About One of Us

"One of Us" is a song by an English singer and songwriter Liam Gallagher, written by Gallagher, Damon McMahon and Andrew Wyatt, who also produced the track. It was released on Gallagher's second solo album, Why Me? Why Not.

The song features string instrumentation and gospel-influenced backing vocals. According to Liam himself, "One of Us" is a song about "family" as well as "friendship and a sense of belonging". The song's lyrics reminisce Gallagher's youth and details his broken relationship with someone close to him. The narrator laments how the things are not the way they used to be and encourages the song's subject to "open his door", because he was always "one of us". While Gallagher hasn't confirmed this, it's been heavily speculated by the media and fans that the person Liam is referring to in the lyrics is his brother Noel, given the two have had a troubled and fractured relationship since Oasis broke up in 2009. The music video for the song, that features many references to Oasis and Noel, and the lyric "You said we'd live forever", referencing Liam's personal favourite Oasis song "Live Forever", have further bolstered these rumours. The song also features Gallagher's son Gene playing bongos.