rock-centric Glastonbury Festival in 2008. It launched a war of words between Jay-Z and Oasis, with Oasis' rhythm guitarist Gem Archer describing Jay Z's actions as akin to an "eight-year-old girl".<ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- Trending: --> Hot right now |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/46390/oasis-jayz-acted-like-a-schoolgirl-after-glastonbury-set |title=Gem Archer interview |work=Gigwise.com |access-date=10 June 2015 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610090845/http://www.gigwise.com/news/46390/oasis-jayz-acted-like-a-schoolgirl-after-glastonbury-set |url-status=live }}</ref> After Oasis broke up, Jay Z later claimed he would like to work with Liam Gallagher.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clashmusic.com/news/jay-z-oasis-team-up |title=Clash Music |publisher=Clash Music |date=6 October 2009 |access-date=10 June 2015 |archive-date=10 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610090741/http://www.clashmusic.com/news/jay-z-oasis-team-up |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Mashups=== "Wonderwall" was featured in the popular mashup "Boulevard of Broken Songs" mixed by Party Ben in late 2004, which also contained parts of both Travis's "Writing to Reach You" (which contains the line "Radio is playing all the usual / what's a Wonderwall anyway?") and Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". In late 2006, Gallagher accused Green Day of 'ripping off' "Wonderwall", saying "If you listen, you'll find it is exactly the same arrangement as "Wonderwall". They should have the decency to wait until I am dead [before stealing my songs]. I, at least, pay the people I steal from that courtesy".<ref>[http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/gallagher-attacks-green-day-for-ripping-off-wonderwall-289328.html Gallagher attacks Green Day for 'ripping off' 'Wonderwall'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121652/http://www.breakingnews.ie/showbiz/gallagher-attacks-green-day-for-ripping-off-wonderwall-289328.html |date=4 March 2016 }}, Ireland Online, 14 December 2006.</ref>

Neil Cicierega's mashup albums ''Mouth Silence'' and ''Mouth Moods'' feature tracks that are mashups of "Wonderwall" titled "Wndrwll" and "Wallspin", the former a humorous remix featuring "Everywhere You Look" and the latter a mashup with "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)".<ref>{{cite news|author=Ryan Manning|date=26 July 2014|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5938279/mouth-silence-is-the-sound-of-your-brain-roasting|title=Mouth Silence is the sound of your brain roasting|newspaper=The Verge|access-date=24 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202033916/http://www.theverge.com/2014/7/26/5938279/mouth-silence-is-the-sound-of-your-brain-roasting|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VOX">{{cite web |first=Aja |last=Romano |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/7/14371422/neil-cicierega-mouth-moods-90s-mashups |title=This '90s kid turned his love of a decade into the internet's best mashup albums |date=7 March 2017 |work=VOX |access-date=4 April 2019 |archive-date=3 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103162650/https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/3/7/14371422/neil-cicierega-mouth-moods-90s-mashups |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also== * List of best-selling singles in Australia * List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s * List of ''RPM'' Rock/Alternative number-one singles (Canada) * List of number-one singles in 1996 (New Zealand) * Number one modern rock hits of 1995 * Number one modern rock hits of 1996

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