I'm Outta Time

"I'm Outta Time"
Single by Oasis
from the album Dig Out Your Soul
B-side"To Be Where There's Life"
Released1 December 2008 (2008-12-01)[1]
StudioAbbey Road Studios, London[1]
GenreRock ballad[2][3]
Length4:10 (album version)
3:49 (radio edit)
LabelBig Brother
SongwriterLiam Gallagher
ProducerDave Sardy
Oasis singles chronology
"The Shock of the Lightning"
(2008) 		"I'm Outta Time"
(2008) 		"Falling Down"
(2009)
Music video
"I'm Outta Time" on YouTube

"I'm Outta Time" is a song by English rock band Oasis, featured on their seventh studio album, Dig Out Your Soul (2008). The second single from the album, succeeding "The Shock of the Lightning", "I'm Outta Time" was written by lead vocalist Liam Gallagher and released on 1 December 2008.[4][1]

Composition and background

The track features a short speech sample from John Lennon taken from one of his last interviews in 1980.[1] The speech sample says: "As Churchill said, it's every Englishman's inalienable right to live where the hell he likes. I said, what, do you think it's gonna vanish? It's not going to be there when I get back?".[5]

According to Oasis' official single page, "I'm Outta Time" was the second Oasis single to be written by Liam Gallagher (after Songbird), and it was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.[1] In September 2008, Gallagher said of the song: "That took me nine years to write. I only finished it last week."[6] In a 2008 interview with Rolling Stone, he also said that the song had existed in demo form for around three years before he completed the chorus.[7]

The song's Lennon connection was noted in contemporary coverage before its single release. The Irish Examiner described it as a tribute to Lennon's memory,[6] while later retrospective commentary in Rolling Stone Australia wrote that, even without the spoken excerpt, the song "feels more like an outtake from Lennon's bread-baking years than the work of one of Britain's brashest rock outfits".[8]

Reception

The song has been noted as one of the highlights of the album by critics as well as the band themselves. Noel Gallagher praised Liam's songwriting around the time of the album's release, saying: "I like Liam's songs, I wasn't surprised [at 'I'm Outta Time''s quality]. He's expected to write great songs – he's in Oasis."[9] The song has also been described in band-related commentary as "deceptively brilliant".[10]

It was also praised by music critics, with NME calling it a return to form and writing that the song "floats along on psychedelic Beatles waves, with sliding guitars, distant 'lalala's and a point-blank chorus".[2] The song's Lennon influence was also a recurrent point in later criticism. Rolling Stone called it a "stately, Lennonesque ballad",[11] while Rolling Stone Australia described it as a "wistful gem".[12]

It charted at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart – the first Oasis single to miss the top ten since 1994's "Shakermaker", ending the band's streak of 22 consecutive top tens.[13][14] It spent only two weeks in the UK top 75 and three weeks in the top 100, the least ever by any Oasis single in the main singles chart.[13] Although only peaking at number 48 in France, the song spent a total of 28 weeks in the French Singles Chart,[15] the most ever by any Oasis single.

Music video

The music video for "I'm Outta Time" was released in November 2008.[16] The official YouTube upload credits W.I.Z. as director,[17] while MTV credited the production company as Intro.[18] Filmed in black and white, it shows Liam Gallagher, the only band member to appear in the clip, on a "surreal journey through a moon-lit English landscape".[19] It was filmed in Bourton-on-the-Water.[20]

At the end of the video, Liam is filmed in a close-up profile shot lying down. This bears resemblance to the back cover artwork for John Lennon's album Imagine.[21] It also resembles the cover of Lennon's 1973 album Mind Games.

Covers

The song was covered by singer Lily Allen on BBC's Live Lounge on 2 December 2009.

Personnel

Personnel adapted from the single and album credits.[22][23]

Track listing

CD (RKIDSCD55)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Outta Time" (album version)Liam Gallagher4:10
2."I'm Outta Time" (Twiggy Ramirez remix)L. Gallagher6:14
3."The Shock of the Lightning" (Jagz Kooner remix)Noel Gallagher6:40
7" (RKID55)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Outta Time" (album version)L. Gallagher4:10
2."To Be Where There's Life" (Neon Neon remix)Gem Archer4:17
7" (RKID55X)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Outta Time" (Twiggy Ramirez remix)L. Gallagher6:14
2."The Shock of the Lightning" (Jagz Kooner remix)N. Gallagher6:40
Digital bundle
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Outta Time" (album version)L. Gallagher4:10
2."I'm Outta Time" (Twiggy Ramirez remix)L. Gallagher6:14
3."I'm Outta Time" (demo)L. Gallagher4:01
American iTunes EP[24]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Outta Time" (album version)L. Gallagher4:10
2."I'm Outta Time" (remix)L. Gallagher6:14
3."I'm Outta Time" (demo)L. Gallagher4:01
4."The Shock of the Lightning" (Jagz Kooner remix)N. Gallagher6:40
5."To Be Where There's Life" (Neon Neon remix)Archer4:17
In Japan SICP 2163[25]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Outta Time" (album version)L. Gallagher4:10
2."I'm Outta Time" (Twiggy Ramirez remix)L. Gallagher6:14
3."To Be Where There's Life" (Neon Neon remix)Archer4:20
4."Waiting for the Rapture" (Alt Version No. 2)N. Gallagher2:59
5."To Be Where There's Life" (A Richard Fearless production)Archer6:29

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[26] 62
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[27] 6
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[28] 14
France (SNEP)[29] 48
Germany (GfK)[30] 62
Scotland Singles (OCC)[31] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[32] 12
UK Indie (OCC)[33] 1
US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)[34] 9

References

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