recording only one acoustic song, Oasis began jamming together, attempting to work on a new martial. Bonehead began playing rhythm guitar over McCarroll's drumbeat, while singer Liam Gallagher rattled his tambourine. Noel soon joined them and played a melody over the rhythm. The Real People's bassist Tony Griffiths suggested them to develop their jam because it has the potential to be a hit single. After Noel wrote the lyrics and melody, Liam's vocals were recorded in one take, with Tony guiding Liam's vocals through the melody. Tony also contributed backing vocals to the track, which were layered five times. Scott had to remove a take of "I Will Believe" to record "Supersonic" because he did not have a spare tape. To record "Supersonic", Bonehead used a Gibson SG guitar owned by Scott and a Marshall JCM900 amplifier owned by the Real People's singer Chris Griffiths. Noel played an Epiphone Les Paul guitar through a Watkins Dominator MKIII combo amp. Additional overdubs for Noel's lead guitar were added. To add handclap tracks, Scott had to remove McCarroll's hi-hats. According to Scott, "Supersonic" was recorded and mixed in 11 hours, while Noel said it only took eight hours to be completed. Though it was originally recorded as a demo, it was never re-recorded or remixed, and this refers to producer Owen Morris, who later reworked on some other tracks on Definitely Maybe prior to its release. After finishing the recording, Oasis introduced the track to McGee for their then-upcoming debut single; he was impressed. "Supersonic" was mastered by engineer Vlado Meller at Sony Music Studios in New York. Release and commercial performance "Supersonic" was released as a single in Ireland on 5 April 1994, in the UK on 11 April and in the US on 11 September. It was included as the sixth track on Oasis's debut album Definitely Maybe, released on 29 August 1994. The UK single was released by Creation on CD, 12 and 7-inch vinyls, and peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, the band's second lowest-peaking single after "Half the World Away", which peaked at number 56 in November 2015. However, "Supersonic" sold over 240,000 copies, making it their 14th biggest-selling single in the UK, even outselling their 2002 number one single "The Hindu Times" and their 2005 number one hits "Lyla" and "The Importance of Being Idle". NME named "Supersonic" the "Single of the Week"