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Supersonic (Oasis song)

December 04, 2023

For other songs with the same title, see Supersonic (disambiguation).

"Supersonic" is a song by English rock band Oasis, released as their debut single on 11 April 1994. It appeared on their debut studio album, Definitely Maybe (1994). The single reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, two on the UK Independent Singles Chart and 11 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It also reached the top 40 in Ireland, Scotland, France and New Zealand.

"Supersonic"
Single by Oasis
from the album Definitely Maybe
B-side
  • "Take Me Away"
  • "I Will Believe" (live)
  • "Columbia" (demo)
Released11 April 1994 (1994-04-11)
Recorded19 December 1993
StudioThe Pink Museum (Liverpool)
Genre
Length
Label
Songwriter(s)Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)
  • Oasis
  • Mark Coyle
Oasis singles chronology
"Supersonic"
(1994) 		"Shakermaker"
(1994)
Definitely Maybe track listing
11 tracks
  1. "Rock 'n' Roll Star"
  2. "Shakermaker"
  3. "Live Forever"
  4. "Up in the Sky"
  5. "Columbia"
  6. "Supersonic"
  7. "Bring It On Down"
  8. "Cigarettes & Alcohol"
  9. "Digsy's Dinner"
  10. "Slide Away"
  11. "Married with Children"
Music videos
"Supersonic" (UK version) on YouTube
"Supersonic" (US version) on YouTube

"Supersonic" was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher and recorded in one session at the Pink Museum Studio (now the Motor Museum) in Liverpool, England in mid-December 1993. It was produced by Oasis and producer Mark Coyle, with no additional production through producer Owen Morris. Two music videos were produced for the song.

Writing edit

"Supersonic" was written and recorded in a single day at the Pink Museum Studio in Liverpool,[1][2] on 19 December 1993.[3][4] It was produced by Oasis with their live sound engineer, Mark Coyle.[5] Guitarist Noel Gallagher claimed he wrote the song in half an hour,[1][6][nb 1] while his studio colleagues were taking a break from recording to eat a Chinese takeaway.[9][10] Rather than joining them, Noel remained in the studio backroom working on his guitar riff and finished writing before they returned.[9][10] Guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs recalled:

Noel's just sat there with the guitar and he just wrote the music, that will do, and then he wrote the words, any old fucking words and he came back in the room with us, with his guitar and he said, 'Look, I've just written another song.' He started singing it and we nailed it and mixed it that night, rapid, because that's what we'd been doing every night in the Boardwalk, you know, and it sounded massive, absolutely massive.[10]

According to Noel, "Supersonic" was the only Oasis single written in the studio after another song, "Bring It on Down", was discarded.[11] Although Noel is credited as the sole songwriter,[12] he revealed in the 2004 documentary of Definitely Maybe that Bonehead and bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan assisted him in writing the chords.[1]

In 2010, drummer Tony McCarroll wrote in his book The Truth: "Now, I know that Noel is the main songwriter for Oasis, but there were many instances like this where the band as a whole – and The Real People too – were integral to the composition of a song."[13][nb 2] McCarroll also recounted that Noel did not want to credit brothers Chris and Tony Griffiths of the Real People as co-producers of "Supersonic" or feature the band itself as a guest act on any future Oasis performance, leading to a verbal altercation between Noel and singer Liam Gallagher as well as constant problems with the rest of the band members.[14]

Recording edit

Following a short local tour with the Verve, Oasis performed at the Krazy House club in Liverpool, supporting the Real People, on 16 December 1993.[15] After the gig, they booked sessions at the Pink Museum with Coyle and engineer Dave Scott for a few days,[16][nb 3] funded by £300 per day,[20] to record "Bring It on Down" for release as their then-upcoming debut single, at the request of Creation Records owner Alan McGee.[1][9] However, according to Noel, the intended song recording was abandoned due to a disagreement over McCarroll's drumming.[1][9] He said: "It would become apparent that session didn't work because our drummer at the time wasn't the most consistent from one fucking bar to the next, never mind one day to the next."[9]

