Track Info
About
Robbie Williams performed Don’t Look Back in Anger, the 1995 Oasis single, during selected dates of his XXV Tour in 2022 and 2023. The song appeared as a mid-set crowd piece, drawing on its status as a widely known British anthem and its close association with communal stadium singing.
The performance was arranged for Williams’s touring band, keeping the familiar chord structure and melodic line while adapting the dynamic for his live ensemble. The choice complemented the retrospective tone of the XXV shows, which celebrated 25 years of Williams’s solo career and incorporated occasional covers tied to shared national music heritage.
Williams delivered Don’t Look Back in Anger in a largely faithful style, encouraging audience participation from the opening verse. The arrangement emphasised the chorus as a singalong moment, with Williams often stepping back to allow the crowd to carry the refrain, mirroring the way the song has functioned in major public gatherings.
We all know this one, so you had better sing it loud.Robbie Williams
Although never recorded for release, the cover was noted by reviewers for its unifying effect within the set. It aligned Williams with a lineage of British rock staples and provided a contrasting moment of collective nostalgia amid a tour otherwise focused on reinterpreted versions of his own catalogue.
Lyrics
Don't you know you might find
A better place to play
You said that you'd never been
But all the things that you've seen
Will slowly fade away
So I'll start a revolution from my bed
'Cos you said the brains I had went to my head
Step outside, summertime's in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace
Take that look from off your face
You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out
And so Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away, "But don't look back in anger," I heard you say
Take me to the place where you go
Where nobody knows if it's night or day
Please don't put your life in the hands
Of a Rock 'n' Roll band
Who'll throw it all away
I'm gonna start a revolution from my bed
'Cos you said the brains I had went to my head
Step outside 'cause summertime's in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace, take that look from off your face
'Cos you ain't ever gonna burn my heart out
And so Sally can wait
She knows it's too late as she's walking on by
My soul slides away
"But don't look back in anger," I heard you say
So Sally can wait
She knows it's too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away
"But don't look back in anger," I heard you say
So Sally can wait
She knows it's too late as she's walking on by
My soul slides away
"But don't look back in anger, don't look back in anger."
I heard you say, "at least not today."
Credits
-
Vocalist
Robbie Williams -
Songwriter
Noel Gallagher -
Original Artist
Oasis