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Single by Oasis | ||||||||||||
from the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | ||||||||||||
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Released | 24 April 1995 | |||||||||||
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Recorded | Rockfield Studios, South Wales, March 1995 | |||||||||||
Genre | Britpop | |||||||||||
Length | 5:28 | |||||||||||
Label | Creation | |||||||||||
Writer(s) | Noel Gallagher | |||||||||||
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"Some Might Say" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. It was released as the first single on 24 April 1995 from their second studio album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995). The song was written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. "Some Might Say" provided Oasis with their first number one in the UK Singles Chart.
The single release was also named an EP in the Stop the Clocks booklet. It is one of the only Oasis singles to officially be also categorised an extended play.
The track was inspired by the Small Faces and/or T-Rex. It was the last Oasis track to feature original drummer Tony McCarroll, who was asked to leave the band before the main recording sessions for (What's the Story) Morning Glory? when tensions arose between McCarroll and Noel Gallagher. The rest of the tracks on the album feature Alan White on drums. Oasis performed the song on two episodes of Top of the Pops, the first being McCarroll's final performance with the band and the second being White's first.
"Some Might Say" was the only song from (What's the Story) Morning Glory? for which Noel Gallagher recorded a demo. He recorded it with producer Owen Morris, who was at the time in Wales recording The Verve's A Northern Soul album; Noel used The Verve's equipment in the studio, playing guitar, the bass and the drums himself. However, no bits from the demo were eventually used in the album version; Noel played the demo to the band who then re-recorded everything, speeding up the tempo. The demo version of the song lasts 6:47, while the final version is only 5:28 long.