According to Scott, Oasis attempted to record a studio version for "I Will Believe", but he dismissed the result because it sounded like an early 1980s indie pop song.[17] Scott later described the unreleased version as a "shoe-gazer shit."[19] Instead, after unsuccessful attempts to record "I Will Believe",[19] Noel wrote a new song, "Take Me Away", in less than five minutes,[21] and recorded it acoustically in 15 minutes.[17] Noel played an Epiphone acoustic guitar with a half-pint glass, creating a slide guitar sound that Coyle overdubbed through a Roland Space Echo before Scott mixing the track in another five minutes.[19]

On the last day of the sessions after recording "Take Me Away", Oasis began jamming together,[17] attempting to work on an instrumental they had played as a warm-up during the session of "Bring It on Down" and which would become "Supersonic".[22] The jam session began with McCarroll playing a "lazy" drumbeat, which was quickly followed by Bonehead playing rhythm guitar and Liam rattling his tambourine over the beat.[23] Noel soon joined them and played a guitar melody over the rhythm.[23] Meanwhile, Scott asked the Griffiths brothers, who were present at the sessions, to give Oasis musical and technical advice.[17][19] Instead of recording B-side songs,[20] Tony Griffiths suggested them to develop their jam as it has the potential of a hit single.[23][24]

After Tony's suggestion, Noel went to the corner and quickly wrote down the lyrics, and then Oasis began recording "Supersonic".[23] To record the song, Scott had to remove a take of "I Will Believe" because he did not have a spare tape.[19] Bonehead used a Gibson SG guitar owned by Scott and a Marshall JCM900 amplifier owned by Chris Griffiths.[19] Noel played an Epiphone Les Paul guitar through a Watkins Dominator MKIII combo amp.[25] For Noel's lead guitar, Scott added additional overdubs by placing the amp in the studio's stone room with close-and-distance microphones and slightly speeding up the tape to thicken the guitar tone over the track.[19][25] Scott removed McCarroll's hi-hats[nb 4] to record tambourine and handclaps tracks.[19]

After recording the backing tracks,[19] Liam recorded his vocals in one single take,[27] with Noel guiding him[nb 5] and Scott using a Lexicon PCM70 reverb and TC-2290 delay on the vocals.[19] Tony contributed five layers of backing vocals to the song,[19] influenced by the Beatles' backing vocal style.[27] According to Scott, "Supersonic" was recorded and mixed in 11 hours,[19] while Noel said it took eight hours to be completed.[28][nb 6] Although it was originally based as a demo, it was never re-recorded, and this refers to producer Owen Morris, who later reworked on some other tracks on Definitely Maybe prior to its release.[1] After the recording was finished, the song was introduced to McGee as a potential alternate single; he was impressed.[1] According to tour DJ Phil Smith, the song alone cost £100 to produce.[30]

Composition edit

Music edit

"Supersonic" has been classified as a rock,[31][32] Britpop,[25][33] hard rock,[33] and alternative rock song,[34] with elements of neo-psychedelia and American grunge music.[35][36] It contains Blur-like vocals,[37] "brief but smashing" guitar riffs and "catchy melodic" chorus.[36] Along with the Definitely Maybe song "Live Forever", the basic rock rhythm of "Supersonic" is reminiscent of early 1970s music.[38] The song's cascading guitars are influenced by the Sex Pistols' 1977 song "Pretty Vacant", and also draw influences from bands such as the Who, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, and the Stone Roses.[39]

The song is played in the key of A major in a 4
4 time signature with a tempo of 104 beats per minute (BPM),[40] while Liam's vocals span a range of E4 to F♯5.[41] The chord progression follows a sequence of F♯m11–Asus2–B7.[12] As with "Bring It on Down", the power chord sequence of "Supersonic" is heavily influenced by Nirvana's Nevermind (1991);[nb 7] according to author Alex Niven, Noel adapted Kurt Cobain's guitar technique (specifically in the Nevermind hits "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Come as You Are") by adding phaser effects for his overdubbed lead guitar to produce a "swirling, underwater" guitar sound.[43]

