Editing Heathen Chemistry (section)

==Release==
The release of the album was overshadowed by an [[Music leak|Internet leak]] of all 11 songs almost three months prior to release, which was evident at a [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] show the group performed where fans knew the words to several new songs before the album's release.<ref>Goldner, Jonathan. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453651/20020429/oasis.jhtml "Oasis Badger 'Thieving' Fans At Las Vegas Gig"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113184555/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453651/20020429/oasis.jhtml |date=13 January 2009 }}. MTV. 29 April 2002.</ref> However, listeners of the commercially released album heard slight differences to two tracks, "Little by Little" and "Better Man".

The length of track 11, "Better Man" is 38:03; this is because of a hidden track called "The Cage", which begins after 30 minutes of silence. In the Japanese and digital versions, "Better Man" and the hidden track "The Cage" were separated and the 30-minute silence was removed.

The album was certified four times platinum selling over 1.2 million in the UK,<ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30757 ''Heathen Chemistry'' certification] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030052843/http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=30757 |date=30 October 2007 }}. [[British Phonographic Industry]]. Retrieved 25 January 2009.</ref> and 154,000 copies in the US.<ref name="U.S. sales">Cohen. Jonathan. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63828/oasis-pledges-new-truth-in-may "Oasis Pledges New 'Truth' In May"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611082419/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63828/oasis-pledges-new-truth-in-may |date=11 June 2015 }}. [[billboard.com]]. 7 March 2005.</ref><ref>Trust, Gary. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/thisday/ask-billboard-mariah-carey-abba-oasis-the-1003934063.story "Ask Billboard: "English Beat"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065222/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/thisday/ask-billboard-mariah-carey-abba-oasis-the-1003934063.story |date=7 February 2009 }}. ''Billboard''. 23 January 2009.</ref> Upon release, ''Heathen Chemistry'' went straight to number one in the UK, though it fared rather poorly in the US, only entering at number 23.

It spawned four singles, each of which made the top three in the UK charts: "[[The Hindu Times]]", their sixth number one single in the UK; "[[Stop Crying Your Heart Out]]"; "[[Little by Little (Oasis song)|Little By Little]]/[[She Is Love]]", the [[double A-side]] sung by [[Noel Gallagher]]; and "[[Songbird (Oasis song)|Songbird]]", the first single written by Liam.