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{{Infobox song
| name       = Don't Look Back in Anger
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
| album      = [[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]
| B-side     = {{ubl|"Step Out"|"Underneath the Sky"|"[[Cum On Feel the Noize]]"}}
| released   = {{start date|1996|2|19|df=y}}
| recorded   = May 1995
| studio     = [[Rockfield Studios|Rockfield]] ([[Monmouth]], Wales)
| genre      = 
* [[Britpop]]
* [[Rock music|rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.musicmag.it/canzoni-rock-migliori-classifica/ | title=Canzoni Rock Famose &#124; Video delle Canzoni Rock più Belle di Sempre | date=22 December 2021 }}</ref>
| length     = 4:48
| label      = [[Creation Records|Creation]]
| writer     = [[Noel Gallagher]]
| producer   =
* Noel Gallagher
* [[Owen Morris]]
| prev_title = [[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]
| prev_year  = 1995
| next_title = [[Champagne Supernova]]
| next_year  = 1996
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|cmpRLQZkTb8|"Don't Look Back in Anger"}}}}
{{Extra track listing
 | album  = [[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]
 | type   = single
 | tracks = {{(What's the Story) Morning Glory? tracks}}
}}
}}
"'''Don't Look Back in Anger'''" is a song by English [[rock music|rock]] band [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]].  It was released in 1996 as the fourth [[single (music)|single]] from their second album ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''. The song was written by the band's former [[guitarist]] and main [[songwriter]], [[Noel Gallagher]]. The song became the band's second single to reach #1 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].  It also went platinum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BPI website, Search "Oasis" |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |access-date=2010-08-07 |archive-date=2017-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162141/https://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> "Don't Look Back in Anger" was also the first Oasis single to feature Noel on lead vocals instead of his brother, [[Liam Gallagher]].

==Release==
The single cover is showing respects to the incident where [[Ringo Starr]] briefly left [[The Beatles]] during the recording of [[The Beatles (album)|The White Album]].

The B-side "Step Out" was originally intended for the (What's the Story) Morning Glory? album but was taken off after [[Stevie Wonder]] requested 10% of the royalties as the chorus like his hit "[[Uptight (Everything's Alright)]]".  [[Henry Cosby]] and [[Sylvia Moy]] received credit for writing the song along with Noel.

==Reception==

''Don't Look Back in Anger'' was met with high critical praise and it became a commercial hit.

* ''Billboard'' said "Noel Gallagher reveals a deft sense of timing and craft that turn his improprieties into masterful pop gems."<ref>Flick, Larry (1996-06-15), "Singles: Pop". ''Billboard''. '''108''' (24):74</ref>

* "Don't Look Back in Anger" is Oasis's sixth biggest Billboard hit in the US, reaching the number 10 spot on the US Modern Rock Chart for the week of June 22, 1996. <ref>Sexton, Paul (2005-08-27), "OASIS". ''Billboard''. '''117''' (35):36</ref>

* It was the 10th biggest selling single of 1996 in the UK.

* In a 2006 readers' poll conducted by [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]], "Don't Look Back in Anger" was chosen as the 20th best song of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#100%20greatest%20songs|title=100 Greatest Songs Ever|publisher=Q|year=2006|accessdate=2007-09-23|archive-date=2012-06-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629012641/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm%23The%20Music%20That%20Changed%20The%20World#100%20greatest%20songs|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* In May 2007, ''[[NME]]'' magazine placed "Don't Look Back in Anger" at number 14 in its list of the "50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/nme/28059|title=50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever|publisher=NME|year=2007|accessdate=2007-09-23}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All songs were written by [[Noel Gallagher]] except where noted.
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* '''UK CD and cassette single''' {{small|(CRESCD 221; CRECS 221)}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|others=[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]|year=1996|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=[[Creation Records]]|id=CRESCD 221}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|others=Oasis|year=1996|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Creation Records|id=CRECS 221}}</ref>
# "Don't Look Back in Anger"
# "Step Out" (Gallagher, Wonder, Cosby, Moy)
# "Underneath the Sky"
# "[[Cum On Feel the Noize]]" ([[Noddy Holder|Holder]], [[Jim Lea (musician)|Lea]])

* '''UK 7-inch single''' {{small|(CRE 221)}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|others=Oasis|year=1996|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Creation Records|id=CRE 221}}</ref>
:A. "Don't Look Back in Anger"
:B. "Step Out" (Gallagher, Wonder, Cosby, Moy)
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* '''UK 12-inch single''' {{small|(CRE 221T)}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|others=Oasis|year=1996|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Creation Records|id=CRE 221T}}</ref>
:A1. "Don't Look Back in Anger"
:B1. "Step Out" (Gallagher, Wonder, Cosby, Moy)
:B2. "Underneath the Sky"

* '''US CD and cassette single''' {{small|(34K 78356; 34T 78356)}}<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|others=Oasis|year=1996|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=[[Epic Records]]|id=34K 78356}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|others=Oasis|year=1996|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Epic Records|id=34T 78356}}</ref>
# "Don't Look Back in Anger"
# "Cum On Feel the Noize" (Holder, Lea)
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==Personnel==
'''Oasis'''
* [[Noel Gallagher]] – lead vocals, lead and acoustic guitars, [[Mellotron]], [[EBow]]
* [[Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs]] – piano, rhythm guitar, [[Hammond organ]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=transatlanticmodern|date=27 August 2013|title=INTERVIEW: PAUL 'BONEHEAD' ARTHURS|url=https://transatlanticmodern.com/2013/08/27/interview-paul-bonehead-arthurs/|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Transatlantic Modern|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan]] – bass guitar
* [[Alan White (Oasis drummer)|Alan White]] – drums, [[Egg shaker|shaker]], [[tambourine]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Album credits {{!}} Oasis Recording Information|url=http://www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk/?page_id=871|access-date=2021-04-17|website=www.oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk}}</ref>

