Half the World Away was originally approached about using an Oasis song for a series about a working-class family in Manchester, he suggested "Married with Children" and was confused when "Half the World Away" was chosen. On tour in America when "The Royle Family" was first screened, he claims the penny did not drop until he returned to the United Kingdom to find the series a huge success and viewed it, feeling the song was perfect for the series. He now claims not to think of "Half the World Away" as an Oasis song, but rather as the theme tune to "The Royle Family".
Slide Away (Oasis song) Slide Away (Oasis song) "Slide Away" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, taken from their debut studio album "Definitely Maybe" (1994). It was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher and serves as the tenth track on the album. Noel Gallagher claims he wrote it on a Les Paul guitar that Johnny Marr sent to him, since he had few guitars available to him at the time. On the "Definitely Maybe" DVD, he also notes that he took Marr's guitar out of the case, sat down, and ""the song wrote itself"". Gallagher wrote it about his girlfriend at