Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Retro Video of the Week: "Supersonic" by Oasis

In this week's edition of "damn, that makes me feel old," this Friday is the 25th anniversary of the release of Oasis's debut album, Definitely Maybe.  It was an instant smash, going straight to #1 on the UK album charts and becoming the fastest-selling debut album in the UK at the time -- a title it would hold until the Arctic Monkeys came along in 2006.  The album has gone 7x platinum in the UK and platinum in the U.S., and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide.

Definitely Maybe has been heralded as one of the best albums of the '90s, as one of the -- if not the -- defining albums of the Britpop genre, and is generally regarded in the UK as pretty much the greatest album ever.

I'm going with the song that started it all for Oasis, "Supersonic," which was the band's debut single.  It went to #31 on the UK pop charts and #11 on the Billboard Alternative Rock Tracks chart.  There are two versions of the video, one from the US and one from the UK.  Because I fucking love you, I'm giving them both to you, with the UK version first.  Now get out there, get hammered, and punch your brother!

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