"Shockwave"
Single by Liam Gallagher
from the album Why Me? Why Not.
Released6 June 2019 (2019-06-06)
Recorded2018-2019
Genre
Length3:30
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
Liam Gallagher singles chronology
"I've All I Need"
(2018)
"Shockwave"
(2019)
"The River"
(2019)

"Shockwave" is a song by English singer and songwriter Liam Gallagher. It was released as the lead single for Gallagher's second solo studio album, Why Me? Why Not. (2019). Gallagher co-wrote the song with Andrew Wyatt and producer Greg Kurstin. Kurstin also produced the single.

"Shockwave" was released on 5 June 2019, and entered the UK Singles Chart at #22,[1] being his best charting single since "Wall of Glass". It also became his first solo #1 single, hitting the top spot in Scotland.

Music video

The music video to "Shockwave" was uploaded onto Gallagher's YouTube channel on 13 June 2019.

The video, directed by François Rousselet[2] is mostly set in America’s Deep South, though much of it was actually filmed in Budapest. Scenes show Gallagher walking away from a burning building, standing in a train carriage and walking through a crowd of protesters, some of whom are holding signs with the song's lyrics on them as well as the name of the album the song comes from - "Why Me? Why Not".[3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Shockwave"
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[4] 1
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 22

References

  1. "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Officialcharts.com. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. Rousselet on imdb
  3. Reilly, Nick (13 June 2019). "Listen to Liam Gallagher's new single 'Shockwave'". NME.
  4. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. "Liam Gallagher: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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