Live Forever (Oasis song)

"Live Forever"
Cover art featuring John Lennon's childhood home at 251 Menlove Avenue in Liverpool
Single by Oasis
from the album Definitely Maybe
B-side	"Up in the Sky" (acoustic) "Cloudburst" "Supersonic" (live)
Released	8 August 1994
Studio	Clear, Manchester
Genre	Britpop[1] rock[2]
Length	4:36 (album version) 3:43 (radio edit)
Label	Creation
Songwriter(s)	Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)	Oasis Mark Coyle Owen Morris
Oasis singles chronology
"Shakermaker" (1994) "Live Forever" (1994) "Cigarettes & Alcohol" (1994)
Definitely Maybe track listing
11 tracks "Rock 'n' Roll Star" "Shakermaker" "Live Forever" "Up in the Sky" "Columbia" "Supersonic" "Bring It on Down" "Cigarettes & Alcohol" "Digsy's Dinner" "Slide Away" "Married with Children"
Audio sample
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Music video
"Oasis - Live Forever (Official HD Remastered Video)" on YouTube
Music video
"Oasis - Live Forever (Official Video - US Version)" on YouTube

"Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. Written by Noel Gallagher, the song was released as the third single from their debut album Definitely Maybe (1994) on 8 August 1994, just prior to that album's release. Gallagher wrote the song in 1991, before he joined Oasis.

Inspired by the Rolling Stones' "Shine a Light", "Live Forever" features a basic song structure and lyrics with an optimistic outlook that contrasted with the attitude of the grunge bands popular at the time. The song was the first Oasis single to enter the top ten in the United Kingdom, and garnered critical acclaim. In 2017, lead singer Liam Gallagher declared the song his favourite Oasis song.^[3] The British Phonographic Industry certified the song double platinum in August 2021.^[4]