Oasis - Stand By Me

What this video is

Released on 22 September 1997 as the second single from Be Here Now, 'Stand By Me' arrived at a pivotal and turbulent moment in British pop culture. The single debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, held off the top spot by Elton John's Diana tribute single in the immediate wake of Princess Diana's death. The video's narrative strategy — street-level vignettes of apparent antisocial behaviour…

Why it matters

The video stands as a late-peak Britpop artefact, representing Oasis at their most cinematically ambitious in terms of narrative structure while the band remained at their greatest commercial scale. The Guardian ad-campaign reference elevates it above a standard performance clip, making it one of…

The director

David Mould is a British music video director whose credits span the mid-1990s through the 2010s. Notable works include Oasis: Stand by Me (1997), Evanescence: My Immortal (2003), Best of Blue (2004), Say What You Want by Texas (1997), Cheating by John…