Shockwave (Liam Gallagher song) explained

Shockwave
Type:single
Artist:Liam Gallagher
Album:Why Me? Why Not.
Recorded:2018–2019
Genre:
Length:3:30
Label:Warner
Producer:Greg Kurstin
Prev Title:I've All I Need
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:The River
Next Year:2019

"Shockwave" is a song by English singer and songwriter Liam Gallagher. It was released as the lead single for Gallagher's second solo studio album, Why Me? Why Not. (2019). Gallagher co-wrote the song with Andrew Wyatt and producer Greg Kurstin. Kurstin also produced the single.

"Shockwave" was released on 5 June 2019, and entered the UK Singles Chart at #22,[1] being his best charting single since "Wall of Glass". It also became his first solo #1 single, hitting the top spot in Scotland.

Music video

The music video to "Shockwave" was uploaded onto Gallagher's YouTube channel on 13 June 2019. The video, directed by François Rousselet[2] is mostly set in America’s Deep South, though much of it was actually filmed in Budapest.Scenes show Gallagher walking away from a burning building, standing in a train carriage and walking through a crowd of protesters, some of whom are holding signs with the song's lyrics on them as well as the name of the album the song comes from.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 . Officialcharts.com . Official Charts Company . 14 June 2019.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1705878/ Rousselet on imdb
  3. Web site: Listen to Liam Gallagher's new single 'Shockwave'. Nick. Reilly. 13 June 2019. NME.