Song · Oasis
“Whatever” by Oasis
Released 1994
“Whatever” by Oasis appears on 8 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1994 and 2025. It was first released in 1994. Its best result is #2 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #107 alternative song of 1994 and #3,672 alternative song of all time.
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"Whatever" was Oasis's Christmas single for 1994, a stand-alone release on Creation that bridged Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, and it's the moment Noel Gallagher's songs started reaching for the orchestra pit. The band cut it during a week at Maison Rouge Studios in Chelsea that July, laying down the backing track over the first two days and saving the last for the strings, played by the London Session Orchestra with former Electric Light Orchestra violinist Wilfred Gibson aboard.
Liam Gallagher sneers the melody over strummed guitars and sawing violins, Noel harmonizes behind him, and Owen Morris's mix lets the whole thing strut. Neil Innes shares the writing credit. It never landed on a studio album, turning up on Time Flies... 1994–2009 instead, and it had sold 600,000 copies in Britain by 2017.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1994 | 10 |
| 1997 | 80 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 355 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2003 | 14 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2004 | 415 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 333 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 221 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2025 | 50 | Absolute Radio | Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems | 100 |
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