All Around the World (Oasis song)

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12 tracks
  1. "D'You Know What I Mean?"
  2. "My Big Mouth"
  3. "Magic Pie"
  4. "Stand by Me"
  5. "I Hope, I Think, I Know"
  6. "The Girl in the Dirty Shirt"
  7. "Fade In-Out"
  8. "Don't Go Away"
  9. "Be Here Now"
  10. "All Around the World"
  11. "It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)"
  12. "All Around the World (Reprise)"
"All Around the World"
Oasis All Around the World sleeve cover.jpg
Single by Oasis
from the album Be Here Now
B-side
Released12 January 1998 (1998-01-12)
Genre Britpop
Length
  • 9:20 (album version)
  • 9:38 (single version)
  • 4:51 (edit)
Label Creation
Songwriter(s) Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)
Oasis singles chronology
"Stand by Me"
(1997)		"All Around the World"
(1998)		"Don't Go Away"
(1998)
Music video
"All Around the World" on YouTube

"All Around the World" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. It was written by the band's lead guitarist and principal songwriter Noel Gallagher. Released on 12 January 1998 as the third single from their third studio album, Be Here Now (1997), it is the longest song ever recorded by Oasis. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the longest song ever to reach number one, and earned a Gold certification. This was the last Oasis single to be released on the Creation Records label. The song also reached number one in Ireland and peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Contents

Nearly ten minutes long, the song is embellished with string and horn pieces, and is followed by the two-minute-long instrumental "All Around the World (Reprise)". Upon its release, the reviews were generally positive. As with many Oasis songs (such as "Whatever", "Acquiesce", "Live Forever") it sends the message that "everything's gonna be okay". This was their last UK single to feature rhythm guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and bassist Paul McGuigan before they left the band in 1999.

History

The song was one of the first to be written by Noel, and there are recorded sessions of the band rehearsing it at the Boardwalk club as early as 1992. However, despite Noel's fondness for the song, it did not appear on their first two albums— Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory? —as he wanted to wait until the band could afford to produce the song in the extravagant manner in which it eventually appeared. Gallagher has claimed that this is one of the best songs he has ever written.[ citation needed ]

The final production sound for the song was envisaged as early as spring 1994. In the interview "Wibbling Rivalry," Noel Gallagher said of the song, "With Supersonic, I worried I was never going to write another song after that 'cos I thought, 'It sounds that good'... Two days later I superseded it by about 50 fuckin' times. The reason we haven't recorded that song is because there isn't enough money in Creation Records' bank balance to pay for the production of that record." Noel also added when asked if there would be an orchestra on it, "Orchestras, man? It's not got to be one, it's got to be two". [1]

The final version premiered on 11 August 1997 on BBC Radio 1's The Evening Session hosted by Steve Lamacq, ten days before the release of the album, alongside the album tracks "The Girl in the Dirty Shirt" and "Be Here Now".

Noel described the song shortly before the release of the album: "I wrote this one ages ago, before 'Whatever'. It was twelve minutes long then. It was a matter of being able to afford to record it. But now we can get away with the 36-piece orchestra. And the longer the better as far as I'm concerned. If it's good. I can see what people are going to say, but fuck 'em, basically." [2]

"The lyrics are teeny-poppy. But there are three key changes towards the end. Imagine how much better Hey Jude would have been with three key changes towards the end. I like the ambition of it, all that time ago. What was all that about when we didn't even have our first single out? Gin and tonics, eh?" [2]

The harmonica pieces on the track were performed by Mark Feltham. Backing vocals were provided by Noel and Liam's then-wives, Meg Mathews and Patsy Kensit, along with Richard Ashcroft of The Verve.[ citation needed ]

When it was suggested (by Dominic Mohan) that Oasis take legal action against pop band Hear'Say for their first single's ("Pure and Simple") similarity to "All Around the World", Noel simply laughed at the hypocrisy of such an act from a man who was famous for "borrowing" from other artists. [3] [4] Portions of the song's chorus were used as background music for AT&T's advertising campaign for "The New AT&T" after their merger with SBC. [5]

Reprise

A two-minute, ten-second instrumental reprise of the song closes the Be Here Now album.

Critical reception

British Music Week gave "All Around the World" four out of five, writing, "Another slice of wall of sound from the Gallagher brothers [...]. Obviously inspired by The Beatles' "Hey Jude", this is typically catchy and destined to become another classic sing-along Oasis hit." [6]

Music video

Keeping with the feel of the song, the music video was also a lavish affair. Featuring the band in a yellow spaceship, the animated piece saw them travel through a world akin to The Beatles' Yellow Submarine film.[ citation needed ] The video was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris [7] and took 24 computer animators and 6 months to make.

Track listings

  1. "All Around the World" (7-inch edit)
  2. "The Fame"
  1. "All Around the World"
  2. "The Fame"
  3. "Flashbax"
  4. "Street Fighting Man" (Jagger/Richards)
  1. "All Around the World"
  2. "The Fame"
  3. "Flashbax"

Personnel

Oasis

Additional musicians

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] Gold400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom12 January 1998
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Creation [36]
United States Modern rock radio Epic [37]
United Kingdom19 January 199812-inch vinylCreation [38]
Japan14 January 1998CD Epic [39]

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