Let There Be Love (Oasis song)

Infobox Single
Name = Let There Be Love


Artist = Oasis
from Album = Don't Believe the Truth
B-side = "Sittin’ Here In Silence (On My Own)", "Rock 'n' Roll Star (live)
Released = 28 November 2005
Format = 10" vinyl, CD, DVD
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Rock
Length = 5:31
Label = Big Brother
Producer = Dave Sardy
Chart position =

• #2 (UK Singles Chart, Italy, Japan)
• #14 (Irish Singles Chart)
  Reviews =
  Last single = "The Importance of Being Idle"
  (2005)
  This single = "Let There Be Love"
  (2005)
  Next single = "Lord Don't Slow Me Down"
  (2007)

  "Let There Be Love" is a song on the British rock band Oasis' sixth studio album, "Don't Believe the Truth". Written by Noel Gallagher, it is the third Oasis song to feature Liam and Noel on lead vocals, the first being the B-Side "Acquiesce", and the second being "Who Feels Love?". It was released on 28 November, 2005 as the third single from the album in the UK (see 2005 in British music), and the second single in the US. It reached number two in the UK charts, capping a very successful year for the band. Many critics cited this song as proof that Oasis had returned to the form seen in the mid-'90s.

  A demo for the track was recorded during demo sessions for "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants". A bootleg of these demo sessions was leaked onto the Internet in early 2000. This track was given the unofficial title "It's A Crime" on many bootlegs as the track was unknown and unreferenced anywhere before then. The album version of the song is structurally almost exactly the same as the demo with a slight change in melody in the part that Noel sings. The lyrics to the chorus remains intact, but the verses and bridge have totally rewritten lyrics.

  The single version of the song omits the second verse and chorus.

  A second, Noel-sung demo was released on the "Let There Be Love" DVD single. It has the same lyrics as the album version, and in fact the album version takes some elements from the demo such as the piano. It was probably recorded sometime in 2003 or 2004, prior to the main "Don't Believe the Truth" recording sessions.

  The video is a montage of some of Oasis' live shows during the summer of 2005 including clips of the gigs at Hampden Park and the City of Manchester Stadium. The clips don't actually show the band playing 'Let There Be Love'.

  The song has only been played live once, on an Italian radio show in late 2005. The recording of the song was played at the last show of the Don't Believe The Truth tour, in Mexico City.

  Track listings

  In the UK

  *CD RKIDSCD 32
  #"Let There Be Love" - 5:31
  #"Sittin’ Here In Silence (On My Own)" - 1:58
  #"Rock 'n' Roll Star" (live at City of Manchester Stadium – 2 July 2005) - 7:47

  *10" RKID 32
  #"Let There Be Love" - 5:31
  #"Sittin’ Here In Silence (On My Own)" - 1:58

  *DVD RKIDSDVD 32
  #"Let There Be Love" - 5:31
  #"Let There Be Love" (demo) - 5:25
  #Excerpts from the forthcoming film "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" and the "Let There Be Love" video - 13:25

  In Japan

  #"Let There Be Love" (Radio edit)
  #"Rock 'n' Roll Star" (live at City of Manchester Stadium – 2 July 2005)
  #"Don't Look Back in Anger" (live at City of Manchester Stadium – 2 July 2005)

  Promotional UK/US releases

  *Promotional CD single RKIDSCD32P released in October 2005 by Big Brother in the UK.
  *Promotional CD single ESK51109 released in May 2005 by Epic Records in the US.
  #"Let There Be Love" (radio edit) - 3:53

  
  =Cover