“Lyla” by Oasis

"Lyla" was the first single from Oasis's sixth album, Don't Believe the Truth, in May 2005, and Noel Gallagher wasn't shy about what it was for: he called it built for pogoing, annoyingly catchy and the poppiest thing he'd done since "Roll with It". He's right on all counts. Liam Gallagher snarls it out front, Noel adds electric guitar and backing vocals, and Zak Starkey, Ringo Starr's son and the Who's drummer, pounds away in the seat Alan White had just left.

Noel wrote it and produced it, with David Sardy assisting and mixing. His own summary of the sound, something like The Soundtrack of Our Lives doing the Who in a psychedelic city in the sky, is about as good as descriptions get.

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