"Supersonic" begins with a simple drumbeat played by McCarroll,[27] followed by an arpeggiated guitar riff played by Noel.[44] During the intro, Noel produces a pick scrape guitar effect; Scott suggested this technique after being dissatisfied with McCarroll's drum intro.[19] According to Scott, he wanted it to sound like the intro to Peter Gabriel's 1980 song "Intruder", but Noel ended up producing a sound that was "slightly different and quicker."[19] Noel's guitar solo has a striking resemblance to the opening riff of "My Sweet Lord" (1970) by George Harrison, with a slightly different guitar harmony.[45] However, Noel has denied deliberately copying it.[24]

Lyrics edit

I describe it as the "I Am The Walrus" of the '90s. If you listen to "I Am The Walrus," [it's] a big '60s psychedelic mind-fuck of a single. If you listen to "Supersonic," it's round about the same, but it's in 1994 as opposed to 1967. It's a rock song with off-the-wall lyrics. I've written songs that I didn't know what they meant when I was writing them and have become apparent because they've been about a subject in the first place.[28]

— Noel Gallagher on "Supersonic"

The lyrics are often regarded as a distillation of "lumpen" nonsense poetry, with "forced" doggerel rhymes and "half-baked" allusions in multiple lines throughout the song,[46] such as "I'm feeling supersonic / Give me gin and tonic",[47] "He lives under a waterfall / Nobody can ever hear him call",[48] "I know a girl called Elsa / She's into Alka-Seltzer",[47] "And she makes me laugh / I got her autograph",[49] "She done it with a doctor, on a helicopter" and "She's sniffing in a tissue, selling the Big Issue".[48]

The lyrics are "simplistic" and exhort self-confidence,[36] particularly in the opening lines: "I need to be myself / I can't be no-one else".[50] Arun Starkey of Far Out described "Supersonic" as "a triumphant call to arms for those wanting self-determination."[51] Like the Definitely Maybe song "Cigarettes & Alcohol", "Supersonic" has an alcoholism theme: "Give me gin and tonic";[52] this line was written after Scott gave Noel a gin and tonic drink instead of whiskey or beer that caused Noel to have a headache.[19] The song mentions various vehicles, including cars, submarines,[53] trains and helicopters.[48] It also saw the band's first lyrical nod to their idols, the Beatles, with the line "You can sail with me in my yellow submarine",[24] referring to their 1966 song "Yellow Submarine" or their 1968 film of the same name.[54]

Most of the lyrics were inspired by the few days Noel experienced while Oasis were in Liverpool.[17] For example, the line "Can I ride with you in your BMW?" was inspired by Tony Griffiths' car spotted by Noel.[1] According to Noel, the main inspiration for writing "Supersonic" came from Scott's then nine-year-old Rottweiler dog, Elsa,[24][55] who was suffering from flatulence and hiding under the mixing desk while the band were working in the studio,[1] hence the lyric "I know a girl called Elsa / She's into Alka-Seltzer".[17][39] Despite this, even after Noel revealed Elsa's identity, some Oasis fan girls with the same name claimed that the song was inspired by them.[56] Some commentators interpreted the song to be about prostitution,[24][28] but Noel also denied this, explaining: "It's usually lyricists that will tell you that the words are fucking everything. They are not, the words don't mean shit to anybody. It's the melody is what you remember. We all whistle tunes; it's always about the melody, and that's what I do."[10]

Release and commercial performance edit

"Supersonic" was released as a single in Ireland on 5 April 1994, in the UK on 11 April, both by Creation, and in the US on 11 September, by Epic Records.[57] It was included as the sixth track on Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe,[58] released on 29 August 1994.[59] Upon its release, the single received extensive airplay on several independent radio stations in England, as well as late-night shows on BBC Radio 1.[60] It reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart on the week of 23 April 1994,[61][62] and remained the band's lowest-peaking single until 2015, when "Half the World Away" debuted the chart at number 56.[63]

