"The Shock of the Lightning" | |||||||||||||
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Single by Oasis | |||||||||||||
from the album Dig Out Your Soul | |||||||||||||
B-side | "Falling Down" (Chemical Brothers Remix) | ||||||||||||
Released | 22 September 2008 (Download) 29 September 2008 (Physical) |
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Format | Digital download, CD, 7" | ||||||||||||
Genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia | ||||||||||||
Length | 4:59 (album version) 4:13 (radio/video edit) |
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Label | Big Brother | ||||||||||||
Writer(s) | Noel Gallagher | ||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Dave Sardy | ||||||||||||
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"The Shock of the Lightning" is a song by English rock band Oasis and is the fourth track from the band's seventh studio album, Dig Out Your Soul. The song was released as the first single from the album on 29 September 2008. It received its first airplay on 15 August 2008 on multiple UK and Irish radio stations including the Ian Dempsey Breakfast show on Today FM in Ireland, BBC 6 Music by Shaun Keaveny, and by Chris Moyles on BBC Radio 1. Chris was joined by Noel Gallagher on 15 August 2008.
Noel said of the song: "If 'The Shock of the Lightning' sounds instant and compelling to you, it's because it was written dead fast. And recorded dead fast. 'The Shock of the Lightning' basically is the demo. And it has retained its energy. And there's a lot to be said for that, I think. The first time you record something is always the best". It was described by NME as "a massively improved version of 'It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)'" and featuring "love is a litany/a magical mystery" as the song's chorus.
The single is the first Oasis song to feature a remix on a studio release. The B-side is a remixed version of the album track "Falling Down" by The Chemical Brothers, with whom Noel has worked in the past. However, a promo release of Oasis' cover of "Cum On Feel the Noize" contained the "Lynchmob Beats Mix" of "Champagne Supernova" by Brandon Lynch that was also re-released as a stand-alone promo for Stop the Clocks. Consequently, this is their first official CD single release that does not contain a new track as a B-side.