Morning Glory (song)
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| "Morning Glory" | ||
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| Single by Oasis | ||
| from the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | ||
| Released | September 15, 1995 (Australia only) | |
| Format | CD | |
| Genre | Britpop | |
| Length | 5:01 | |
| Label | Creation Records / Epic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Owen Morris, Noel Gallagher | |
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| Oasis singles chronology | ||
| "Roll With It" (1995) |
"Morning Glory" (Australia only) (1995) |
"Wonderwall" (1995) |
| Stop The Clocks Album Listing | ||
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| Songbird (Track 15) |
Morning Glory (Track 16) |
Champagne Supernova (Track 17) |
"Morning Glory" is a song by British rock band Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher, and which was released on the band's second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? in October 1995. It was given an Australian-only single release and was also a radio single in the United States.
"Morning Glory" is slang for an erection when waking up, thus the line "What's the story morning glory; need a little time to wake up, wake up"
Gallagher claims that he was drunk while writing it, and parts of the song were inspired by walking while listening to a walkman ("walking to the sound of my favourite tune") and using cocaine -- ("all your dreams are made/when you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade"), since razors are often used to cut cocaine into lines on a mirror, from which they are then snorted. It has been suggested that the song is about drug addiction in general ("need a little time to wake up/need a little time to rest your mind/you know you should so I guess you might as well").
The line "Tomorrow never knows what it doesn't know too soon" seems to reference The Beatles' song Tomorrow Never Knows, though Gallagher claims to have completely forgotten why he felt it was relevant to the song.
According to Gallagher in a 2005 interview, the song originated from an early song called "Blue." The lyrics were something along the lines of:
"I live my life in blue,
There's nothing anyone can do"
...which he decreed to be "Fucking awful." There was also an early song written by Noel, entitled "The Mirror And The Razorblade", where the first verse went:
"The mirror and the razorblade,
If you live round here it's where your dreams are made,
There's no beach, no bucket and spade,
For me"
...the second verse went:
"Rainy Monday afternoon,
All you need is your favourite tune,
The end of the day can't come too soon,
For me"
...and the third verse went:
"Remember what we used to say,
The dreams we'd dream and the games we'd [play],
It doesn't matter anymore anyway,
To me"
In October 2005, a remix of the song was released on the soundtrack to the movie Goal!. It was done by Don't Believe the Truth producer Dave Sardy.
The song is included on Oasis' 'best-of' album "Stop The Clocks".
Episode 26 of the Japanese anime Eureka Seven was named after this song.
[edit] Track listing
- CD 662488 2
- "Morning Glory" - 5:01
- "It's Better People" - 3:59
- "Rockin' Chair" - 4:35
- "Live Forever" (Live at Glastonbury '95) - 4:39
- "Live Forever" was recorded live at the Glastonbury Festival on June 23, 1995.
- The b-sides on the single are the same as on the Roll With It single released in the UK and parts of Europe.
