"Who Feels Love?" | ||||||||
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Single by Oasis | ||||||||
from the album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants | ||||||||
B-side | "One Way Road" "Helter Skelter" |
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Released | 17 April 2000 | |||||||
Format | CD, 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, cassette | |||||||
Recorded | 1999 | |||||||
Genre | Alternative rock, neo-psychedelia, raga rock | |||||||
Length | 5:44 | |||||||
Label | Big Brother | |||||||
Songwriter(s) | Noel Gallagher | |||||||
Producer(s) | Mark Stent, Noel Gallagher | |||||||
Oasis singles chronology | ||||||||
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"Who Feels Love?" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It became the second single to be released from the album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, peaking at number 4 in the UK charts. Though the single was a success, it failed to achieve a Silver or better sales certification in the UK - unlike the previous 12 British Oasis singles.
The album was noted for its psychedelic feel, and "Who Feels Love?" was held up as the most extreme example of this. Mark Stent was praised for his production on the song, creating a "trippy" feel like that found on Beatles songs such as "Rain". With the psychedelic and Eastern sound, the song also reminds of George Harrison achievements like "Within You Without You" and also some of his solo work.
However, despite the high-quality production, the song was not well received by the critics, NME said that the production "triumphs over any real sort of feeling... pure mock Maharishi spirituality that not even Liam can salvage from the realm of self-parody".
One of the B-sides is a cover of The Beatles' "Helter Skelter". It was played live during the Shoulders tour of 2000. Paul Weller recorded a version of b-side "One Way Road" for his covers-album Studio 150 in 2004. The Weller version was subsequently used as the theme tune to Jack Dee's sitcom Lead Balloon.