The song became the band's second single to reach #1 on the UK Singles Chart, where it also went platinum. "Don't Look Back in Anger" was also the first Oasis single to feature Noel, who had provided backing vocals on debut album, Definitely Maybe, on lead vocals instead of his brother, Liam.
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"Don't Look Back in Anger" was met with high critical praise and it became a commercial hit. Billboard said of the tune, "Noel Gallagher reveals a deft sense of timing and craft that turn his improprieties into masterful pop gems."
"Don't Look Back in Anger" is Oasis's sixth biggest Billboard hit in the US, reaching the #10 spot on the Modern Rock Chart for the week of 22 June 1996. It was the 10th-biggest-selling single of 1996 in the UK. It is also Oasis's third biggest selling single in the UK with sales of 660,000, going Platinum in the process.
In a 2006 readers' poll conducted by Q magazine, "Don't Look Back in Anger" was voted the 20th best song of all time. In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Don't Look Back in Anger" at #14 in its list of the "50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever".
It was ranked #1 on a list of the '50 Most Explosive Choruses' by the NME, and was voted as the fourth most popular single of the last 60 years in the UK by the public in conjunction with the Official Charts Company's 60th anniversary.
