45. Wonderwall—Ryan Adams
“Backbeat, the word is on the street
That the fire in your heart is out.”
Okay, Oasis fans, hear me out. Yes, the original version is amazing, and nothing can replace it. All we’re saying is that this version brings something incredibly different to the table. It’s emotional and a bit more depressing than the original version, but masterfully done.
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Even Noel Gallagher from Oasis agrees. “We’ve never got it right. It’s too slow or too fast,” he told Spin Magazine in 2008. “I think Ryan Adams is the only person who ever got that song right. I’d love to do the Ryan Adams version, but in front of 60,000 Oasis fans, that wouldn’t be possible.”