CD - RKIDSCD 004
01: Sunday Morning Call
02: Carry Us All
03: Full On
7" - RKID 004
01: Sunday Morning Call
02: Carry Us All
12" - RKID 004T
01: Sunday Morning Call
02: Carry Us All
03: Full On
Release Date: July 3rd 2000
Highest UK Singles Chart Position: 4
Sunday Morning Call is a song by Oasis taken from their fourth studio album, Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, and was released as the third and final single from the album on July 3rd 2000, peaking at number four in the UK singles chart.
The song is written and sung by Noel Gallagher, who took over lead vocal from brother Liam on an A-side for the first time since Don't Look Back In Anger in 1996.
Though the song has the same anthemic feel that popularised many Oasis songs, and departs from the psychedelic feel of Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants, which had been poorly received by critics, it received a mixed critical reception.
NME described it as "a dreary thing indeed", whereas Allmusic described it as a "self-consciously mature departure from the group's usual ebullience... a deliberately mellow, mid-tempo [song]".
The music video is a take on the Jack Nicholson film One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, with characters resembling McMurphy and Nurse Ratched. It was filmed in an old mental institution in Vancouver, Canada and features Scottish actor James Cunningham, who has previously starred in the original play of Trainspotting.
Unlike the film, the video begins with the McMurphy character escaping his home and giving chase to the authorities, and ends in a football match. While the inmates celebrate a victory, Oasis are seen watching from the asylum window, and Noel Gallagher makes a hand gesture at Cunningham.
Up until this release it is the only Oasis single on which Liam Gallagher does not provide vocals on any of the songs.