"Supersonic" debuted on the UK Independent Singles Chart at number three on 30 April 1994, behind "Always" by Erasure and "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by Prince, respectively.[64] The song was included on the compilation Indie Top 20: Vol. 20, released in the UK on 28 October 1994 on the label Beechwood Music and sponsored by Melody Maker.[65] A year later, on 1 July 1995, it re-entered and peaked the chart at number two, behind "A Girl Like You" by Edwyn Collins.[66] The CD release of "Supersonic" was included on Oasis' box sets Definitely Maybe Singles (1996) and Complete Single Collection '94–'05 (2006).[67][68]

"Supersonic" was Oasis' first single to chart in the US;[8][24] it debuted on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart at number 33 on the issue dated 1 October 1994,[69] and peaked at number 11 on 10 December,[70] staying on the chart for a total of 16 weeks until 14 January 1995, at number 32.[71] By the end of October 1994, "Supersonic" was played 215 times in total on 38 different American radio stations,[72] and it would become the most-played track on the WENZ Cleveland radio station two months later.[73] It also reached number 38 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart on the issue dated 24 December 1994.[74]

"Supersonic" reached number 92 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart on 30 April 1994.[75] It also charted in other countries including Ireland (24),[76] Scotland (35),[77] France (33),[78] New Zealand (28),[79] and Australia (122).[80] In Japan, a CD extended play (EP), Supersonic, was released by Epic Records Japan on 14 July 1994,[81] reaching number 81 on the Oricon Albums Chart.[82] By February 1995, it had sold 25,000 copies following airplay on J-Wave's Pioneer Tokio Hot 100.[83]

"Supersonic" was reissued in the UK in 2000 through Big Brother Recordings.[84] The song was included on Oasis' greatest hits albums, Stop the Clocks (2006) and Time Flies... 1994–2009 (2010).[85][86] On 19 April 2014, "Supersonic" was reissued as a remastered 12-inch single by Big Brother, as part of the 2014 Record Store Day.[87] As of October 2016, "Supersonic" had sold over 240,000 copies, making it the band's 14th biggest-selling single in the UK,[88] even outselling their 2002 number one single "The Hindu Times", and their 2005 number one hits "Lyla" and "The Importance of Being Idle".[63]

Track listings edit

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher, except "Shakermaker" by Gallagher, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer and Billy Davis.[89]

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from the CD single liner notes,[90] except where noted:

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[113]
Sales since 2005 		Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes and references edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Noel later admitted in a 2008 interview that he wrote "Supersonic" in ten minutes while high on drugs, so with the Oasis first three albums: Definitely Maybe (1994), (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) and Be Here Now (1997).[7][8]
  2. ^ For details, see Recording section.
  3. ^ The Pink Museum founder, Hambi Haralambous, recalled that Oasis booked the studio for four days,[17] Tony Griffiths and Noel said three days,[18][10] while Dave Scott stating in an interview that they booked for only two days, Saturday and Sunday;[19] Mark Coyle also confirmed that the sessions took two days.[10]
  4. ^ The hi-hats are still audioable, but played loosely throughout the song.[26]
  5. ^ Contrary to this, McCarroll said that the guide vocals for Liam were done by Tony Griffiths.[23]
  6. ^ In a 2023 interview on BBC Radio Manchester, Noel amended his account that the recording of the song–including writing and mixing time–took six hours.[29]
  7. ^ In an interview, Noel described Nevermind as one of the greatest albums that still sound like "the future of rock".[42]
  8. ^ The same tracks are played on both sides of the cassette tape.
  9. ^ On the Australian release, the I pronoun is dropped from this track's title, making it "Will Believe".[92][93]
  10. ^ Track 1 is on side A of the 12-inch vinyl and tracks 2 and 3 are on side B.
  11. ^ Track 1 is on side A of the 7-inch vinyl and track 2 is on side B.
  12. ^ The band members' instruments are listed based on the members' roles in the track recording process and their later live performances; it is unknown who exactly contributed handclaps to "Supersonic".

