Talk:Wonderwall (song)

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what does "wonderwall" means? Search on google. I think thry took it from the name of the George Harrison album. Where he got it from I don't know. There's a line in the Travis song Writing to Reach You "Same old songs on the radio/And what the hell's a wonderwall anyway?"--Crestville 15:50, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC) AMazed to see that that info still hasn't made it into the article! I'll get to it now. The song is indeed named after the George Harrison album Wonderwall Music, which was a soundtrack to a film called Wonderwall. I'll let you click on the link to find out about that! --kingboyk 21:43, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] "Wonderwall" may even be attributed with leading the band Radiohead from the straight rock and roll

As far as I can see, this is unconfirmed and most probably is a joke. Should be removed.

[edit] U2

There's been talk about the U2 cover. Anyone got opinions on it?

Please God No.--Crestville 22:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)



should the cover by cartel for the punk goes 90's complication be included

[edit] Original title

Mr. Monobrow states that the original title was "Wishing Stone". Any sources? æ² ✆ 2006-10-04t11:59z

A new interview by Noel in UNCUT Magazine. I'll stick in a reference in the article. --Mr. Monobrow 12:08, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
That's interesting.--Crestville 13:55, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cover

I would do this myself, but I don't know how. I know that the song has also been covered by Melissa Rebronja, and the reference can be found here: http://www.melissarebronja.com/music2.htm (it's in the track list I think), but I don't know how to put references in the article. Can someone stick it in please? Thanks a lot! BlueStarz 00:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable Versions

I deleted this section. It appeared to be obnoixious selfpromotion via Wikipedia and youtube. Also, redudant as there was already a "cover" section.Ghettodude 23:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Noel's acoustic guitar part

"When the song is played at live shows Noel's acoustic guitar part is played on a Fender Telecaster. This is among the rare occasions that Noel plays a Fender guitar rather than a Gibson." Last couple of times ive seen it played live its been on an acoutsic, not a tele. Should we get rid of this line?

Yeah, he plays it on whatever guitar he has.--Crestville 12:34, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

What instruments are in this song? I know there is a cello, drums, guitar and at least one more instrument. It comes in at first on the: "and all the lives that lead us there are blinding".

[edit] 1950s mystery song??

In several interviews with Noel he mentions Alan McGee coming to him and asking "Did you rip wonderwall off this song?!" and then they had a listen to it and were surprised at the likeness. Also he mentions the BBC Radio 1 playing the song. Does any one know what song this is?? It should be mentioned in the article. Here's the interview on youtube: Wonderwall Interview

Watch the interview again -- was a joke wasntit.
Hrhadam (talk) 11:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
No. I don't think it was, because I've read in interviews as well Noel talking about this song from the 1950s that the BBC would play on the radio saying he stole wonderwall from it.
Zachiroth (talk) 21:09, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:14, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chord Progression-trivia

"The Chord Progression to Wonderwall is actually the progression of "A Day In The Life," By The Beatles, in reverse."

Sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.66.115.51 (talk) 20:03, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Placing in last.fm charts

Wonderwall has consistently ranked high in the last.fm charts for the past few years and seems to be the only enduring "old" song (even after Radiohead's digital release skewed the rankings) to remain on the list week after week. I'm not sure if this is notable or not, but it might be worth a mention http://www.last.fm/music/+charts/track/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Phocks (talk • contribs) 02:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)