Little by Little (Oasis song)

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"Little by Little"
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Single by Oasis
from the album Heathen Chemistry
A-side "She Is Love"
B-side "My Generation"
Released19 September 2002 (2002-09-19)
Genre Rock
Length4:54
Label Big Brother
Songwriter(s) Noel Gallagher
Producer(s) Oasis
Oasis singles chronology
"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
(2002)		"Little by Little" / "She Is Love"
(2002)		"Songbird"
(2003)

"Little by Little" is a song by English rock band Oasis, first released as the sixth track on their fifth studio album, Heathen Chemistry . In September 2002, it was released with "She Is Love" as the first (and only) double A-side single by the band, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number nine on the Irish Singles Chart. "Little by Little" by itself reached number two on the Canadian Singles Chart and number five in Italy. Noel Gallagher provides lead vocals on both tracks, which he also wrote.

Contents

The promo video to the song featured a guest role by Robert Carlyle. The cover art for the single is an homage to Robert Indiana's Love artwork series.

Background

Liam Gallagher was originally meant to record lead vocals for "Little by Little", but according to Noel, he couldn't manage it. "It's a shame 'cos that would have made it extra, extra special. When it came to him (recording the vocals) you could see he was going, 'I'm not going to fucking get it.' And we were all willing him to get it. I went in and did a version and you could see he was sat at the desk going, 'Fucking bastard. He's got it.' But he doesn't want to do anything that's shit." [1]

Music video

There are two versions of the music video, one being Noel Gallagher sitting on a doorstep singing and playing guitar as people (including Gem Archer) throw money to him. A small man (played by Robert Carlyle) mimes to Gallagher. It then shows Carlyle's character at a bus stop with Alan White and then grows to normal size and trips over but is helped up by Liam Gallagher. Carlyle's character is then last seen growing to giant size, walking into a forest and then into farmland. The alternate version shows the band playing in a concert at Finsbury Park in 2002.

Track listings

  1. "Little by Little"
  2. "She Is Love"
  1. "Little by Little"
  2. "She Is Love"
  3. "My Generation"
  1. "Little by Little"
  2. "Little by Little" (demo)
  3. 10 Minutes of Noise and Confusion Pt. 3 (Finsbury Park, London, July 2002)
  1. "Little by Little"
  2. "My Generation"
  3. "Columbia" (live)
  4. "Little by Little" (live video) (Finsbury Park, London, July 2002)

Personnel

Oasis

Additional musicians

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Little by Little"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Little by Little"
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
Japan19 September 2002CD Epic [27]
Denmark23 September 2002Helter Skelter [28]
United Kingdom
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Big Brother [29] [30]
Australia14 October 2002CDHelter Skelter [31]

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