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For other songs with the same title see Supersonic disambiguation Supersonic is a song by English rock band Oasis released as their debut single on 11 April 1994 It appeared on their debut studio album Definitely Maybe 1994 The single reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart two on the UK Independent Singles Chart and 11 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart It also reached the top 40 in Ireland Scotland France and New Zealand Supersonic Single by Oasisfrom the album Definitely MaybeB side Take Me Away I Will Believe live Columbia demo Released11 April 1994 1994 04 11 Recorded19 December 1993StudioThe Pink Museum Liverpool GenreRock Britpop hard rockLength4 43 album version 3 40 radio edit LabelCreation Helter Skelter EpicSongwriter s Noel GallagherProducer s Oasis Mark CoyleOasis singles chronology Supersonic 1994 Shakermaker 1994 Definitely Maybe track listing11 tracks Rock n Roll Star Shakermaker Live Forever Up in the Sky Columbia Supersonic Bring It On Down Cigarettes amp Alcohol Digsy s Dinner Slide Away Married with Children Music videos Supersonic UK version on YouTube Supersonic US version on YouTube Supersonic was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher and recorded in one session at the Pink Museum Studio now the Motor Museum in Liverpool England in mid December 1993 It was produced by Oasis and producer Mark Coyle with no additional production through producer Owen Morris Two music videos were produced for the song Contents 1 Writing 2 Recording 3 Composition 3 1 Music 3 2 Lyrics 4 Release and commercial performance 5 Track listings 6 Personnel 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 Notes and references 9 1 Footnotes 9 2 Citations 9 3 Sources 10 External linksWriting edit Supersonic was written and recorded in a single day at the Pink Museum Studio in Liverpool 1 2 on 19 December 1993 3 4 It was produced by Oasis with their live sound engineer Mark Coyle 5 Guitarist Noel Gallagher claimed he wrote the song in half an hour 1 6 nb 1 while his studio colleagues were taking a break from recording to eat a Chinese takeaway 9 10 Rather than joining them Noel remained in the studio backroom working on his guitar riff and finished writing before they returned 9 10 Guitarist Paul Bonehead Arthurs recalled Noel s just sat there with the guitar and he just wrote the music that will do and then he wrote the words any old fucking words and he came back in the room with us with his guitar and he said Look I ve just written another song He started singing it and we nailed it and mixed it that night rapid because that s what we d been doing every night in the Boardwalk you know and it sounded massive absolutely massive 10 According to Noel Supersonic was the only Oasis single written in the studio after another song Bring It on Down was discarded 11 Although Noel is credited as the sole songwriter 12 he revealed in the 2004 documentary of Definitely Maybe that Bonehead and bassist Paul Guigsy McGuigan assisted him in writing the chords 1 In 2010 drummer Tony McCarroll wrote in his book The Truth Now I know that Noel is the main songwriter for Oasis but there were many instances like this where the band as a whole and The Real People too were integral to the composition of a song 13 nb 2 McCarroll also recounted that Noel did not want to credit brothers Chris and Tony Griffiths of the Real People as co producers of Supersonic or feature the band itself as a guest act on any future Oasis performance leading to a verbal altercation between Noel and singer Liam Gallagher as well as constant problems with the rest of the band members 14 Recording editFollowing a short local tour with the Verve Oasis performed at the Krazy House club in Liverpool supporting the Real People on 16 December 1993 15 After the gig they booked sessions at the Pink Museum with Coyle and engineer Dave Scott for a few days 16 nb 3 funded by 300 per day 20 to record Bring It on Down for release as their then upcoming debut single at the request of Creation Records owner Alan McGee 1 9 However according to Noel the intended song recording was abandoned due to a disagreement over McCarroll s drumming 1 9 He said It would become apparent that session didn t work