Oasis earns a brand new U.K. top 40 hit as “Slide Away” debuts at No. 31 on the Official Singles chart, 30 years after its original release. Group portrait of British rock band Oasis in Manchester, United Kingdom, 29th November 1993. L-R Noel Gallagher, Paul Arthurs (aka Bonehead), Paul McGuigan, Tony McCarroll,Liam Gallagher. (Photo by James Fry/Getty Images)
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More than 15 years after Oasis went on what was expected to be its last concert trek, the Dig Out Your Soul Tour, the band is back together for a string of shows. The Oasis Live 25 Tour began on July 4 and is expected to end in November, with dates spread out across Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia, and South America.
The group has wrapped its shows in the United Kingdom for now, but there’s still a lot of excitement connected to the legendary Britpop outfit. This frame, many of the band’s most successful albums and singles continue to find space on a multitude of charts. The rockers even manage to collect a brand new top 40 hit with a decades-old tune.
“Slide Away” Debuts Inside the Top 40
“Slide Away” launches on the Official Singles chart this week, opening at No. 31. The title is performing well enough on both streaming platforms and digital download storefronts — which both feed into the competitive tally — that it gives the band yet another smash.
A Coincidence on the Charts
Oasis has now racked up 31 hits on the Official Singles chart. Fittingly, “Slide Away” opens at No. 31. The group has collected 28 top 40 hits in the country, as only a handful of cuts have missed out on the region that typically defines a proper win.
“Slide Away” Was Never Pushed as a Single
“Slide Away” was never released as a single, but it becomes a top 40 smash in the U.K. this week nonetheless. The tune is featured on the band’s debut full-length Definitely Maybe, which dropped in the summer of 1994 and is now more than 30 years old.
“Slide Away” Falls on Sales and Streaming Rankings
As “Slide Away” launches on the Official Singles roster, it also appears on three other tallies, but declines on all of them. The song slips on the Official Streaming, Official Singles Downloads, and Official Singles Sales charts, settling at Nos. 77, 86, and 90, respectively, six weeks into its life on all three tallies.
“Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Live Forever”
Per Official Charts Company rules, Oasis only claims three spaces on the Official Singles chart at the moment, the most allowed per musical act in a lead role at one time. “Slide Away” joins “Don’t Look Back in Anger” and “Live Forever,” which dip slightly to Nos. 22 and 27, respectively. Both of those tracks had previously reached the top 10, and “Don’t Look Back in Anger” is counted among Oasis’ No. 1s.