10 Songs That Actually Got Better Live
3. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
It legitimately feels like time stopped the first time Oasis emerged on the scene. While their sound was a throwback to the glorious rock and roll we had gotten used to over the years, the amount of craftsmanship Noel Gallagher put into these songs made them feel like you were listening to rock and roll for the first time. Even though "Wonderwall" has been played to death across the world at this point, "Don't Look Back In Anger" is practically the Oasis national anthem.
With a melody playing off of John Lennon's "Imagine," the entire song feels like a raw expression of joy, as Noel promises that all the negative energy that you've seen will slowly fade away. Gallagher may have thought he had written a good tune, but no one could have predicted how amazing the song would become once it reached the live stage.
Though the song went off like gangbusters in its heyday, it's impact on fans has turned it into one of the greatest singalongs in recent memory. Even when Oasis was performing live, Noel would often turn the microphone over to the audience, as a crowd surpassing 100,000 would belt out each lyric with every fiber of their being. Oasis' music was already massively successful, but it takes a certain X-factor for a single song to resonate with so many people for that long.