"I'm Outta Time" is a song by English rock band

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'' (2008). The second single from the album, succeeding " The Shock of the Lightning", "I'm Outta Time" was written by lead vocalist

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and released on 1 December 2008.

Composition

The song features a short speech sample from

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taken from one of his last interviews in 1980. The speech sample says: "As Churchill said, it's every Englishman's inalienable right to live where the hell he likes. I said, what, do you think it's gonna vanish? It's not going to be there when I get back?".

Reception

The song has been noted as one of the highlights of the album by fans, as well as the band themselves, with guitarist

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labelling it "deceptively brilliant". It has also been praised by music critics, with ''

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'' calling it a return to form, and comparing it to the music of Oasis-admired rock band

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. It charted at number 12 in the UK Singles Chart – the first Oasis single to miss the top ten since 1994's " Shakermaker", ending the band's streak of 22 consecutive top tens (not counting " Wibbling Rivalry", which peaked at number 52 between the releases of " Wonderwall" and "

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"). It spent only two weeks in the UK top 75, the least ever by any Oasis single. Although only peaking at number 48 in France, the song spent a total of 28 weeks in the French Singles Chart, the most ever by any Oasis single.

Music video

The music video for "I'm Outta Time" was released in November 2008. Filmed in black and white, it shows

, the only band member to appear in the clip, on a "surreal journey through a moon-lit English landscape". Directed by W.I.Z., it was filmed in

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. At the end of the video, Liam is filmed in a close-up profile shot lying down. This bears resemblance to the back cover artwork for John Lennon's album '' Imagine''. It also resembles the cover of Lennon's 1973 album ''

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''.

Covers

The song was covered by singer

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on BBC's

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on 2 December 2009.

Personnel

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

, acoustic guitar *

– electric and acoustic guitars,

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, keyboards *

Gem Archer Colin Murray "Gem" Archer ( '; born 7 December 1966) is an English guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of the rock bands Oasis, Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, making him and Chris Sharrock the only members ...

– electric and acoustic guitars, piano, keyboards * Andy Bell – bass *

Zak Starkey Zak Richard Starkey (born 13 September 1965) is an English rock drummer who toured and recorded with the Who from 1996 to 2025. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with Oasis. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Johnny ...

– drums *

– speech sample

Track listing

Charts

References

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