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“The Hindu Times” is a song by English rock band Oasis. It was the first single released from their fifth album Heathen Chemistry on 15 April 2002. It was written by lead guitarist Noel Gallagher. Noel got the name “The Hindu Times” from a t-shirt he saw in a charity shop. The song was the band’s sixth UK #1 single, staying on top for one week before being dislodged by the Sugababes’ “Freak Like Me”.
The title has little to do with the lyrics of the song, which are more in the vein of Definitely Maybe
‘s “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”. It has been speculated that the title refers to the main riffs’ similarity to Indian music in sound, sounding as if they were played on a sitar. Gallagher himself says that it is because he had already named the song...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ And i get so high i just can't feel it ... In your rock n' roll babe ... Cos god give me a soul ♫
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