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“If I Had a Gun...” by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
From the album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (2011)
“If I Had a Gun...” by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds appears on 13 radio countdowns from 13 stations in 2011. It was first released in 2011 on the album Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Its best result is #21 on the KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #70 alternative song of 2011 and #313 of the '10s.
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Noel Gallagher wrote "If I Had a Gun..." in Lima, Peru, and fans had been passing it around online since April 2009, when someone taped him running through it at a soundcheck in Taiwan on Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul tour. By the time it landed on his 2011 solo debut, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Oasis was his previous band, and that was exactly the problem: he had it pegged as the lead single, then swapped in "The Death of You and Me" because this one sounded too much like his old group.
He wasn't embarrassed by it, mind you. He rated it emotionally uplifting and among the best things he'd written, and it has the big, open-hearted sweep to back him up. Jon Graboff adds a second guitar, credited in the sleeve notes as pedal steel. American radio got it in September 2011, and it became the album's third single on 26 December, everywhere except the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2011 | 91 |
| 2011 | 35 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 | 101 |
| 2011 | 59 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 | 102 |
| 2011 | 63 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 | 102 |
| 2011 | 34 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2011 | 90 |
| 2011 | 88 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 | 98 |
| 2011 | 35 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 | 51 |
| 2011 | 40 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011 | 107 |
| 2011 | 91 | 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY | 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011 | 94 |
| 2011 | 21 | KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA | KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011 | 92 |
| 2011 | 82 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 | 94 |
| 2011 | 74 | Rock 93.5 Columbia, SC | Rock 93.5 WARQ Top 93 of 2011 | 92 |
| 2011 | 89 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 | 96 |
Also listed as: If I Had A Gun; If I Had a Gun.
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