"Champagne Supernova" is a song by English rock band Oasis, written by guitarist Noel Gallagher. The seven-minute anthem is the closing track on the record-breaking album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. Though only released as a single in Australia, U.S., France and New Zealand in 1996, a music video directed by Nigel Dick was released to music channels and, as a result, the song received significant television and radio airplay.
The song was released in the U.S. as a radio single to great success, becoming the band's second No. 1 single on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, becoming the band's third top 40 single on that chart. The song is considered a fan-favourite and has received widespread critical acclaim. The song is also included on Oasis' compilation album Stop the Clocks and on the U.S. release of Time Flies... 1994–2009
Background
Noel Gallagher claimed, in a 2005 interview, that he has still not made up his mind as to what the song actually is about. He then had this to say about the song's lyrical content on the band's official website:
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However, the progenitor of SN 2003fg reached two solar masses before exploding. The primary mechanism invoked to explain how a white dwarf can exceed the Chandrasekhar mass is unusually rapid rotation; the added support effectively increases the critical mass. An alternative explanation is that the explosion resulted from the merger of two white dwarfs. The evidence indicating a higher than normal mass comes from the light curve and spectra of the supernova—while it was particularly overluminous, the kinetic energies measured from the spectra appeared smaller than usual. One proposed explanation is that more of the total kinetic energy budget was expended climbing out of the deeper than usual potential well.
How many special people change How many lives are living strange Where were you when we were getting high? Slowly walking down the hall Faster than a cannon ball Where were you while we were getting high? Some day you will find me Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova in the sky Some day you will find me Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova A champagne supernova in the sky Wake up the dawn and ask her why A dreamer dreams she never dies Wipe that tear away now from your eye Slowly walking down the hall Faster than a cannon ball Where were you when we were getting high? Some day you will find me Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova in the sky Some day you will find me Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova A champagne supernova in the sky Cos people believe that they're Gonna get away for the summer But you and I, we live and die The world's still spinning round We don't know why Why, why, why, why How many special people change How many lives are living strange Where were you when we were getting high? Slowly walking down the hall Faster than a cannon ball Where were you while we were getting high? Some day you will find me Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova in the sky Some day you will find me Caught beneath the landslide In a champagne supernova A champagne supernova in the sky Cos people believe that they're Gonna get away for the summer But you and I, we live and die The world's still spinning round We don't know why Why, why, why, why How many special people change How many lives are living strange Where were you when we were getting high? We were getting high We were getting high We were getting high
... for the upcoming tour leak online six months before the brothers are set to hit the road - with Acquiesce seemingly planned to begin the concerts and ChampagneSupernova outlined for the closing song.
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Tenacious D have performed a cover of the classic Oasis track ‘ChampagneSupernova’ while on tour in the UK. Check out footage of the moment below ... Check it out below. Jack Black singing Oasis – Champagne Supernova pic.twitter.com/RCxwAb0IJ0 ... .
He grins ... “LG…” ... Liam and Noel paid homage to their forebears when they famously invited Squire to noodle through ‘ChampagneSupernova’ at those career-defining gigs, a trick Liam repeated upon his return to Knebworth as a solo star in summer 2022 ... .
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By ... ‘Feels Like Only Yesterday’ ... follow us. share ... The film included many shots of the couple's 2018 wedding, footage of Tom with the kids, and Kelsey and Tom squabbling it out on the dance floor, set to BlameJones' rendition of ChampagneSupernova ... .
Skiddle Staff. Date published. 28th Mar 2024 ... Widely recognised by Oasis fans and promoters around the world as the top Oasis tribute band, they’ve toured the world in a ChampagneSupernova and are now ready to open the show at LancasterRocks ... .
Altitude Films ... “From the dizzying heights of his “champagne supernova” years, Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher falls into a wilderness of booze and legal battles, before making an attempt to stage the greatest comeback in rock history.” ... TV ... .
