CD - RKIDSCD 001
01: Go Let It Out
02: Let's All Make Believe
03: (As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell
7" - RKID 001
01: Go Let It Out
02: Let's All Make Believe
12" - RKID 001T
01: Go Let It Out
02: Let's All Make Believe
03: (As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes In Hell
Cassette - RKIDCS 001
01: Go Let It Out
02: Let's All Make Believe
Release Date: February 7th 2000
Highest UK Singles Chart Position: 1
Go Let It Out is a song by Oasis, written by Noel Gallagher. It was released in 2000 as the first single from the fourth studio album Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants. The song peaked at number one in the UK singles charts.
The lyrics are a similar vein to Roll With It in that it encourages the listener to get on with their life without being specific about how this is to be achieved. The song samples the drums from Johnny Jenkins' version of Dr John's I Walk On Gilded Splinters. Noel described the song as "the closest we came to sounding like a modern day Beatles" in the Lock The Box interview found on the DVD in the special edition of Stop The Clocks.
The song, along with B-side (As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell, also embodies the psychedelic feel which the band experimented with on the album. It couples this with an acoustic guitar chord sequence. Let's All Make Believe, the second B-Side is considered by many to be one of the best Oasis B-sides.
Some people believe the lyrics of this song to relate to the cracks that began forming in the group at the time, for example: "So let's all make believe/that we're still friends and we like each other."
Due to the departure of founding members Bonehead and bassist Guigsy in the early recording sessions for Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, the track features only Liam Gallagher (vocals), Noel Gallagher (rhythm guitar, bass guitar, lead guitar) and Alan White (drums).
Oasis were looking for replacements for founding members Bonehead and Guigsy and while Bonehead was replaced with fellow Creation signing and former Heavy Stereo frontman Gem Archer, Guigsy proved harder to replace. Thus the video for Go Let It Out had to be filmed with Noel on bass, Archer in Noel's role as lead guitarist and Liam in Archer's role as rhythm guitarist.
The b-side Let's All Make Believe has recently been included in several lists as a 'hidden gem', such as Q magazine placing it at number one on its list of '500 best lost tracks' and at four on its 'list of songs to download this month - January 2006.' Q magazine said in the description 'If Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants had contained this track, it would have probably got another star'.
In the Lock The Box interview, Noel considers Go Let It Out to be "head and shoulders" above any other songs he had written during this time, and its "up there with some of the best things I've ever done."
Go Let It Out is included on Oasis' compilation album Stop The Clocks, and is the only song from Standing On The Shoulder of Giants on that album.
This was the first Oasis product to be released via their new Big Brother record label. The catalogue numbers across all formats include RKID 001.
Due to new regulations concerning the length of singles in the UK, this was the first Oasis single to only include two b-sides.