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| style="border-top: 1px solid #efefef; border-bottom: 1px solid #efefef;" | <span style="font-size: 160%">'''[[Definitions_of_Palestine_and_Palestinian|Palestinians]]'''</font></span>

!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|"Whatever"

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|align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:Oasis' Whatever Single Cover.jpg]]

! <span style="font-size: 110%">[[Israeli-Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]</span>

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!align="center" bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Single by [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]

[[Sykes-Picot Agreement]] &#183;[[Balfour Declaration, 1917|Balfour Declaration]] <br/>

Riots in [[1920 Palestine riots|1920]] and [[1929 Palestine riots|1929]] <br/>

[[1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine]] <br/>

[[1947 UN Partition Plan|Partition]] &#183; [[Palestine (mandate)|British Mandate]]<br/>

[[1947-48 Palestinian Civil War]]<br/> [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]<br/>

[[Palestinian exodus]] &#183; [[Transjordan]] &#183; [[Israel]] <br/>

[[Rule of the West Bank and East Jerusalem by Jordan|Jordanian control (West Bank)]]<br/>

[[Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt|Egyptian occupation (Gaza Strip)]] &#183; [[1967 war]]<br/>

[[First Intifada|1st Intifada]] &#183; [[Oslo Accords]] <br/>

[[Hafrada (Separation)|Hafrada]] &#183; [[Israeli Gaza Strip barrier]] <br/>

[[al-Aqsa Intifada|2nd Intifada]] &#183; [[Israeli West Bank barrier]] <br/>

[[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]] <br />

[[Israeli-Palestinian conflict timeline|Timeline]] <br/>

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[[Geography of the Gaza Strip|Gaza]] &#183; [[Geography of the West Bank|West Bank]]<br/>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|UK [[December 1]], [[1994]]

[[Palestinian territories]]<br/> [[List of Arab localities in Palestine 1948]] <br/>

[[West Bank]] &#183; [[Gaza Strip]]<br/>

[[Districts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip|Districts]] &#183;

[[List of cities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip|Cities]] &#183; [[East Jerusalem]]<br/>

[[List of Palestinian refugee camps|Refugee camps]]<br/>

[[Biodiversity in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip|Biodiversity]]

''See also: [[Template:Arab citizens of Israel|Arab Israelis]]''<br/>

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[[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] &#183; [[Palestinian National Authority|PNA]] &#183; [[Palestinian National Council|PNC]] &#183; [[PLO Executive Committee|PLO EC]] &#183; [[Palestinian Legislative Council|PLC]]<br/>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[CD]]

[[List of political parties in the Palestinian National Authority|Political Parties]]<br/>

[[Hamas]] &#183; [[Fatah]]<br/>

[[Palestinian National Covenant|National Covenant]] &#183; [[Foreign relations of the Palestinian Authority|Foreign Relations]]<br/>

[[Palestinian Civil War]]<br/>

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! <span style="font-size: 110%">[[Demographics of the Palestinian territories|Demographics]]</span>

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[[Demographics of the West Bank]]<br/>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Clear Studios]] ([[Manchester]]), [[1994]]

[[Palestinian people|People]]<br>

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! <span style="font-size: 110%">[[Palestinian economy|Economy]]</span>

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Musical genre|Genre]]

[[Economy of the West Bank]]<br/>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Britpop]]

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!align="left" valign="top"|Song Length

[[Palestinian Jew]] &#183; [[Palestinian Christian]]<br/>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|6 [[minute|min]] 22 [[second|s]]

[[Druze]] &#183; [[Sunni Muslim]] <br/>

[[Al-Aqsa Mosque]] &#183; [[Dome of the Rock]]<br/>

[[Church of the Nativity]] &#183; [[Rachel's Tomb]]<br/>

[[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]]<br/>

''See also [[Template:History of the Levant]]''<br/>

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! <span style="font-size: 110%">[[Palestinian culture|Culture]]</span>

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record label]]

[[Palestinian music|Music]] &#183; [[Dabke|Dance]] &#183; [[Palestinian cuisine]]<br/>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Creation Records]]

[[Palestinian Arabic]]<br/>

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! <span style="font-size: 110%">[[List of Palestinians|Notable personalities]]</span>

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Record producer|Producer]]

[[Rashid Khalidi]] &#183; [[Mohammed Bakri]]<br/>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|Oasis and [[Mark Coyle]]

[[Edward Said]] &#183; [[Emile Habibi]] &#183; [[Hanan Ashrawi]]<br/>

[[Ghassan Kanafani]] &#183; [[Qustandi Shomali]] </br>

[[Ghada Karmi]]&#183; [[Mahmoud Darwish]] &#183; <br/>

[[Samih al-Qasim]] &#183; [[Nathalie Handal]] &#183;<br/>

[[Khalil al-Sakakini]] &#183; [[Elia Suleiman]] &#183;<br/>

[[Hany Abu-Assad]] &#183; [[May Ziade]] &#183;<br/>

[[Mohammad Amin al-Husayni]] &#183; [[Walid Khalidi]] <br/>

[[Yasser Arafat]] &#183; [[Faisal Husseini]] <br/>

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Top 40|Chart]] positions

'''''[[Portal:Palestine]]'''''

|colspan="2" valign="top"|#3 (UK)

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!bgcolor="yellow" colspan="3"|Oasis single chronology

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|valign="top"|<small>"[[Cigarettes & Alcohol]]"<br />[[1994]]</small>

|valign="top"|<small>"[[Whatever]]"<br />[[1994]]</small>

|valign="top"|<small>"[[Some Might Say]]"<br />[[1995]]</small>

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'''"Whatever"''' is a song by British rock band [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], written by [[Noel Gallagher]]. The song features extracts from [[Neil Innes]]' song "How Sweet to Be an Idiot." It was released in [[December]] [[1994]] as a stand-alone single, bridging the gap between Oasis' debut ''[[Definitely Maybe]]'' and their follow-up ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''. "Whatever" became Oasis' first single to enter the top 5 in the [[United Kingdom]] music charts, peaking at #3.

The song joins the infectious pop-rock melodies of ''Definitely Maybe'' with the more sophisticated lyrics of ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory'', preaching universal tolerance and the acceptance of all ideas and beliefs in a typically straightforeward, mancunian way.

"Whatever" was released as a contender for the coveted position of [[Christmas]] #1, [[1994]]. It is a testament to Noel Gallagher's all-conquering self confidence that he should predict "Whatever's" success before he was even given a record contract, saying "In the beginning, there was a masterplan, to the extent that I knew that 'Whatever', one of the first songs I ever wrote, would be a Christmas Top Five hit, but I think anyone who heard the song could have told you that."

One of the B-sides to "Whatever," "Half the World Away" is also recognisable to British listeners as the [[theme tune]] to [[Manchester|mancunian]] [[sitcom]] ''[[The Royle Family]]''.'

"Whatever" has been performed live by Oasis many times, sometimes with the ambitious symphony which occompanies the single verison, sometimes without. Noel often ends live versions of the song with lyrics adapted from [[the Beatles]] song "[[Octopus' Garden]]." They have also been know to add the lines "Get over yer blues, carry the news."

== Track Listing ==

1. Whatever

2. It's Good to Be Free

3. Half the World Away

4. Slide Away

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