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Perhaps the most curious B-side of this era is Written during the band's first disastrous trip to America, it details Noel’s plan to quit the band. He had flown to San Francisco, leaving the rest of the band behind, and contemplated walking away from it all. The song is a soft, country-tinged serenade to a girl who convinced him to keep oasis b-sides

If Be Here Now was Oasis choking on their own excess, Stay Young was the ghost of Definitely Maybe . "We live in a fantasy / Don't take it away." It is frantic, punchy, and clocks in under five minutes—a restraint the band had forgotten. It remains a fan favorite for capturing the last gasp of their youthful defiance. Music Analysis Division End of Report Perhaps the

While the Gallaghers were busy dominating the press with tambourine tantrums and sibling rivalry, they were also quietly—or rather, very loudly—recording a parallel universe of music. Tracks that didn't make the cut for Definitely Maybe and (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? weren't filler; they were often anthems that had simply run out of room. "We live in a fantasy / Don't take it away

You cannot claim to know Oasis until you know their B-sides. In many cases, the B-side was the A-side.

In 1998, the band finally released The Masterplan compilation, gathering all these disparate tracks onto one CD. It reached number two in the UK charts. It was a B-side album that outsold actual albums.

Then there is Famous in the UK as the theme song for the sitcom The Royle Family , this song is a masterpiece of acoustic simplicity. Written in a Glasgow hotel room while Noel was suffering from food poisoning, it captures a profound sense of isolation and homesickness. It was recently covered by AURORA for the John Lewis Christmas advert, introducing a new generation to a song that was originally hidden on the flip side of "Whatever."