because our drummer at the time wasn t the most consistent from one fucking bar to the next never mind one day to the next 9 According to Scott Oasis attempted to record a studio version for I Will Believe but he dismissed the result because it sounded like an early 1980s indie pop song 17 Scott later described the unreleased version as a shoe gazer shit 19 Instead after unsuccessful attempts to record I Will Believe 19 Noel wrote a new song Take Me Away in less than five minutes 21 and recorded it acoustically in 15 minutes 17 Noel played an Epiphone acoustic guitar with a half pint glass creating a slide guitar sound that Coyle overdubbed through a Roland Space Echo before Scott mixing the track in another five minutes 19 On the last day of the sessions after recording Take Me Away Oasis began jamming together 17 attempting to work on an instrumental they had played as a warm up during the session of Bring It on Down and which would become Supersonic 22 The jam session began with McCarroll playing a lazy drumbeat which was quickly followed by Bonehead playing rhythm guitar and Liam rattling his tambourine over the beat 23 Noel soon joined them and played a guitar melody over the rhythm 23 Meanwhile Scott asked the Griffiths brothers who were present at the sessions to give Oasis musical and technical advice 17 19 Instead of recording B side songs 20 Tony Griffiths suggested them to develop their jam as it has the potential of a hit single 23 24 After Tony s suggestion Noel went to the corner and quickly wrote down the lyrics and then Oasis began recording Supersonic 23 To record the song Scott had to remove a take of I Will Believe because he did not have a spare tape 19 Bonehead used a Gibson SG guitar owned by Scott and a Marshall JCM900 amplifier owned by Chris Griffiths 19 Noel played an Epiphone Les Paul guitar through a Watkins Dominator MKIII combo amp 25 For Noel s lead guitar Scott added additional overdubs by placing the amp in the studio s stone room with close and distance microphones and slightly speeding up the tape to thicken the guitar tone over the track 19 25 Scott removed McCarroll s hi hats nb 4 to record tambourine and handclaps tracks 19 After recording the backing tracks 19 Liam recorded his vocals in one single take 27 with Noel guiding him nb 5 and Scott using a Lexicon PCM70 reverb and TC 2290 delay on the vocals 19 Tony contributed five layers of backing vocals to the song 19 influenced by the Beatles backing vocal style 27 According to Scott Supersonic was recorded and mixed in 11 hours 19 while Noel said it took eight hours to be completed 28 nb 6 Although it was originally based as a demo it was never re recorded and this refers to producer Owen Morris who later reworked on some other tracks on Definitely Maybe prior to its release 1 After the recording was finished the song was introduced to McGee as a potential alternate single he was impressed 1 According to tour DJ Phil Smith the song alone cost 100 to produce 30 Composition editMusic edit Supersonic has been classified as a rock 31 32 Britpop 25 33 hard rock 33 and alternative rock song 34 with elements of neo psychedelia and American grunge music 35 36 It contains Blur like vocals 37 brief but smashing guitar riffs and catchy melodic chorus 36 Along with the Definitely Maybe song Live Forever the basic rock rhythm of Supersonic is reminiscent of early 1970s music 38 The song s cascading guitars are influenced by the Sex Pistols 1977 song Pretty Vacant and also draw influences from bands such as the Who the Rolling Stones the Beatles and the Stone Roses 39 The song is played in the key of A major in a 44 time signature with a tempo of 104 beats per minute BPM 40 while Liam s vocals span a range of E4 to F 5 41 The chord progression follows a sequence of F m11 Asus2 B7 12 As with Bring It on Down the power chord sequence of Supersonic is heavily influenced by Nirvana s Nevermind 1991 nb 7 according to author Alex Niven Noel adapted Kurt Cobain s guitar technique specifically in the Nevermind hits Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come as You Are by adding phaser effects for his overdubbed lead guitar to produce a swirling underwater guitar sound 43 Supersonic begins with a simple drumbeat played by McCarroll 27 followed by an arpeggiated