Editing Wonderwall (section)

{{Short description|1995 single by Oasis}}
{{Other uses}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = Wonderwall
| cover         = Wonderwall cover.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
| album         = [[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]
| B-side        = {{ubl|"Round Are Way"|"The Swamp Song"|"[[The Masterplan (song)|The Masterplan]]"}}
| released      = {{start date|df=y|1995|10|30}}
| recorded      = May 1995
| studio        = [[Rockfield Studios|Rockfield]] ([[Rockfield, Monmouthshire|Rockfield]], [[Wales]])
| genre         = * [[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/05/the-ultimate-nineties-alt-rock-playlist/40279/|title=The Ultimate Nineties Alt-Rock Playlist|website=[[The Atlantic]]|date=21 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Robbie |last= Daw |title= One Direction Cover Oasis' "Wonderwall": Did They Do The Song Justice? |website= [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] |date= 15 August 2012 |access-date= 25 November 2023 |url= https://www.idolator.com/6812512/one-direction-cover-oasis-wonderwall}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2015/08/95-best-alternative-rock-songs-1995-alt/5/|title=The 95 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1995|first=Andrew|last=Unterberger|date=6 August 2015|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|access-date=13 November 2024}}</ref>
* [[Britpop]]<ref name=Bennett2010/>
* [[pop rock]]<ref name= "Billboard Pop 500">{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= 19 October 2023|accessdate= 24 February 2024|quote= The pop-rock ballad is anchored by a relatively simple capo’d guitar hook...}}</ref>
| length        = * {{Duration|m=4|s=19}} (album version)
* {{Duration|m=3|s=48}} (radio edit)
| label         = [[Creation Records|Creation]]
| writer        = [[Noel Gallagher]]
| producer      = {{hlist|[[Owen Morris]]|Noel Gallagher}}
| prev_title    = [[Morning Glory (Oasis song)|Morning Glory]]
| prev_year     = 1995
| next_title    = [[Don't Look Back in Anger]]
| next_year     = 1996
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|bx1Bh8ZvH84|"Wonderwall"}}}}
{{Extra track listing
 | album  = [[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]
 | type   = single
 | tracks = {{(What's the Story) Morning Glory? tracks}}
}}
}}

"'''Wonderwall'''" is a song by English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], released by [[Creation Records]] on 30 October 1995 as the fourth single from the band's second studio album ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''. Described by lead guitarist and chief songwriter [[Noel Gallagher]], who wrote the song and co-produced it with [[Owen Morris]], as being about "an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself",<ref name="BBCE">{{cite news | title=BBC Radio 2 interview, October 2002 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2337721.stm | access-date=8 August 2006 | date=17 October 2002 |work=BBC News}}</ref> "Wonderwall" reached the top ten in 15 countries; it topped the charts in Australia and New Zealand, peaked at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 on both the [[UK Singles Chart]] and the [[Irish Singles Chart]], and reached the top 10 in Canada and the United States, reaching No. 5 and No. 8, respectively, thus becoming the band's sole top-40 entry on the latter country's main [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart. The single was [[Music recording certification|certified]] octuple platinum by the [[British Phonographic Industry]] (BPI) and 12-times platinum by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA). Its music video, directed by [[Nigel Dick]], won [[Brit Award for British Video of the Year|British Video of the Year]] at the [[1996 Brit Awards]].

"Wonderwall" remains one of the band's most popular songs. In Australia, it was voted No. 1 on the alternative music radio station [[Triple J]]'s [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1995|Hottest 100 of 1995]] and "20 Years of the Hottest 100" in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/search/?year=1995|title=Triple J Hottest 100 Countdown of 1995|date=11 November 2017 |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/20years/countdown/#1|title=Countdown – Twenty Years of triple j's Hottest 100 – triple j|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 September 2015|date=18 April 2013}}</ref> Many artists have also covered the song, such as [[Ryan Adams]], [[Cat Power]], and [[Brad Mehldau]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/9031/the_brad_mehldau_trio_add_to_the_wonderwall_cover/mp3/|title=Brad Mehldau Trio Add To The 'Wonderwall' Cover Canon, Ryan Adams To Tour with the Guys Who First Recorded That Song|work=Stereogum|access-date=8 September 2015|date=10 April 2008}}</ref> In October 2020, it became the first song from the 1990s to reach one billion streams on [[Spotify]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-classic-hit-single-wonderwall-has-clocked-up-more-than-one-billion-streams-2783189|title=Oasis' classic hit single 'Wonderwall' has clocked up more than one billion streams|last=Jones|first=Damian|website=[[NME]]|date=13 October 2020|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref> As of May 2025, 'Wonderwall' placed at number 88 in [[list of Spotify streaming records]]. With 2.33 billion streams on Spotify, the song has become the second most streamed song from the 1990s, behind Nirvana's "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]{{"'}}s 2.39 billion streams.<ref>Spotify Most Streamed Songs from the 90s https://kworb.net/spotify/songs_1990.html</ref>