The Importance of Being Idle

by Oasis

Type: Single
Released: 22 August 2005
Label: Big Brother
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 9:32
Community rating: 3.61/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Jan "Stan" Kybert, Liam Gallagher, Lawrence Watson, Noel Gallagher, Gem Archer, Zak Starkey, Dave Sardy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Heavily influenced by the Kinks and the mid-60s British invasion, this Noel Gallagher-sung track provided Oasis with a late-career number-one hit in the UK. The song's theatrical, Rhys Ifans-starring music video perfectly captured its vaudevillian, mod-revival aesthetic.

Genres

Britpop
Psychedelic Pop

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

The Importance Of Being Idle (3:39)
Pass Me Down The Wine (3:51)
The Quiet Ones (2:01)

Credits

Noel Gallagher - art direction, producer, written-by
Dave Sardy - mixed by, mixed by, producer
Lawrence Watson - photography by
Jan "Stan" Kybert - recorded by
Liam Gallagher - written-by
Gem Archer - written-by