“Supersonic” by Oasis

"Supersonic" was the first anybody heard of Oasis, their 1994 debut single on Creation and later a cornerstone of Definitely Maybe, and the wildest thing about it is that it was never meant to be the finished article. Noel Gallagher's song was cut in one day in mid-December 1993 at the Pink Museum Studio in Liverpool (since renamed the Motor Museum), and although it was technically a demo, nobody ever bothered to record it again. Why would they? According to tour DJ Phil Smith, the whole thing cost just £100.

The band produced it with Mark Coyle, their live sound man, who mixed it too, and Owen Morris added production. It's a mid-tempo swagger rather than a sprint: Noel and Paul Arthurs's guitars grinding in a thick, sludgy wall, Paul McGuigan and Tony McCarroll plodding along like they own the pavement, and Liam sneering Noel's lines as if they were holy writ. Tony Griffiths of the Real People adds Beatles-flavored harmonies behind Noel's own backing vocals.

It stalled at 31 on the UK Singles Chart but made number two on the indie chart, gave Oasis their first chart placing in America, and came with 2 videos, one by Mark Szaszy and one by Nick Egan. The BPI certified it double platinum in 2024.

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