Rock 'N' Roll Star

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"Rock 'N' Roll Star"
Single by Oasis
from the album Definitely Maybe
Format	US Radio Single
Recorded	Spring 1994
Genre	Britpop
Length	05:22
Label	Creation Records
Producer(s)	Oasis, Mark Coyle & Owen Morris
Definitely Maybe track listing
	"Rock 'N' Roll Star" (1)	"Shakermaker" (2)
Stop The Clocks track listing
	"Rock 'N' Roll Star" (1)	"Some Might Say" (2)

"Rock 'N' Roll Star" is a song by Britpop band Oasis. It is the opening track from their record breaking debut album Definitely Maybe and was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The song is, as suggested by its title, a rock 'n' roll tune. It has become a fan favourite and is usually played at the band's concerts. It was released as a radio single in America.

The lyrics, as seen a number of Noel Gallagher's songs, refer to his dreams and aspirations to become a rock star, and his hopes to move away from Manchester, the place of his upbringing.

Noel said that "Rock 'N' Roll Star" was one of only three songs of which he wanted to say something. "I'm pretty much summed up everything I wanted to say in "Rock 'N' Roll Star", "Live Forever" and "Cigarettes & Alcohol", after that I'm repeating myself, but in a different way".

The song was featured on the band's 2000 live album and DVD, Familiar to Millions, and another live version was recorded at a 2 July 2005 concert at the City of Manchester Stadium and released on the band's single "Let There Be Love" in late 2005.

The riff was bears a striking similarity to Guns N' Roses' "You Could Be Mine", in the vein of Oasis' venerable tradition of "creative reinvention".

The song is to be included on Oasis' 'best-of' album Stop The Clocks.

Oasis
Liam Gallagher | Noel Gallagher | Gem Archer | Andy Bell | Zak Starkey
Tony McCarroll | Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs | Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan | Alan White
Discography
Studio albums: Definitely Maybe | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | Be Here Now | Standing on the Shoulder of Giants | Heathen Chemistry | Don't Believe the Truth
Compilations: The Masterplan | Stop the Clocks
DVDs: Live by the Sea | …There and Then | Familiar to Millions | Definitely Maybe – The DVD
Films: Lord Don't Slow Me Down
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The Rain | Britpop | Owen Morris | Creation Records | Big Brother | Awards and nominations