Blur
bassist
Alex
James
wishes
he
wrote
classic
Oasis
hit
'Wonderwall'.
The
musician,
whose
band
famously
feuded
with
the
Manchester
rockers
during
their
Britpop
battle
of
the
90s,
is
envious
of
the
song's
magic.
He
said:
"The
first
time
I
heard
it,
I
thought
it
was
a
really
great
song.
I
wish
I'd
written
to
be
honest.
"Liam
Gallagher
has
got
a
great
voice,
and
I
think
that's
their
finest
moment."
After
the
two
bands'
epic
1995
UK
chart
battle
-
in
which
Blur's
single
'Country
House'
beat
Oasis'
'Roll
With
It'
to
the
coveted
number
one
spot
-
'Wonderwall'
propelled
Oasis
to
worldwide
success,
while
Blur's
career
faltered.
Alex,
38,
recently
admitted
that
beating
Oasis
to
the
top
spot
was
one
of
the
highlights
of
his
career.
He
wrote
in
his
book
'Bit
of
a
Blur':
"I
can't
deny
it,
sitting
in
the
car
and
hearing
that
we'd
won
the
battle,
I
felt
very
smug.
"I
couldn't
stop
smirking
for
weeks
afterwards
and
there
was
a
lot
of
satisfaction
in
knowing
how
upset
Oasis
were
about
it."