Oasis’ Noel Gallagher Said 1 of His Songs Is Based on The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’
TL;DR:
- The Beatlesā āTomorrow Never Knowsā inspired a song written by Oasisā Noel Gallagher.
- Gallagher collaborated with a famous group to write the song.
- Gallagher said the song was one of the best things he ever wrote.
Oasisā Noel Gallagher said one of his classic rock songs was loosely inspired by The Beatlesā āTomorrow Never Knows.ā āTomorrow Never Knowsā appeared on The Beatlesā album Revolver. Revolver became a massive hit.
Oasisā Noel Gallagher took inspiration from The Beatlesā āTomorrow Never Knowsā for his collaboration with The Chemical Brothers
During a 2021 interview with Mix, Gallagher discussed going to see a Chemical Brothers concert. āIn the middle of, you know, their electronic f****** thing, they used to do play āTomorrow Never Knows,'ā he recalled. I had never heard that before, not in that context, in a sweaty little basement, and itās coming in after some f****** Spoony D track!ā
āA f****** sandwich!ā he said. āI mean, itās like wow. They took that thing to another level.ā
Gallagher collaborated with The Chemical Brothers on a song called āSetting Sun.ā āTheyāre f****** amazing and āSetting Sunā is one of the best things that Iāve ever done and I love them, Iām a fan.ā
In a 2011 article in The Quietus, Gallagher also mentioned āSetting Sun.ā āWhen I did āSetting Sunā with The Chemical Brothers it was based loosely on āTomorrow Never Knows,ā he said.
Oasisā Noel Gallagher discussed how āSetting Sunā performed on the charts in the United Kingdom
In addition, Gallagher discussed the chart performance of āSetting Sunā in the United Kingdom. āDo you remember when it went to No. 1, what song we knocked off the top?ā he said. āāBreakfast at Tiffanyāsā by Deep Blue Something. We were like Sir Galahad.ā
Gallagher quoted lyrics from āBreakfast at Tiffanyās.ā āāAnd she said, āWhat about āBreakfast at Tiffanyāsā and I said, āI remember the movie,ā he said. āAnd we came in, āOff with your head you piece of s***.'ā
How The Beatlesā āTomorrow Never Knowsā and Noel Gallagherās āSetting Sunā performed in the United States
āTomorrow Never Knowsā was not a single so it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. The songās parent album, Revolver, was a much bigger hit. The album topped the Billboard 200 for six weeks, staying on the chart for 85 weeks in total.
Meanwhile, āSetting Sunā became a modest hit. It reached No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100, remaining on the chart for five weeks. āSetting Sunā appeared on the album Dig Your Own Hole. The album hit No. 14 on the Billboard 200, staying on the chart for 25 weeks.
āTomorrow Never Knowsā and āSetting Sunā are both classic songs ā even if one was a bigger hit than the other.