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==Critical reception==

"Don't Look Back in Anger" was met with high critical praise and it became a commercial hit. [[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said, "Noel Gallagher reveals a deft sense of timing and craft that turn his improprieties into masterful pop gems."<ref>[[Larry Flick|Flick, Larry]] (15 June 1996), "Singles: Pop". ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. '''108''' (24):74</ref> [[David Stubbs]] from ''[[Melody Maker]]'' commented, "It's Oasis at their least incandescent, another outing for the chamber orchestra, supposedly elegiac but actually coming across as jaded and shagged. The chorus sounds like a [[Mott the Hoople]] reunion gig."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Stubbs|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53563867514/|title=Albums|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=30 September 1995|page=33|access-date=13 March 2024|author-link=David Stubbs}}</ref> The Stud Brothers of ''Melody Maker'' stated, "From its '[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]' intro to its storming conclusion this is, as we all already know, a very good song indeed."<ref>{{cite magazine|author=The Stud Brothers|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53631986306/|title=Singles|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=10 February 1996|page=34|access-date=9 May 2024}}</ref> ''[[Music Week]]'' rated it five out of five and named it Single of the Week, writing, "Cheekily opening with [[John Lennon]]'s "Imagine" riff, another [[Beatles]]-inspired single which will turn on the fans on Brits day. The inclusion of the ill-advised [[Slade]] cover of "[[Cum On Feel the Noize]]" is a low point, however."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Reviews: Singles – Single of the Week |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 10 February 1996 |page= 10 |access-date= 27 May 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-02-10.pdf}}</ref> John Robinson from ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' remarked, "When That Noel Moment arrives with 'Don't Look Back in Anger', he instructs us not to ''put your life in the hands of a rock and roll band''."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=John|last=Robinson|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53565940480/|title=Albums|magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=30 September 1995|page=52|access-date=13 March 2024}}</ref> [[Andrew Harrison (journalist)|Andrew Harrison]] from ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' praised it as "superior" and "sung beautiful by Noel." He felt the song "captures a wistful mood of confusion and loss, but you're never sure what it's all about."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Harrison|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2012/03/oasis1.jpg|title=New Albums|workmagazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]|date=November 1995|page=98|access-date=25 December 2024|author-link=Andrew Harrison (journalist)}}</ref> Also Helen Lamont from ''[[Smash Hits]]'' gave the single five out of five, naming it "a new rock 'n' roll classic, imagine that."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Helen|last=Lamont|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/53142377926/in/album-72177720310744167/|title=Singles|workmagazine=[[Smash Hits]]|date=17 January 1996|page=52|access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref>

In December 1996, ''Melody Maker'' ranked "Don't Look Back in Anger" number 31 in their list of "Singles of the Year".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53760986465/|title=Singles Of The Year|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=21 December 1996|page=68|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> In a 2006 readers' poll conducted by [[Q (magazine)|''Q'']] magazine, it was voted 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|work=Q|year=2006|access-date=23 September 2007|archive-date=13 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313132941/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#100%20greatest%20songs|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2007, ''[[NME]]'' magazine placed "Don't Look Back in Anger" at No. 14 in its list of the "50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/nme-1474-1349079|title=50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever|work=[[NME]]|year=2007|access-date=5 November 2020|archive-date=11 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911214655/https://www.nme.com/news/music/nme-1474-1349079|url-status=live}}</ref>