Editing Wonderwall (section)

==Production history==
The song was originally titled "Wishing Stone". Gallagher told ''[[NME]]'' in 1996 that "Wonderwall" was written for [[Meg Mathews]], his then-girlfriend and later wife.<ref>{{cite book |title=Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English rock |last=Harris |first=John |year=2004 |publisher=Da Capo Press |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |isbn=0-306-81367-X |page=226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fXQCAvSLoAoC}}</ref><ref name="Supernova">{{cite book |title=Oasis: supersonic supernova |last=Krugman |first=Michael |year=1997 |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |isbn=0-312-15376-7 |pages=99–102 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfjKZJOFCowC}}</ref> However, after Gallagher and Mathews divorced in 2001,<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1125485.stm |title=Noel and Meg finally divorce |work=BBC News |date=19 January 2001 |location=London |access-date=18 July 2011}}</ref> he said the song was not about her: "The meaning of that song was taken away from me by the media who jumped on it, and how do you tell your Mrs it's not about her once she's read it is? It's a song about an imaginary friend who's gonna come and save you from yourself."<ref name="BBCE" /> The song's final title was inspired by [[George Harrison]]'s solo album ''[[Wonderwall Music]]''.<ref>Kindon, Frances. [https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/liam-gallaghers-foul-mouthed-reaction-20743647 "Liam Gallagher's foul-mouthed reaction to Oasis' Wonderwall – and why he still hates it: Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher had nothing nice to say when his brother Noel Gallagher first played him Wonderwall – and he still doesn't now,"] ''Daily Mirror'' (30 Oct 2019).</ref>

The song was recorded at [[Rockfield Studios]] in Wales, during a two-week recording of the ''Morning Glory'' album in May 1995. Morris produced the song in a half-day along with Gallagher, using a technique known as "[[brickwalling]]" to intensify the sound of the song.<ref name=Bennett2010>{{cite book |title=Britpop and the English Music Tradition |last=Bennett |first=Andy |year=2010 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd |isbn=978-0-7546-6805-3 |page=148 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cK-gFIUijQYC}}</ref> [[Liam Gallagher]] served as lead singer on the song after Noel had given him a choice between "Wonderwall" and "[[Don't Look Back in Anger]]", another single from the album, with Noel singing lead vocals on the latter.<ref name="Supernova" /> All of the band's members except bassist [[Paul McGuigan (musician)|Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan]] contributed to the recording, with Noel playing bass instead of McGuigan. This decision displeased Liam, who told Morris, "That's not Oasis."<ref name=Browne>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/oasis-wonderwall-at-25-how-oasis-making-inspiration-last-rock-standards-1059189/|title='Wonderwall' at 25: How Oasis' Unlikely Ballad Became One of the Last Rock Standards|first=David|last=Browne|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=24 September 2020|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>

"Wonderwall" is written in the [[key (music)|key]] of [[F-sharp minor|F{{music|#}} minor]] and is set in [[common time]] with a moderate dance [[tempo|groove]]. Liam Gallagher's voice ranges from an E<sub>3</sub> to an F{{music|#}}<sub>4</sub> in the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicforte.com/sheet_music/digital_downloads/view/5306/|title=Digital Sheet Music, Oasis "Wonderwall"|work=musicforte.com|publisher=[[Peer International (music publishing)|Peer International Music Publishing]]|year=2011|access-date=26 July 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140317170045/http://www.musicforte.com/sheet_music/digital_downloads/view/5306/|archive-date=17 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>