Wonderwall

The title comes from George Harrison's solo album Wonderwall Music. The song was first called Wishing Stone. Noel Gallagher described it as being about "an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself". It was recorded during the Morning Glory sessions in May 1995. Noel had offered Liam the choice of singing this or Don't Look Back in Anger, and Liam chose this one. Noel played bass instead of McGuigan, Arthurs played Mellotron on its cello setting, and White drummed with Pro-Mark Hot Rods rather than sticks. The idea of recording it on a wall outside Rockfield was dropped.

Released on 30 October 1995, it reached number two in the UK and Ireland and number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, their only top-ten entry there, and topped the Modern Rock Tracks chart for ten weeks. It is certified nine times platinum in the UK. The video, directed by Nigel Dick, won British Video of the Year at the 1996 Brit Awards. It became the first song from the 1990s to reach a billion Spotify streams, in October 2020. At the 2026 World Cup England fans and players sang it, and The Guardian reported that it had been adopted as the team's unofficial anthem.