guitar riff played by Noel 44 During the intro Noel produces a pick scrape guitar effect Scott suggested this technique after being dissatisfied with McCarroll s drum intro 19 According to Scott he wanted it to sound like the intro to Peter Gabriel s 1980 song Intruder but Noel ended up producing a sound that was slightly different and quicker 19 Noel s guitar solo has a striking resemblance to the opening riff of My Sweet Lord 1970 by George Harrison with a slightly different guitar harmony 45 However Noel has denied deliberately copying it 24 Lyrics edit I describe it as the I Am The Walrus of the 90s If you listen to I Am The Walrus it s a big 60s psychedelic mind fuck of a single If you listen to Supersonic it s round about the same but it s in 1994 as opposed to 1967 It s a rock song with off the wall lyrics I ve written songs that I didn t know what they meant when I was writing them and have become apparent because they ve been about a subject in the first place 28 Noel Gallagher on Supersonic The lyrics are often regarded as a distillation of lumpen nonsense poetry with forced doggerel rhymes and half baked allusions in multiple lines throughout the song 46 such as I m feeling supersonic Give me gin and tonic 47 He lives under a waterfall Nobody can ever hear him call 48 I know a girl called Elsa She s into Alka Seltzer 47 And she makes me laugh I got her autograph 49 She done it with a doctor on a helicopter and She s sniffing in a tissue selling the Big Issue 48 The lyrics are simplistic and exhort self confidence 36 particularly in the opening lines I need to be myself I can t be no one else 50 Arun Starkey of Far Out described Supersonic as a triumphant call to arms for those wanting self determination 51 Like the Definitely Maybe song Cigarettes amp Alcohol Supersonic has an alcoholism theme Give me gin and tonic 52 this line was written after Scott gave Noel a gin and tonic drink instead of whiskey or beer that caused Noel to have a headache 19 The song mentions various vehicles including cars submarines 53 trains and helicopters 48 It also saw the band s first lyrical nod to their idols the Beatles with the line You can sail with me in my yellow submarine 24 referring to their 1966 song Yellow Submarine or their 1968 film of the same name 54 Most of the lyrics were inspired by the few days Noel experienced while Oasis were in Liverpool 17 For example the line Can I ride with you in your BMW was inspired by Tony Griffiths car spotted by Noel 1 According to Noel the main inspiration for writing Supersonic came from Scott s then nine year old Rottweiler dog Elsa 24 55 who was suffering from flatulence and hiding under the mixing desk while the band were working in the studio 1 hence the lyric I know a girl called Elsa She s into Alka Seltzer 17 39 Despite this even after Noel revealed Elsa s identity some Oasis fan girls with the same name claimed that the song was inspired by them 56 Some commentators interpreted the song to be about prostitution 24 28 but Noel also denied this explaining It s usually lyricists that will tell you that the words are fucking everything They are not the words don t mean shit to anybody It s the melody is what you remember We all whistle tunes it s always about the melody and that s what I do 10 Release and commercial performance edit Supersonic was released as a single in Ireland on 5 April 1994 in the UK on 11 April both by Creation and in the US on 11 September by Epic Records 57 It was included as the sixth track on Oasis debut album Definitely Maybe 58 released on 29 August 1994 59 Upon its release the single received extensive airplay on several independent radio stations in England as well as late night shows on BBC Radio 1 60 It reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart on the week of 23 April 1994 61 62 and remained the band s lowest peaking single until 2015 when Half the World Away debuted the chart at number 56 63 Supersonic debuted on the UK Independent Singles Chart at number three on 30 April 1994 behind Always by Erasure and The Most Beautiful Girl in the World by Prince respectively 64 The song was included on the compilation Indie Top 20 Vol 20 released in the UK on 28 October 1994 on the label Beechwood Music and sponsored by Melody Maker 65 A year later on 1 July 