Lock All the Doors

"Lock All the Doors"
Single by Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
from the album Chasing Yesterday
B-side	"Here's a Candle (For Your Birthday Cake)"
Released	28 August 2015
Genre	Alternative rock, psychedelic rock, power pop
Length	3:41
Label	Sour Mash
Songwriter(s)	Noel Gallagher
Producer(s)	Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds singles chronology
"Riverman" (2015) "Lock All the Doors" (2015) "The Dying of the Light" (2015)

"Lock All the Doors" is a song by the English rock band Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. It was written and produced by Noel Gallagher for the band's second studio album Chasing Yesterday (2015). In late August 2015, the song was released as the album's fourth single.[1]

Gallagher first wrote the chorus and one verse of the song in the 1990s but took 23 years to complete it, having given away the verse to The Chemical Brothers during the recording sessions for "Setting Sun". After struggling to rewrite a verse to fit with the chorus in the years that followed, Gallagher has stated the melody for the verse suddenly came to him "without even thinking about it",[2] when leaving a Tesco Metro on a Sunday evening in 2014. The chorus originally surfaced on an Oasis demo tape from 1992 as a song that later became "My Sister Lover", a B-side to "Stand by Me".[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Noel Gallagher

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lock All the Doors"	3:41
2.	"Here's a Candle (For Your Birthday Cake)[4]"	3:06
Total length:		6:47

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Scotland (OCC)[5] 47 UK Indie (OCC)[6] 6

References

1. Hoffman, William (28 August 2015). "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Release Songs 'Here's A Candle' and 'Lock All the Doors'". Music Times. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
2. "Noel Gallagher VERY funny Podcast May 8th 2016. Pt 2 Talks Oasis, touring, football & record company'". 8 May 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016 – via YouTube.
3. "Noel Gallagher resurrects Oasis demo 'Lock All The Doors'". NME. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
4. Britton, Luke Morgan (30 August 2015). "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds share B-side 'Here's A Candle (For Your Birthday Cake)' – listen". NME. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
5. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
6. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 February 2021.