Song · Oasis
“Stand By Me” by Oasis
From the album Be Here Now (1997)
“Stand By Me” by Oasis appears on 9 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1997 and 2005. It was first released in 1997 on the album Be Here Now. Its best result is #7 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #289 alternative song of 1997 and #4,641 alternative song of all time.
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"Stand by Me" followed "D'You Know What I Mean?" out of Be Here Now, the third Oasis album, arriving in September 1997, and it stalled only at number two in Britain. Noel Gallagher wrote it and produced it with Owen Morris, and it's classic big-hearted Oasis: a singalong built to be bellowed back from the terraces.
Liam takes the lead with Noel behind him, and the guitars stack up between Noel and Paul Arthurs, who plays both acoustic and electric. Paul McGuigan is on bass, Alan White handles drums and percussion, and Mikey Rowe adds keyboards. It has only grown since: the song went double platinum in Britain in 2025.
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 | 7 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1997 | 10 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1803 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1812 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2001 | 451 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1799 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1779 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 74 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2004 | 1779 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1780 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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