'''Additional personnel'''
* [[Owen Morris]] – Kurzweil strings<ref>{{Cite web|last=Podcast|first=The Oasis|title=57: Owen Morris exclusive interview with Richard Buskin – The Oasis Podcast – Podcast|url=https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-oasis-podcast/57-owen-morris-exclusive-interview-with-richard-bu/|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Podtail|language=en}}</ref>

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1996)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|19|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|35|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|24|chartid=9529|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadarock|2|chartid=9659|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|Czech Republic ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI CR]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-05-18.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=13|issue=20|date=18 May 1996|page=28|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-date=23 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823202241/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-05-18.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 8
|-
!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-03-16.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=13|issue=11|date=16 March 1996|page=23|access-date=16 February 2020|archive-date=3 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703135612/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-03-16.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 8
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-03-09.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=13|issue=10|date=9 March 1996|page=27|access-date=4 February 2020|archive-date=19 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719234557/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-03-09.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 8
|-
{{single chart|Finland|3|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|France|24|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|57|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|songid=3197|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2937175#page/n25/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (17.2. – 23.2. '96)|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=26|date=17 February 1996|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728140533/https://timarit.is/page/2937175#page/n25/mode/2up|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 4
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|33|year=1996|week=12|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|30|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|20|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|19|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=19960302|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|2|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|27|artist=Oasis|song=Don't Look Back in Anger|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|1|date=19960302|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|55|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|10|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|33|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|accessdate=16 February 2021}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1996/CB-1996-09-21.pdf|title=Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|volume=LX|issue=4|page=6|date=21 September 1996|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=21 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821032653/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1996/CB-1996-09-21.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Zimbabwe (ZIMA)<ref>* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. ''Zimbabwe: singles chart book''. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000</ref>
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|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2013)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardjapanhot100|29|artist=Oasis|rowheader=true|access-date=21 May 2020}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1996)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Rock/Alternative (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9740|title=RPM Year End Alternative Top 50|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613050013/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9740|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 39
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-21.pdf|title=Music & Media 1996 in Review – Year End Sales Charts|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=13|issue=51/52|date=21 December 1996|page=12|access-date=4 February 2020|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605213307/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-12-21.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 54
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!scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2949469#page/n15/mode/2up|title=Árslistinn 1996|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=16|date=2 January 1997|access-date=30 May 2020|archive-date=4 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704000820/https://timarit.is/page/2949469#page/n15/mode/2up|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 44
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1996|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|language=sv|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=26 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200826130544/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 83
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1996|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=25|date=18 January 1997}}</ref>
| 11
|-
!scope="row"|US Modern Rock (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/1996/BBAM-1996-12-27.pdf|title=Airplay Monitor Best of '96: Modern Rock Tracks|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=4|issue=53|page=24|date=December 27, 1996|access-date=December 25, 2023}}</ref>
| 58
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|award=Gold|artist=Oasis|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|relyear=1996|access-date=21 October 2020|certyear=2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|artist=Oasis|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|relyear=1996|certyear=2024|access-date=17 February 2024|id=12088}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Oasis|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|relyear=2006|certyear=2017|certmonth=2|digital=true|note=Digital single|access-date=25 January 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|certweek=1|relyear=1996|certyear=2024|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/awards/index?AwardsSearch%5Bartist%5D=OASIS&AwardsSearch%5Btitle%5D=DON%27T+LOOK+BACK+IN+ANGER&AwardsSearch%5Byear%5D=&AwardsSearch%5Bweek%5D=&AwardsSearch%5Bgroup%5D=&AwardsSearch%5Baward%5D=|website=El portal de Música|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|title=Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger|accessdate=24 January 2024}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|award=Platinum|number=5|artist=Oasis|title=Don't Look Back in Anger|relyear=2004|certyear=2023|id=1900-1114-1|access-date=24 March 2023|refname="bpi"}}
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==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
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!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|19 February 1996
|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}
|[[Creation Records|Creation]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/25-years-ago-got-best-161553642.html|title=25 Years Ago We Got the Best Song of the '90s|last=Britt|first=Ryan|publisher=[[Yahoo! Lifestyle]]|date=19 February 2021|access-date=20 February 2021|archive-date=19 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219173354/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/25-years-ago-got-best-161553642.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-02-17.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=17 February 1996|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Japan
|22 February 1996
|CD
|[[Epic Records|Epic]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/Oasis/|title=Oasis {{!}} Artist Information|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407052044/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Arch/ES/Oasis/|archive-date=7 April 2006|access-date=24 August 2023}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|26 February 1996
|12-inch vinyl
|Creation
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=24 February 1996}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|23 July 1996
|[[Contemporary hit radio]]
|Epic
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-07-19.pdf|title=Selected New Releases|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1155|page=44|date=19 July 1996|access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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{{Oasis}}

[[Category:Oasis (band) songs]]
[[Category:1996 songs]]