1995 it re entered and peaked the chart at number two behind A Girl Like You by Edwyn Collins 66 The CD release of Supersonic was included on Oasis box sets Definitely Maybe Singles 1996 and Complete Single Collection 94 05 2006 67 68 Supersonic was Oasis first single to chart in the US 8 24 it debuted on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart at number 33 on the issue dated 1 October 1994 69 and peaked at number 11 on 10 December 70 staying on the chart for a total of 16 weeks until 14 January 1995 at number 32 71 By the end of October 1994 Supersonic was played 215 times in total on 38 different American radio stations 72 and it would become the most played track on the WENZ Cleveland radio station two months later 73 It also reached number 38 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart on the issue dated 24 December 1994 74 Supersonic reached number 92 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart on 30 April 1994 75 It also charted in other countries including Ireland 24 76 Scotland 35 77 France 33 78 New Zealand 28 79 and Australia 122 80 In Japan a CD extended play EP Supersonic was released by Epic Records Japan on 14 July 1994 81 reaching number 81 on the Oricon Albums Chart 82 By February 1995 it had sold 25 000 copies following airplay on J Wave s Pioneer Tokio Hot 100 83 Supersonic was reissued in the UK in 2000 through Big Brother Recordings 84 The song was included on Oasis greatest hits albums Stop the Clocks 2006 and Time Flies 1994 2009 2010 85 86 On 19 April 2014 Supersonic was reissued as a remastered 12 inch single by Big Brother as part of the 2014 Record Store Day 87 As of October 2016 Supersonic had sold over 240 000 copies making it the band s 14th biggest selling single in the UK 88 even outselling their 2002 number one single The Hindu Times and their 2005 number one hits Lyla and The Importance of Being Idle 63 Track listings editAll tracks are written by Noel Gallagher except Shakermaker by Gallagher Roger Cook Roger Greenaway Bill Backer and Billy Davis 89 UK single and European maxi single CD 90 91 Australian single CD cassette 92 93 nb 8 Supersonic 4 46 Take Me Away 4 34 I Will Believe nb 9 live 3 46 Columbia white label demo 5 24UK single 12 94 nb 10 Supersonic 4 46 Take Me Away 4 34 I Will Believe live 3 46UK single and French jukebox single 7 95 96 nb 11 European single CD 97 Supersonic 4 41 Take Me Away 4 29 Japanese EP CD 98 Supersonic 4 42 Shakermaker 5 10 Columbia white label demo 5 26 Alive 8 track demo 3 57 D Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman 2 41 I Will Believe live 3 47US promo CD 99 Supersonic edit 3 40 Supersonic LP version 4 40US single cassette 100 Supersonic 4 43 Slide Away 6 32Personnel editCredits adapted from the CD single liner notes 90 except where noted Oasis uncredited nb 12 Liam Gallagher lead vocals tambourine Noel Gallagher lead guitars scrape effects Paul Arthurs rhythm guitar Paul McGuigan bass guitar Tony McCarroll drumsAdditional musicians Tony Griffiths credited as Anthony Griffiths backing vocals Technical Oasis production Mark Coyle production mixing 100 Dave Scott engineering Owen Morris mastering album version 101 Vlado Meller mastering US CD version 99 Ian Cooper remastering 2014 reissue 102 Sleeve cover Brian Cannon Microdot sleeve design art direction Michael Spencer Jones photographyCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Supersonic Chart 1994 1995 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 80 122Europe Eurochart Hot 100 75 92France SNEP 78 33Ireland IRMA 76 24Japan Oricon 82 81New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 79 28Scotland OCC 77 35UK Singles OCC 103 31UK Indie OCC 66 2US Alternative Airplay Billboard 104 11US Mainstream Rock Billboard 105 38US Commercial Alternative Cuts CMJ 106 7US Alternative Top 50 Radio amp Records 107 9US Rock Tracks Top 60 Radio amp Records 108 37 Year end charts edit 1994 year end chart performance for Supersonic Chart 1994 PositionUS Alternative Radio amp Records 109 621995 year end chart performance for Supersonic Chart 1995 PositionUK Singles OCC 110 206UK Indie OCC 111 71996 year end chart performance for Supersonic Chart 1996 PositionUK Singles OCC 112 189Certifications editRegion 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