Live Forever (disambiguation)

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Live Forever

"Live Forever" is a song by English rock band Oasis. Written by Noel Gallagher, the song was released as the third single from their debut album Definitely Maybe (1994) on 8 August 1994, just prior to that album's release.

Gallagher wrote the song in 1991, before he joined Oasis. Inspired by The Rolling Stones' "Shine a Light", "Live Forever" features a basic song structure and lyrics with an optimistic outlook that contrasted with the attitude of the grunge bands popular at the time. The song was the first Oasis single to enter the top ten in the United Kingdom, and garnered critical acclaim.

Background and recording

Noel Gallagher began working on "Live Forever" in 1991, while working for a building company in his hometown of Manchester. After his foot was crushed by a pipe in an accident, he was given a less-strenuous job working in the storeroom, allowing him more time to write songs. One night, he was listening to The Rolling Stones' album Exile on Main St.; while playing one of his own chord progressions, Gallagher noted that it sounded good against one of the vocal melodies from the album: "It was the bit from "Shine a Light" that goes [sings], "May the good Lord shine a light on you"", Gallagher recalled. Gallagher incorporated the melody, changing the line to "Maybe I don't really want to know". For a period afterwards, that was the only part of the song Gallagher had completed.

Live Forever (Magnus Carlsson song)

"Live Forever" is a song written by Thomas Thörnholm, Michael Clauss and Danne Attlerud, and performed by Magnus Carlssons at Melodifestivalen 2007. Participating in the semifinal in Örnsköldsvik on 17 February 2007, it ended up 5th, which meant it was knocked out.

It also appeared on his 2007 album Live Forever – The Album.

However the song, which on 5 March 2007 was released as a single, became a major hit in Sweden following Melodifestivalen. It entered Svensktoppen on 11 March 2007 and 5th position and charted at Svensktoppen for totally six weeks. It also charted at Trackslistan.

During Melodifestivalen 2012, the song was part of the pause event "Tredje chansen".

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