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"Stand By Me" is a song by British rock group Oasis, written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. It was the second single to be released from the band's third album Be Here Now and peaked at number 2 in the UK charts.

Though overall, Be Here Now received a cold reception from music critics, "Stand By Me" was acknowledged as one of the stand-out tracks on the album. A critically acclaimed acoustic version of "Stand by Me" was shown on television the night before the release of Be Here Now as part of a BBC1 documentary, featuring Noel, Liam Gallagher and drummer Alan White sitting by the side of a swimming pool, with Liam on vocals, Noel on acoustic guitar and White holding a tambourine.



However, due to Noel Gallagher's general dislike of Be Here Now, "Stand by Me" is rarely played live by the band at their concerts, as it is Noel who generally decides the song listings for Oasis' tours. A live version of the song from this tour can be found on the double-CD version of Familiar to Millions.

Noel Gallagher claims to have written the song whilst suffering from food poisening when he first moved to London. His mother Peggy would phone him to check on him and repeatedly told him to ensure he was eating properly. This spurred Gallagher to cook himself a proper English Sunday Dinner, which resulted in a bout of food poisening. Gallagher claims that he the songs first line - "Made a meal and threw it up on Sunday/I've got a lot of things to learn" - came to him as he lay on the floor and it was then that he began to pen the lyric to the song.



Track Listing
Stand By Me - 5:55
(I Got) The Fever - 5:14
My Sister Lover - 5:58
Going Nowhere - 4:41

"Going Nowhere" - apparently Noel's attempt at a Burt Bacharach style song - can be found on The Masterplan, a collection of Oasis B-sides. It is one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now era to be included on the album. Although it was not released until 1997, the song was written in 1990, before Noel even joined Oasis, let alone before they were signed. Despite this, it shows an uncanny level of perceptiveness from Noel with lines like I'm gonna get me a motor car/Maybe a Jaguar/Maybe a plane/Or a day of fame/I'm gonna be a millionaire.

The title of "My Sister Lover" is believed by some fans to be a reference to the band Sister Lovers, who were the group who invited Oasis to a gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland in May 1993, where they were spotted by Creation Records chief Alan McGee, who reportedly offered Oasis a recording contract on the spot after the gig.

Source: Wikpedia

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