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“D'You Know What I Mean?” by Oasis
From the album Be Here Now (1997)
“D'You Know What I Mean?” by Oasis appears on 18 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 1997 and 2014. It was first released in 1997 on the album Be Here Now. Its best result is #29 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #57 alternative song of 1997, #2,054 alternative song of all time and #413 of the '90s.
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"D'You Know What I Mean?" was Oasis clearing their throats for Be Here Now, their third album, and it went out as its first single on 7 July 1997. Noel Gallagher wrote it and produced it with Owen Morris, and it sounds like 1997 Britpop turned up well past the point of reason: guitars stacked on guitars from Noel and Paul Arthurs, Paul McGuigan's bass and Alan White's drums grinding away underneath, and Liam Gallagher sneering over the top with Noel behind him on backing vocals.
It went to number one in the UK, their third chart-topper there, and did the same in Finland, Ireland and Spain. It shifted 162,000 copies on its first day and 745,000 in Britain all told. In 2016 Noel went back in for a remixed version, "NG's 2016 Rethink", meant to launch a remix of the whole album, but by most accounts he lost interest and stopped there.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 65 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 83 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 | 91 |
| 1997 | 29 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 | 105 |
| 1997 | 68 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
| 1997 | 43 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 | 100 |
| 1997 | 69 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1997 | 107 |
| 1997 | 87 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 | 103 |
| 1997 | 36 | KNRK Portland, OR | KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 | 94 |
| 1997 | 33 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 635 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2001 | 432 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2007 | 833 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 864 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 883 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 912 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 941 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 984 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 1038 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
Also listed as: D' You Know What I Mean?; D'You Know What I Mean; You Know What I Mean; D'you Know What I Mean; Do You Know What I Mean?.
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