Don't Go Away

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""Don't Go Away""

Single by Oasis
from the album Be Here Now
Released	May 13, 1998
Format	CD
Recorded	November 1996 - April 1997
Genre	Britpop, Rock
Length	4:48
Label	Creation Records
Producer(s)	Owen Morris and Noel Gallagher
Oasis singles chronology
"All Around The World" (1998)	"Don't Go Away" (1998)	"Go Let It Out" (2000)

"Don't Go Away" is a song by British rock group Oasis, written by the band's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The song was released as a single only in Japan.

The song, according to Noel, is about losing someone close and it was written when his mother, Peggy, was hospitalised and suspected of having cancer. His mother did not have cancer, but the experience gave Noel the idea to write something "quite bleak." It has also been claimed that rhythm guitarist Bonehead requested Noel write a song along those lines after the death of his own mother. The line "Cold and Frosty Morning" appears to have been lifted from the Kinks' "Dead End Street".

Liam Gallagher claims to have cried whilst recording the song, as a result of dwelling on "a certain thing". He said, in a 1997 interview, "I just thought 'fuck that, I can't be singing this song' and I had to go away and sort meself out". Listening back to the song he admits to being very proud of his vocal performance.^[1]

The cover of the single features the old Liverpool Speke Airport building. The airport is famous as the scene thousands of hysterical fans greeting The Beatles on their return to Liverpool at the height of Beatlemania. Derelict at the time, it has now been turned into an exclusive hotel managed by Marriott. (Incidentally, the city's new airport was named after late Beatle, John Lennon, in 2004).

The live version of "Cigarettes & Alcohol" was recorded 14 December 1997 at the G-MEX Exhibition Centre in Oasis' home town of Manchester.

"Sad Song" originally appeared as a bonus track on the vinyl release of the first Oasis album, Definitely Maybe. It also appeared on the Japanese CD edition of Definitely Maybe.

The 'Warchild' version of "Fade Away" is from the 'HELP' album recorded in September 1995. It features Noel on vocals, and guests Johnny Depp on guitar, Kate Moss on tambourine and Lisa Moorish on backing vocals [1]. All proceeds from that track went to Warchild Charities.

Both Don't Go Away and the B-Side Sad Song were played when Noel Gallagher took his acoustic tour to Moscow in 2007.