Do n't Go Away - wikipedia Do n't Go Away For the Buckcherry song, see Black Butterfly ( album ). For the Era song, see The Mass ( album ). For the Super Junior - T song, see Rokuko. `` Do n't Go Away '' Single by Oasis from the album Be Here Now B - side `` Cigarettes & Alcohol ( live ) Sad Song Fade Away ( Warchild Version ) '' Released 19 February 1998 ( Japan ) Format CD single Recorded Genre Rock, Britpop Length 4 : 48 Label Creation / Sony Music Japan - ESCA - 6948 Songwriter ( s ) Noel Gallagher Producer ( s ) Owen Morris, Noel Gallagher Oasis singles chronology `` All Around the World '' ( 1998 ) `` Do n't Go Away '' ( 1998 ) `` Acquiesce '' ( 1998 ) `` All Around the World '' ( 1998 ) `` Do n't Go Away '' ( 1998 ) `` Acquiesce '' ( 1998 ) Be Here Now track listing 12 tracks `` D'You Know What I Mean ? '' `` My Big Mouth '' `` Magic Pie '' `` Stand by Me '' `` I Hope, I Think, I Know '' `` The Girl in the Dirty Shirt '' `` Fade In - Out '' `` Do n't Go Away '' `` Be Here Now '' `` All Around the World '' `` It 's Gettin ' Better ( Man ! ! ) '' `` All Around the World ( Reprise ) '' `` Do n't Go Away '' is a song by the English rock band Oasis from their third album, Be Here Now, written by the band 's lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. The song was released as a commercial single only in Japan, peaking at number 48 on the Oricon chart, and as a promotional single in the United States, Japan and Europe. In the United States it was a success, hitting # 5 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in late 1997. It was the band 's last major hit in the United States until 2008 's `` The Shock of the Lightning ''. Contents 1 Background and composition 2 Crediting controversy 3 Artwork 4 Scruton critique 5 B - sides 6 Track listing 7 References 8 External links Background and composition Although `` Do n't Go Away '' appears for the first time in 1997, its origins date back to 1993, when Oasis spent time with The Real People at their studio in Liverpool. `` Do n't Go Away '' was included in a batch of songs written under the wing of the Griffiths brothers ( which also included `` Columbia '', `` Rock ' n ' Roll Star '', `` Rockin ' Chair '' and others ). Liam Gallagher claims to have cried whilst recording the song, as a result of dwelling on `` a certain thing ''. He said, in a 1997 interview, `` I just thought ' fuck that, I ca n't be singing this song ' and I had to go away and sort myself out ''. Listening back to the song he admits to being very proud of his vocal performance. In a 1997 interview promoting Be Here Now, Noel Gallagher had the following to say about the song : `` It 's a very sad song about not wanting to lose someone you 're close to. The middle eight I made up on the spot -- I never had that lyric until the day we recorded it : ' Me and you, what 's going on ? / All we seem to know is how to show / The feelings that are wrong. ' It 's after a row. Quite bleak. '' `` We put Burt Bacharach horns on because he was the master of break - up songs. I did all the string arrangements. I tried to keep them as simple as possible. I like the way Marc Bolan used them on Children of the Revolution. People do remember string parts as separate hooklines, you know. You just do n't want to use them slushily. '' Crediting controversy As many songs written during the time spent with The Real People, `` Do n't Go Away '' shares similarities with one of brothers Griffiths ' compositions, `` Feel the Pain '', both in music and lyrics. Lyrics in the chorus of `` Do n't Go Away '' are lifted verbatim from `` Feel the Pain ''. In an interview with Mojo magazine, Chris Griffiths states : ``... there 's one called `` Do n't Go Away '' which is very similar to a song we had called `` Feel the Pain '' but I dunno how much I can say about that, la, you know what I mean ? '' Artwork The cover of the single features the old Liverpool Speke Airport building. The airport is famous as the scene at which thousands of hysterical fans greeted The Beatles on their return to Liverpool at the height of Beatlemania. Derelict at the time, it has now been turned into a hotel. The aeroplane is an Avro Lancastrian. Scruton critique The song is analysed by philosopher Roger Scruton in his book Modern Culture, in particular with reference to the line : `` Damn my education, I ca n't find the words to say / About the things caught in my mind ''. Scruton writes, `` Here, encrypted within the routine protest, is a more strangulated cry -- a protest against the impossibility of protest. Trapped as he is in a culture that treats articulate utterance as a capitulation to the adult world, the singer can find no words to express what most deeply concerns him. Something is lacking in his world -- but he can not say what. He excites his fans to every kind of artificial ecstasy, knowing that nothing will be changed for them or him, that the void will always remain unfilled ''. B - sides The live