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Shakermaker

{{Short description|1994 single by Oasis}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Shakermaker

| cover = oasis_shakermaker_cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Oasis

| album = Definitely Maybe

| B-side = {{ubl|"D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?"|"Alive" (8-track demo)|"Bring It On Down" (live)}}

| released = {{start date|1994|6|20|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-06-18.pdf|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=18 June 1994|access-date=25 June 2021}}

| recorded = October 1993, 14 April 1994{{Cite web|url=https://www.oasis-live.net/shows/1993/1993-10-xx|title=Oasis: Unreleased Demos / Out of the Blue Studios, Manchester / October 1993 | the Oasis Gigography | oasis-live.net|website=www.oasis-live.net}}https://www.oasis-timeline.com/images/sources/shakermaker_out_of_the_blue_1994.jpg

| studio = Out of the Blue (Manchester, England)

| genre = {{hlist|Britpop|neo-psychedelia{{cite magazine|first= Kenneth |last= Partridge |title= Oasis' 'Definitely Maybe' at 20: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review |date= 29 August 2014 |magazine= Billboard |accessdate= 19 July 2016 |url= http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/album-review/6236457/oasis-definitely-maybe-at-20-classic-track-by-track-album}}}}

| length = 5:08

| label = Creation

| writer = Noel Gallagher

| producer = {{hlist|Oasis|Mark Coyle|Owen Morris}}

| prev_title = Supersonic

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Live Forever

| next_year = 1994

| misc = {{Extra track listing

| album = Definitely Maybe

| type = single

| tracks = {{Definitely Maybe tracks}}

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{{External music video|{{YouTube|3FpNw3286y8|"Oasis - Shakermaker (Official HD Remastered Video)"}}}}

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"Shakermaker" is a song by the English rock band Oasis. Written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher, the song was first released on 20 June 1994, by Creation Records, as the second single from their debut studio album Definitely Maybe (1994). The single peaked at number eleven in the UK. It was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry in 2013, having previously been their only single of the 1990s not to be certified in the UK. As of 2021, it remains the only single from the band's first two albums not to reach at least platinum status in the UK.

Background

Noel Gallagher states that the lyrics are taken from the world around him. For example, a Shaker Maker was a popular toy in the 1970s, the character of "Mr Soft" was taken from a Trebor Soft Mints commercial, which featured Cockney Rebel's song "Mr. Soft", "Mr. Clean" is a song by The Jam, one of Gallagher's favourite bands, Mr Benn is a British children's cartoon and the entire last verse – "Mr Sifter sold me songs / When I was just 16 / Now he stops at traffic lights / But only when they're green" – was written in a taxi on the way to the recording studio to record the song. Apparently, Liam Gallagher was pestering Noel to finish the song just as the taxi stopped at the traffic lights outside "Sifters" (a record shop on Fog Lane, Didsbury, Manchester), named after people 'sifting' through records and run by Peter Howard since 1977.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/mr-sifter-stars-liam-gallaghers-7934074|title=Mr Sifter stars in Liam Gallagher's new Pretty Green fashion shoot|last=Bourne|first=Dianne|date=14 October 2014|work=Manchester Evening News}} Noel, who used to frequent the store to buy old records before Oasis started releasing albums, penned the lyric and it became part of the song.{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/im-like-pig-s-here-29232379|title=The iconic south Manchester shop that inspired Noel and Liam Gallagher|first=Thomas|last=George|date=27 May 2024|website=Manchester Evening News}}

"Shakermaker" illustrates Noel's habit of borrowing from the past: the chords are a simple twelve-bar blues progression (albeit with the V (F{{music|#}}) raised to a flat-VII (A)). The melody for the verse was originally taken from "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer and Billy Davis. An Oasis tribute band called No Way Sis released a cover version of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" in the style of "Shakermaker", emphasising the similarity between the two songs. This cover reached No. 27 on the UK singles chart in December 1996.{{cite web|title=NO WAY SIS {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2401/no-way-sis/|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=5 February 2017|language=en}} Oasis were sued over this similarity and were forced to change their composition.{{Cite magazine |last=Mundy |first=Chris |date=1996-05-02 |title=Ruling Asses: Oasis Have Conquered America, and They Won't Shut Up About It |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/oasis-ruling-asses-243843/ |access-date=2023-12-04 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}

B-sides

The song was released with three B-sides: "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" (first appearing on the Live Recordings demo tape), sung by Noel Gallagher, which is instrumentally similar to "Married with Children" from Definitely Maybe and features nostalgic lyrics and two-part{{clarify|date=May 2017}} backing vocals by Liam; "Alive", a rough demo of an early rocker, and a live version of "Bring It on Down".

Music video

The music video was shot in Burton Road, Manchester nearby the Gallaghers' childhood home. The field they are playing football in is Didsbury Toc H Sports Ground in Fog Lane, Didsbury in South Manchester.

The album Liam shows to the camera is Paul McCartney and Wings's album Red Rose Speedway. The music video garnered 5 million views on YouTube.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FpNw3286y8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/3FpNw3286y8 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Oasis – Shakermaker|date=17 January 2014|accessdate=17 April 2019|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Jimmy Keddie is seen for a brief moment smoking a pipe behind Liam Gallagher, at the 3:17 mark.Elis James and John Robins

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Personnel

Oasis

Additional personnel

Track listings

  • CD CRESCD 182
  1. "Shakermaker" – 5:08
  2. "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41
  3. "Alive" (8-track demo) – 3:56
  4. "Bring It on Down" (live) – 4:17
  • 7" CRE 182
  1. "Shakermaker" – 5:08
  2. "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41
  • 12" CRE 182T
  1. "Shakermaker" – 5:08
  2. "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41
  3. "Alive" (8-track demo) – 3:56
  • Cassette CRECS 182
  1. "Shakermaker" – 5:08
  2. "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41
  • CD maxi-single HES 661377 2
  1. "Shakermaker" – 5:11
  2. "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41
  3. "Alive" (8 Track Demo) – 3:57
  4. "Bring It On Down" (Live) – 4:18
  5. "I Will Believe" (Live) – 3:48
  6. "Cloudburst" – 5:19

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1994)

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position

scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1994/MM-1994-07-09.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=11|issue=28|page=17|date=9 July 1994|access-date=25 June 2021}}

| 45

{{single chart|Scotland|6|date=19940529|rowheader=true|access-date=22 February 2021}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|11|artist=Oasis|artistid=3993|rowheader=true|access-date=22 February 2021|refname="Oasis UK Singles Chart History"}}
scope="row"| UK Airplay (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-07-23.pdf#page=40|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=23 July 1994|page=26|access-date=23 May 2025}}

| 37

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1994)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=1994 – Singles|magazine=Hit Music|page=31|date=7 January 1995}}

| 192

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Oasis|title=Shakermaker|award=Gold|relyear=1994|certyear=2024|id=10376-1114-1|access-date=24 May 2024}}

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References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150825180037/http://www.oasisinet.com/ Oasisinet – The Official Oasis Website]

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Category:Oasis (band) songs

Category:1994 singles

Category:Creation Records singles

Category:Neo-psychedelia songs

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Category:Song recordings produced by Liam Gallagher

Category:Songs involved in plagiarism controversies

Category:1994 songs