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"Don't Stop..."
Single by Oasis
Released30 April 2020
GenreRock
Length4:56
LabelBig Brother
Songwriter(s)Noel Gallagher
Oasis singles chronology
"Falling Down"
(2009) 		"Don't Stop..."
(2020)

I’ve had infinite time to kill lately so I thought I’d finally look and find out what was actually on the hundreds of faceless unmarked CDs I’ve got lying around at home. As fate would have it, I have stumbled across an old demo which I thought had been lost for ever...Hope everyone is staying safe and trying to ride out the lockdown with a minimum of fuss. You’re welcome by the way.

Noel Gallagher, 29 April 2020

"Don't Stop..." is an undated single by the English rock band Oasis. Released at midnight on 30 April 2020,[1] A lo-fi[2] demo of an unreleased song believed to have been originally recorded in the mid-2000s, it is an acoustic song, which the music journalist Alexis Petridis speculates was intended for release on either the Don't Believe the Truth or Dig Out Your Soul albums, recorded with Oasis. Petridis suggests that, in terms of quality, while "Don't Stop..." is not "at the height of Gallagher’s songwriting prowess...it’s one of Gallagher’s more appealing latter-day efforts".[3] The BBC's Mark Savage described the song as "a laid-back, acoustic ballad...sharing its DNA with classic Oasis songs" as "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" and "Don't Look Back in Anger". The song reached over one million streams across all platforms within 24 hours after release.[2]

Until its release, it was known of only by its presence on a rough soundcheck tape recorded before a performance in Hong Kong "about 15 years ago", tweeted Gallagher the previous day.[1] He stated that he had found the song on a seemingly-blank CD[4] as a result of the UK's coronavirus lockdown, which drove him to look through old material.[5] This appears to have been the only existing copy of the song.[6]

In response to the announcement, Gallagher's ex-Oasis bandmate and younger brother, Liam, tweeted, "Oi tofu boy if your [sic] gonna release old demos make sure im [sic] singing on it and boneheads playing guitar on it if not it's not worth a wank as you were LG x".[7] Liam also accused Noel of overdubbing the raw recording in a recording studio, calling it a "PR stunt", although The Independent suggested that Liam had claimed to have been "disappointed" at not featuring on the single,[8] however he has stated that he doesn't dislike the song.[9]

Charts

Chart performance for "Don't Stop..."
Chart (2020) Peak position
Scotland (OCC)[10] 10
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[11] 13

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References

  1. ^ a b Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (29 April 2020). "Noel Gallagher announces release of lost Oasis song". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Savage, Mark (30 April 2020). "Noel Gallagher shares unreleased Oasis song". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Oasis: Don't Stop… review – optimistic lost song is a minor gem". www.msn.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Noel Gallagher is sharing a previously unreleased Oasis song at midnight". The Independent. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Oasis: Liam Gallagher sparks fresh row with brother after Noel releases 'lost' track". Sky News. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Oasis: Liam Gallagher sparks fresh row with brother after Noel releases 'lost' track". Sky News. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Oasis: Liam Gallagher sparks fresh row with brother after Noel releases 'lost' track". Sky News. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. ^ "'Oi tofu boy': Liam Gallagher calls Noel's new Oasis release a 'PR stunt'". The Independent. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  9. ^ "'It's not a bad tune it's just executed in a way that doesn't appeal to me'". Twitter. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  11. ^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
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