Don't look back in Anger (Noel Gallagher)

• Written in 1995

• Britpop:

- Guitar-based band

- Verse and Chorus structure

- Regular four bar phrasing

- Basic harmony

• Steady 4/4, with slower tempo in coda

• Backbeat

• Frequent anacrusis in vocal phrases

• Syncopation

• Cross-rhythmic griupingsin guitar part (bar 37)

• Sextuplets in drum fills

• Syllabic except for melismas at the ends of phrases

• C major pentatonic, with "Blue"Eb and a Chromatic G#

• Vocal range of a 9th (G-A)

• Distinctive octave leap in the chorus on "And so"

• Guitar instrumental spans three octaves and involves ornamentation
• Lyrics - nostalgic tale of a relationship. Typical of Britpop
  

• Built on root position chords

• Two main progressions unerpin the whole sing

- The first is similar to Pachelbel's Cannon in D

• Occasional substitution chords such as Fm7

• Key of C major thhroughout

- Occasional chromatic notes

• Indroduction: Bars 1-4

• Verse 1:Bars 5-12

• Pre-chorus: Bars 13-24

• Chorus: Bars 25-31

• Link: Bars 32-35

• Verse 2: Bars 5-12 (repeat with new words)

• Pre-chorus: Bars 13-24 (repeat)

• Chorus: Bars 25-32 (repeat)

• Pre-chorus (instrumental): Bars 33-44

• Chorus: Bars 45-52

• Chorus: Bars 53-61

• Coda: Bars 62-65

• Melody Dominated Homophony

• Broken-chord piano intro relating to John Lennon's "Imagine" - C major and F Major

- Lyrics in bars 13-16 refers to Lennons protest against the Vietnam war

• Strummed guitars, which also provide licks

• Lively Bass Part

• Strings in octaves as well as chords

• Drum kit

• Lead guitar provides solo in instrumental section

The scoring is reduced at bar 59 onwards, and the heavy bass fades away, reulting in a much more transparent texture

Use of a mellotron, for string sounds in octaves

Mildly distorted guitars