Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger

What this video is

Released on 19 February 1996 via Creation Records, 'Don't Look Back in Anger' was the fifth single from Oasis's landmark second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) and the first Oasis single to feature Noel Gallagher on lead vocals rather than his brother Liam. It debuted at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart, eventually becoming seven-times platinum in the UK. The song's deliberate Lennon-esque piano intro —…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of the Britpop peak (1994–1997), the video documents Oasis at the moment of their greatest cultural authority. The theatrical mansion setting, classic-car iconography, and Beatles-referential staging made it one of the most-watched Britpop-era videos, accumulating over 310…

The director

Nigel Dick (born 21 March 1953, Catterick, North Yorkshire) is a British-American music video director and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He studied architecture at the University of Bath before entering the record industry at Stiff Records. He co-founded…