Sunday Morning Call

"Sunday Morning Call"
Single by Oasis
from the album Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
B-side
  • "Carry Us All"
  • "Full On"
Released3 July 2000 (2000-07-03)
GenreIndie rock[1][2][3][4]
Length
  • 5:12 (album version)
  • 3:33 (radio edit)
LabelBig Brother
SongwriterNoel Gallagher
Producers
Oasis singles chronology
"Who Feels Love?"
(2000) 		"Sunday Morning Call"
(2000) 		"The Hindu Times"
(2002)
Music video
"Oasis - Sunday Morning Call (Official Video)" on YouTube

"Sunday Morning Call" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, released as the third and final single from their fourth studio album, Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, number five in Italy, and number 20 in Ireland.

Release and reception

The song was released as the third and final single from the album on 3 July 2000,[5] peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart, number five in Italy, and number 20 in Ireland. It was written by Noel Gallagher, who also sang lead vocals.[6]

In January 2000, Gallagher told The Guardian that "Sunday Morning Call" was about "a particular person on a self-destruct mission" who was "too rock'n'roll for their own good".[7] Reviewing Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, NME described "Sunday Morning Call" as "a dreary thing indeed".[8]

"Sunday Morning Call" was included on the 2010 compilation album Time Flies... 1994–2009 as a hidden track at the end of disc two.[9] Before the official track listing was published, NME reported that the song appeared to have been omitted from the compilation.[10] It was rumoured that this was because Noel "hates" the song, as he stated in the audio commentary of the accompanying DVD. Gallagher later confirmed in a Radio X feature that he disliked the song, saying "Because it's shit" and adding that he hated it enough to leave it off the credited track listing of the Oasis singles compilation, despite its inclusion as a hidden track.[11]

"Full On" dates from 1997. It was played by the band during soundchecks in the Be Here Now Tour, for example at the G-Mex in Manchester on 14 December 1997.

Music video

The promotional video was directed by Nick Egan and, according to NME, was conceived as an homage to the Jack Nicholson film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with characters resembling McMurphy and Nurse Ratched.[12][13] It was filmed in an old mental institution in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and features Scottish actor James Cunningham.

Track listings

UK CD and 12-inch single (RKIDSCD 004; RKID 004T)[14][15]

  1. "Sunday Morning Call"
  2. "Carry Us All"
  3. "Full On"

UK 7-inch and cassette single (RKID 004; RKIDCS 004)[16][17]

  1. "Sunday Morning Call"
  2. "Carry Us All"

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Standing on the Shoulder of Giants.[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[18] 17
Ireland (IRMA)[19] 20
Italy (FIMI)[20] 5
Scotland Singles (OCC)[21] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[22] 4
UK Indie (OCC)[23] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
UK Singles (OCC)[24] 137

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 3 July 2000
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Big Brother [5]
Japan 5 July 2000 CD Epic [26]

References

  1. ^ "Sunday Morning Call - Single by Oasis". Apple Music. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  2. ^ "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants by Oasis". Apple Music. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Sunday Morning Call". SoundCloud. Oasis. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Sunday Morning Call by Oasis". Qobuz. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  5. ^ a b "New Releases – For Week Starting July 3, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 July 2000. p. 23. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  6. ^ a b Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (CD liner notes). Oasis. Big Brother Recordings. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Baker, Lindsay (29 January 2000). "Morning-after glory". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants". NME. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Time Flies… 1994-2009". Oasis. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  10. ^ "'Lost' Oasis single sneaks on new singles collection 'Time Flies'". NME. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Noel Gallagher answers his Most Googled questions". Radio X. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Oasis - Sunday Morning Call (Official Video)". YouTube. Oasis. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  13. ^ "OASIS - THIS IS A CALL". NME. 18 April 2000. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  14. ^ Sunday Morning Call (UK CD single liner notes). Oasis. Big Brother Recordings. 2000. RKIDSCD 004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ^ Sunday Morning Call (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Oasis. Big Brother Recordings. 2000. RKID 004T.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ Sunday Morning Call (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Oasis. Big Brother Recordings. 2000. RKID 004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ^ Sunday Morning Call (UK cassette single sleeve). Oasis. Big Brother Recordings. 2000. RKIDCS 004.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 30. 22 July 2000. p. 9. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  19. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Sunday Morning Call". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  20. ^ "Oasis – Sunday Morning Call". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  21. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 15/7/2000 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  22. ^ "Official Singles Chart on 15/7/2000 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  23. ^ "Official Independent Singles Chart on 15/7/2000 – Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  24. ^ Zywietz, Tobias (September 2001). "The Top 200 Singles of 2000" (PDF). Chartwatch. Ilminster, Somerset. pp. 41–42. Retrieved 3 July 2025 – via Zobbel.
  25. ^ "British single certifications – Oasis – Sunday Morning Call". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 May 2023. Select singles in the Formats field. Type Sunday Morning Call Oasis in the "Search:" field.
  26. ^ "Oasis | Artist Information". Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Archived from the original on 7 April 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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