version of `` Cigarettes & Alcohol '' was recorded 14 December 1997 at the G - MEX Exhibition Centre in Oasis ' home town of Manchester. `` Sad Song '' originally appeared as a bonus track on the vinyl release of the first Oasis album, Definitely Maybe. It also appeared on the Japanese CD edition of Definitely Maybe. The ' Warchild ' version of `` Fade Away '' is from The Help Album recorded in September 1995. It features Noel on vocals, and guests Johnny Depp on guitar, Kate Moss on tambourine and Liam and Lisa Moorish on backing vocals. All proceeds from that track went to Warchild Charities. Track listing CD -- Epic / Sony Music / ESCA - 6948 Japan `` Do n't Go Away '' -- 4 : 43 `` Cigarettes & Alcohol '' ( Live from GMEX, Manchester, 14 December 1997 ) -- 4 : 58 `` Sad Song '' -- 4 : 16 `` Fade Away '' ( Warchild version ) -- 4 : 08 CD ( Promo ) -- Epic / ESK 2591 United States `` Do n't Go Away '' ( Album Version ) -- 4 : 48 CD ( Promo ) -- Sony Music / SAMPCS 5140 France `` Do n't Go Away '' ( Single Edit ) -- 4 : 44 ( lacks the initial drumstick hits found on the album version ) References Jump up ^ https://www.discogs.com/Oasis-Dont-Go-Away/master/52266 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/277052/oasis/chart Jump up ^ McCarrol, Tony ( 2010 ). Oasis : The Truth, Blake Publishing, ISBN 1843582465 Jump up ^ MTV Uncut interview, New Year 's Eve, 1997 Jump up ^ `` The Realies discuss their current plans, as well as giving an insight into their influence on Oasis, in an interview with Mojo Magazine ''. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Jump up ^ Scruton, Roger ( 22 September 1998 ). `` Youth Culture 's Lament ''. City Journal. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Hitchin ' a Ride '' by Green Day Canadian RPM Rock / Alternative 30 number - one single 13 October 1997 Succeeded by `` Walkin ' on the Sun '' by Smash Mouth Oasis Liam Gallagher Noel Gallagher Paul `` Guigsy '' McGuigan Paul `` Bonehead '' Arthurs Tony McCarroll Alan White Gem Archer Andy Bell Zak Starkey Chris Sharrock Studio albums Definitely Maybe ( What 's the Story ) Morning Glory ? Be Here Now Standing on the Shoulder of Giants Heathen Chemistry Do n't Believe the Truth Dig Out Your Soul Live albums Familiar to Millions Live from The Roundhouse Compilations Definitely Maybe ( singles box ) Morning Glory ( singles box ) The Masterplan Stop the Clocks Time Flies... 1994 -- 2009 Be Here Now Acoustic Collection Extended plays Live Demonstration Boy with the Blues Singles `` Supersonic '' `` Shakermaker '' `` Live Forever '' `` Cigarettes & Alcohol '' `` Rock ' n ' Roll Star '' `` Whatever '' `` Some Might Say '' `` Roll with It '' `` Morning Glory '' `` Wonderwall '' `` Do n't Look Back in Anger '' `` Champagne Supernova '' `` D'You Know What I Mean ? '' `` Stand by Me '' `` All Around the World '' `` Do n't Go Away '' `` Acquiesce '' `` Go Let It Out '' `` Who Feels Love ? '' `` Sunday Morning Call '' `` Where Did It All Go Wrong ? '' `` The Hindu Times '' `` Stop Crying Your Heart Out '' `` Little by Little '' / `` She Is Love '' `` Songbird '' `` Lyla '' `` The Importance of Being Idle '' `` Let There Be Love '' `` Lord Do n't Slow Me Down '' `` The Shock of the Lightning '' `` I 'm Outta Time '' `` Falling Down '' Other songs `` Slide Away '' `` Half the World Away '' `` Talk Tonight '' `` Acquiesce '' `` The Masterplan '' `` Stop the Clocks '' `` Boy with the Blues '' Video albums Live by the Sea... There and Then Familiar to Millions Definitely Maybe Lord Do n't Slow Me Down Time Flies... 1994 -- 2009 Tours Definitely Maybe Tour ( What 's the Story ) Morning Glory ? Tour Be Here Now Tour Standing on the Shoulder of Giants Tour The Tour of Brotherly Love Heathen Chemistry Tour Do n't Believe the Truth Tour Dig Out Your Soul Tour Related Articles Discography Awards Band members Songs Big Brother Recordings Bands Beady Eye Heavy Stereo Hurricane # 1 Noel Gallagher 's High Flying Birds Ride The Rain No Way Sis People Jay Darlington Tony Griffiths Terry Kirkbride Alan McGee Scott McLeod Owen Morris Dave Sardy Paul Stacey Steve White Albums and Songs The Dreams We Have as Children Standing on the Edge of the Noise `` Wibbling Rivalry '' `` Stop the Clocks '' Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Go_Away&oldid=800251722 '' Categories : 1998 singles Oasis ( band ) songs Oricon International Singles Chart number - one singles Songs written by Noel Gallagher Song recordings produced by Noel Gallagher Music videos directed by Nigel Dick Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from April 2014 Use British English from April 2014 Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français 한국어 Italiano ქართული 日本 語 Português Simple English Slovenčina Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 12 September 2017, at 10 : 39. 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Question: who wrote the song sonny don't go away
Answer: English rock band Oasis