Shockwave (Liam Gallagher song)

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"Shockwave"
Single by Liam Gallagher
from the album Why Me? Why Not.
Released7 June 2019 (2019-06-07)
Recorded2018–2019
Genre
Length3:30
Label Warner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Greg Kurstin
Liam Gallagher singles chronology
"I've All I Need"
(2018)
"Shockwave"
(2019)
"The River"
(2019)

"Shockwave" is a song by English singer and songwriter Liam Gallagher. It was released as the lead single for Gallagher's second solo studio album, Why Me? Why Not. (2019). Gallagher co-wrote the song with Andrew Wyatt and producer Greg Kurstin. Kurstin also produced the single.

Contents

"Shockwave" was released on 5 June 2019, and entered the UK Singles Chart at #22, [1] being his best charting single since "Wall of Glass". It also became his first solo #1 single, hitting the top spot in Scotland.

Music video

The music video to "Shockwave" was uploaded onto Gallagher's YouTube channel on 13 June 2019.

The video, directed by François Rousselet [2] is mostly set in America’s Deep South, though much of it was actually filmed in Budapest. Scenes show Gallagher walking away from a burning building, standing in a train carriage and walking through a crowd of protesters, some of whom are holding signs with the song's lyrics on them as well as the name of the album the song comes from. [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Shockwave"
Chart (2019)Peak
position
Czech Republic Modern Rock (IFPI) [4] 2
Scotland (OCC) [5] 1
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 22

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [7] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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