According to the NME, Oasis have rerecorded ‘Wonderwall’ with Noel on vocals after the Gallagher brother saw Ryan Adams cover the classic Britpop track. The recording follows an interview where Noel said: "I never got my head round this song until I went to see Ryan Adams play and he did an amazing cover of it. So now I'm going to cover one of my own songs in the style of Ryan Adams."
The song has something of a difficult history for Noel. When first released the media reckoned it was penned as a tribute to then girlfriend Meg Matthews, and insiders reckoned that’s why the band stopped playing it at gigs after Gallagher and Matthews split. Noel, who later denied the song was about Matthews at all, re-added an acoustic version of the track to the band’s live set last year, but had a habit of stopping half way through because fans wouldn’t stop singing along!
It’s unclear if and when the new version – which is said to be quite different – will be released. Sony have confirmed it will not appear on the single release of Songbird on 3 Feb.