Artist	Song
Rod Stewart	Cigarettes and Alcohol
from When We Were the New Boys (Extended Version) (2009)
Devendra Banhart	Don't Look Back In Anger
from Guilt By Association (Bonus Track Version) (2007)
Matt Pond PA	Champagne Supernova
from Music from the O.C. Mix 4 (2005)
Black Gold Massive	Cast No Shadow
from Stories (2005)
Rowetta	Stop Crying Your Heart Out
from Rowetta (2005)
Nei Lisboa	The Importance of Being Idle
from Translucidação (2003)
Mogul	Roll With It
from Runnin' Riot (2002)
Paul Anka	Wonderwall
from Rock Swings (2005)
T.Rextasy	Cigarettes & Alcohol
from Solid Gold (2005)
Vega	Guess God Thinks I'm Abel
from Keep Breathing (2010)
Brad Mehldau	Wonderwall
from Brad Mehldau Trio (Live) (2008)
Joel Haynes Trio	Champagne Supernova
from Transitions (2008)
Litmus	Morning Glory
from Litmus (2005)
Vitamin String Quartet	Supersonic
from The String Quartet Tribute to Oasis - Decadence & Vanity (2004)

Comment:

Turning on the old rock 'n' roll swagger is one thing — backing it up with world-class songs is entirely another, but in Noel Gallagher Oasis has a truly brilliant tunesmith. Which explains why his work has attracted so many covers, including Rod Stewart's leather-lunged, bar-band take on "Cigarettes & Alcohol," a track that could as easily have been written for The Faces as it was for Oasis. If you can't imagine associating our Manchester lads with freak folk, think again after hearing Devendra Banhart's cover of "Don't Look Back In Anger" — it's weird and dark, full of vocal ticks and strangeness, and that's precisely why it'll win you over. And Paul Anka's finger-poppin', big-band version of "Wonderwall" places itself a million miles from Cool Britannia, and stands as further proof of the incredible extent of the band's influence. Think about it: here's the man who penned many a classic standard, and wrote the lyrics for Sinatra's "My Way," covering one of Noel's tunes. Now cue up Ryan Adams, Matt Pond PA, Brad Mehldau, and the other artists who've taken on the best from the Gallagher pen.

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