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“Morning Glory” by Oasis

From the album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

“Morning Glory” by Oasis appears on 23 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1995 and 2025. It was first released in 1995 on the album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?. Its best result is #13 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #131 alternative song of 1995 and #1,509 alternative song of all time.

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"Morning Glory" is the title track, near enough, of Oasis's second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, from 1995, and the name of the record is right there in its chorus. Noel Gallagher wrote it and produced it with Owen Morris, and Liam Gallagher sneers it out over a wall of guitars from Noel and Paul Arthurs, with Paul McGuigan on bass and Alan White on drums.

Critics have long heard the drug imagery in the words and a nod to the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows", and Kenneth Partridge noted how close the opening riff sits to R.E.M.'s "The One I Love". It only got a proper single release in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, but in North America it went to radio and became the first track from the album that modern rock stations really played. Looking back, critics tend to file it among the band's fiercest mid-'90s rockers.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

#272 of the '90s

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1995	13	Triple J Australia (national)	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995	100
1996	93	WBCN Boston, MA	WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996	104

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	445	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	734	107.7 The End	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1077
1999	269	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999)	1002
2002	881	Fred (XM 44)	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)	2002
2004	274	107.7 The End	The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004)	500
2005	914	99X	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)	1000
2007	1018	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1035	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1052	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	55	CFNY 102.1 The Edge	102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010)	200
2010	1092	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1130	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1128	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1068	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2021	525	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s	908
2021	408	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2021)	420
2022	358	The Colorado Sound	The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s	900
2022	386	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2022)	420
2023	285	The Current	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s	893
2023	383	105.9 The X	105.9 The X July 420 (2023)	420
2025	56	Absolute Radio	Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems	100

Also listed as: (What's the Story) Morning Glory; (whats the Story) Morning Glory?; What's the Story Morning Glory; What's The Story Morning Glory?.

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