Background
Noel Gallagher states that the lyrics are taken from the world around him. For example,a Shaker Maker was a popular toy in the 1970s,the character of "Mr Soft" was taken from a Trebor Soft Mints commercial,which featured Cockney Rebel's song "Mr. Soft","Mr. Clean" is a song by The Jam,one of Gallagher's favourite bands, Mr Benn is a British children's cartoon and the entire last verse –"Mr Sifter sold me songs / When I was just 16 / Now he stops at traffic lights / But only when they're green" –was written in a taxi on the way to the recording studio to record the song. Apparently,Liam Gallagher was pestering Noel to finish the song. At this point,the taxi stopped at the traffic lights outside "Sifters" (a record shop on Fog Lane,Didsbury,Manchester),named after people 'sifting' through records and run by Peter Howard since 1977. [4] Noel penned the lyric and it became part of the song. Noel used to frequent the store to buy old records before Oasis started releasing albums.
The song illustrates Noel Gallagher's habit of borrowing from the past:the chords are a simple twelve-bar blues progression (albeit with the V (F♯) raised to a flat-VII (A)). The melody for the verse was originally taken from "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" by Roger Cook,Roger Greenaway,Bill Backer and Billy Davis. An Oasis tribute band called No Way Sis released a cover version of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" in the style of "Shakermaker",emphasising the similarity between the two songs. This cover reached No. 27 on the UK singles chart in December 1996. [5] Oasis were sued over this similarity and were forced to change their composition. [6]
Music video
The music video was shot in Burton Road,Manchester nearby the Gallaghers' childhood home. The field they are playing football in is Didsbury Toc H Sports Ground in Fog Lane,Didsbury in South Manchester.
The album Liam shows to the camera is Paul McCartney and Wings's album Red Rose Speedway . The music video garnered 5 million views on YouTube. [7]
Jimmy Keddie is seen for a brief moment smoking a pipe behind Liam Gallagher,at the 3:17 mark. [8]
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