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"'''Don't Look Back in Anger'''" is a song by English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]. It was written by the band's lead guitarist and chief songwriter [[Noel Gallagher]], and produced by Gallagher and [[Owen Morris]]. Released on 19 February 1996 by [[Creation Records]] as the fifth single from their second studio album, ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]'' (1995), it became Oasis's second single to reach number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]], earning a quintuple-platinum sales [[Music recording certification|certification]] in the UK. It was the first Oasis single with lead vocals by Noel, who had previously only sung lead on B-sides, instead of his brother [[Liam Gallagher|Liam]]. Noel would later sing lead vocals on six other singles. The music video was directed by [[Nigel Dick]], featuring the band performing at a mansion where a large group of women appears.
It is one of the band's signature songs, and was played at almost every live show from its release to the dissolution of the band in 2009. In 2012, it was ranked number one on a list of the "50 Most Explosive Choruses" by ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-170-1278050|title='Don't Look Back in Anger' by Oasis tops NME's 50 Most Explosive Choruses list|date=28 February 2012|work=[[NME]]|access-date=5 November 2020|archive-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820092954/https://www.nme.com/news/music/oasis-170-1278050|url-status=live}}</ref> and the same year it was voted the fourth-most-popular No. 1 single of the last 60 years in the UK by the public in conjunction with the [[Official Charts Company]]'s 60th anniversary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/queen-63-1266677|title=Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' named as 'UK's Favourite Number One single' | News|date=16 July 2012|work=[[NME]]|access-date=5 November 2020|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514012031/https://www.nme.com/news/music/queen-63-1266677|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' readers voted it the second-greatest Britpop song after "[[Common People]]" by [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Brit-Pop Songs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-britpop-songs-20150513/oasis-dont-look-back-in-anger-20150513|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=25 March 2018|access-date=19 September 2019|archive-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326064352/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-britpop-songs-20150513/oasis-dont-look-back-in-anger-20150513|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 May 2017, [[Absolute Radio 90s]] broadcast a programme counting down the top 50 songs written by Noel Gallagher to mark his 50th birthday, with the song being voted No. 1. In August 2020, the song was voted as the greatest song of the 1990s by listeners of [[Absolute Radio 90s]] as part of celebrations for the station's tenth anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio/music/news/greatest-songs-of-the-90s/|title=The 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s revealed|website=Absolute Radio|access-date=8 September 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204034406/https://planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio/music/news/greatest-songs-of-the-90s/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2025, "Don't Look Back in Anger" became Oasis's second song to hit a billion streams
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