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"Shakermaker"
Single byOasis
from the albumDefinitely Maybe
B-side	"D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" "Alive" (8-track demo) "Bring It On Down" (live)
Released	20 June 1994 (1994-6-20)[1]
Recorded	February 1993[2]
Studio	Out of the Blue (Manchester, England)
Genre	Britpop neo-psychedelia[3]
Length	5:08
Label	Creation
Songwriter(s)	Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)	Oasis Mark Coyle Owen Morris
Oasis singles chronology
"Supersonic" (1994) "Shakermaker" (1994) "Live Forever" (1994)
Definitely Maybe track listing
11 tracks "Rock 'n' Roll Star" "Shakermaker" "Live Forever" "Up in the Sky" "Columbia" "Supersonic" "Bring It on Down" "Cigarettes & Alcohol" "Digsy's Dinner" "Slide Away" "Married with Children"
Music video
"Oasis - Shakermaker (Official HD Remastered Video)" onYouTube

"Shakermaker" is a song by the English rock bandOasis. Written by lead guitaristNoel Gallagher, the song was first released as the second single from their debut studio albumDefinitely Maybe on 20 June 1994. The single peaked at number eleven in the UK. It was certified silver by theBritish 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.

Noel Gallagher states that the lyrics are taken from the world around him. For example, aShaker Maker was a popular toy in the 1970s, the character of "Mr Soft" was taken from a Trebor Soft Mints commercial, which featuredCockney Rebel's song "Mr. Soft", "Mr. Clean" is a song byThe 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. At this point, 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.^[4] Noel penned the lyric and it became part of the song. Noel used to frequent the store to buy old records before Oasis started releasing albums.

The song illustrates Noel Gallagher's habit of borrowing from the past: the chords are a simpletwelve-bar blues progression (albeit with the V (F♯) 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)" byRoger Cook,Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer andBilly Davis. An Oasis tribute band calledNo 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 theUK singles chart in December 1996.^[5] Oasis were sued over this similarity and were forced to change their composition.^[6]

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" fromDefinitely Maybe and features nostalgic lyrics and two-part^{[clarification needed]} backing vocals by Liam; "Alive", a rough demo of an early rocker, and a live version of "Bring It on Down".

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

The album Liam shows to the camera isPaul McCartney and Wings's albumRed Rose Speedway. The music video garnered 5 million views on YouTube.^[7]

Jimmy Keddie is seen for a brief moment smoking a pipe behindLiam Gallagher, at the 3:17 mark.^[8]

• Liam Gallagher – vocals, tambourine
• Noel Gallagher – lead guitar
• Paul Arthurs – rhythm guitar
• Paul McGuigan – bass
• Tony McCarroll – drums

• CDCRESCD 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

• CassetteCRECS 182

1. "Shakermaker" – 5:08
2. "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" – 2:41

• CD Maxi-Single Shakermaker 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

• Oasisinet – The Official Oasis Website

• Oasis (band) songs
• 1994 singles
• Creation Records singles
• Neo-psychedelia songs
• Songs written by Noel Gallagher
• Song recordings produced by Noel Gallagher
• Song recordings produced by Liam Gallagher
• Songs involved in plagiarism controversies
• 1994 songs

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