"Wonderwall" is a song and subsequent single by British rock band Oasis, from their second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. The song was written by Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.
Released in October 1995, the "Wonderwall" single peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Charts and proved to be their American breakthrough, reaching #8 on the Hot 100 and giving them their only top-ten hit in the US thus far and it also peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks for an unprecedented fourteen weeks (this amount was later eclipsed in 1998 by Marcy Playground, later by Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1999, and again in 2007 by Foo Fighters.) "Wonderwall" is perhaps their most popular song, despite the fact that British TV stars Robson & Jerome's "I Believe"/"Up on the Roof" kept it out of the top slot. "Wonderwall" continues to have enduring popularity in Oasis' canon; as of 2005, it was 99th in the UK's list of best-selling singles, and has now sold over a million copies in single and download sales in the UK. It also went platinum there.
