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“Rock-N-Roll Star” by Oasis

From the album Definitely Maybe (1994)

“Rock-N-Roll Star” by Oasis appears on 18 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1999 and 2025. It was first released in 1994 on the album Definitely Maybe. Its best result is #84 on the Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,822 alternative song of all time.

18countdowns

5stations

#84best position

0#1 finishes

0top 10 finishes

1999–2025years charted

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Oasis open Definitely Maybe, their 1994 debut, with "Rock 'n' Roll Star", and it lands like a statement of intent from a band that had already decided how the story ends. Noel Gallagher wrote it and later ranked it among just three of his songs where he felt he truly had something to say, next to "Live Forever" and "Cigarettes & Alcohol"; everything after, he reckoned, was the same message in new clothes.

The noise is enormous: Noel and Paul Arthurs stacking guitars into a wall, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll driving underneath, Liam Gallagher sneering over the top with Noel on backing vocals. Mark Coyle produced with the band, and Owen Morris added production and mixed. In America it went to radio as a single, with a Nigel Dick video cut from their Southend-on-Sea show and the band filming each other on the pier and around the funfair.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

#1,822 of all time

Indie & Adult Alternative

#849 of the '90s

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year	#	Station	Countdown	of
1999	950	Q101	Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	1017
1999	1326	CD101	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)	2000
2000	1326	CD101	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)	2001
2001	1297	CD101	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)	2002
2002	1296	CD101	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)	2003
2003	1281	CD101	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)	2004
2004	1281	CD101	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)	2005
2005	1282	CD101	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)	1994
2007	1240	CD101	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)	2008
2008	1236	CD101	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)	2009
2009	1248	CD101	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)	2010
2010	1279	CD101	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)	2011
2011	1331	CD101	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)	2011
2013	1324	CD101	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)	2012
2014	1357	CD101	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)	2013
2021	306	90.9 The Bridge	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s	908
2024	180	KEXP	The Best Opening Tracks of All Time	738
2025	84	Absolute Radio	Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems	100

Also listed as: Rock and Roll Star; Rock-n-roll Star; Rock N' Roll Star; Rock N Roll Star.

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