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==Awards and accolades== * The American magazine ''[[The Village Voice]]''{{'}}s [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll ranked "Wonderwall" at No. 11 on its annual year-end poll in 1995. The following year, "Wonderwall" was ranked at No. 4, tied with [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]{{'}}s "[[Common People (song)|Common People]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres95.php|title=Pazz & Jop critics' poll, 1995|publisher=robertchristgau.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres96.php|title=Pazz & Jop critics' poll, 1996}}</ref> * In the [[Grammy Awards of 1997]], the band received a nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group]], and [[Noel Gallagher]] picked up an additional nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]], winning neither.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm |title=39th Annual Grammy Awards β 1997 |publisher=Rock on the Net |date=26 February 1997 |access-date=31 May 2010}}</ref> * In May 2005, "Wonderwall" was voted the best British song of all time, in a poll of over 8,500 listeners conducted by [[Virgin Radio]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4592897.stm |title=Oasis hit is named 'best UK song' |work=BBC News |date=30 May 2005 |access-date=31 May 2010}}</ref> * In August 2006, "Wonderwall" was named the second-greatest song of all time in a poll conducted by ''[[Q (magazine)|Q Magazine]]'', finishing behind another Oasis song, "[[Live Forever (Oasis song)|Live Forever]]".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1222079.ece |title=The greatest song in the history of the world. Maybe |work=The Independent |date=27 August 2006 |access-date=31 May 2010 |location=London |first=Anthony |last=Barnes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223173136/http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article1222079.ece |archive-date=23 December 2007}}</ref> * In 2006, [[U2]]'s guitarist [[The Edge]] named "Wonderwall" one of the songs he most wishes he'd written.<ref>Q Magazine November 2006 β U2 Q+A</ref> * In May 2007, ''[[NME]]'' magazine placed "Wonderwall" at No. 27 on its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.nme.com/news/nme/28059 |title=50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever |work=NME |date=2 May 2007 |access-date=31 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503195719/http://web.nme.com/news/nme/28059 |archive-date=3 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * On 28 June 2007, ''NME'' stated that [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]], bassist of [[Blur (band)|Blur]], who had been long-standing rivals with Oasis, said: "Wish I'd written it. He's got a great voice, Liam (Gallagher)".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/blur-323-1347010|title=Alex James: 'I wish I'd written Wonderwall'|date=28 June 2007|work=NME|access-date=9 December 2016}}</ref> * In July 2009, "Wonderwall" was voted at No. 12 in the ''Hottest 100 of all time'' countdown poll, conducted by Australian radio station [[Triple J]]. More than half a million votes were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100_alltime/countdown/cd_12.htm |title=Countdown | Hottest 100 β Of All Time | triple j |publisher=ABCnet.au |access-date=31 May 2010}}</ref> * In February 2014, the song was voted No. 36 of The 500 greatest songs of all time, according to ''[[NME]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/magazine/issue/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time |title=500 greatest songs of all time |work=NME |date=8 February 2014 |access-date=14 June 2014}}</ref> * In March 2016, "Wonderwall" was voted the greatest British song of all time by [[Radio X (United Kingdom)|Radio X]] listeners.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/29/wonderwall-by-oasis-voted-greatest-british-song-of-all-time-5782085/|title=Wonderwall by Oasis voted greatest British song of all time by Radio X listeners|last=Duff|first=Seamus|date=29 March 2016|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref> *In September 2021, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' placed the song at No. 95 on its list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=15 September 2021|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/|access-date=2 October 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
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