Not to be confused with Trouble by EM Gavela, which has the same title as the placeholder name.
Trouble is an unidentified soft rock cover of Cat Stevens' song of the same name. It was incorrectly credited to Oasis and Pearl Jam from 2001 or before.
Search History[]
2000s[]
The song first posted to YouTube on November 29th, 2007 by the user IAmSebastianQ. It was a cover of Trouble by Cat Stevens (1970). The OP didn’t provide any information about where they got the song from.
On December 26th, 2007, user LDD- Angelic Child posted about the song to Live4Ever.UK forums. They said the song was labeled as “Oasis - Trouble (Cat Stevens Cover)” on Limewire and Ares since around 2001.[1]
Two days later, user Columbus Egg replied to the forum post, saying they downloaded it off of Kazaa in 2003 along with Mrs. Robinson by The Lemonheads and “some crap called The Blue Prophet”.
On April 18th, 2008, user Lunaclipse Gamers said “it’s been said for years that its Noel Gallagher”, without providing any additional information. Meaning it was most likely misattributed to Oasis online.[2]
On October 25th, 2008, user Bj1127 said they didn't know who made the song, asked where they could download it, and said they used to have the song but “lost it a while back”.[3]
2010s[]
More users in the comments said it was by Oasis[4], but others doubted it to the singer’s American accent[5]. User P4l4sRec2 said they downloaded it in 2008 under the name “Oasis-Truble”.[5]
On February 16th, 2012, user DrLeoSpacemanMd said the song was by someone named Jackson Sneed[6], but it’s unconfirmed and Jackson is currently in prison for selling fake concert tickets, so he’s unable to be contacted.[7]
On June 26th, 2014, YouTube user Paul Epstein commented on the original video, saying that they had a copy of the song that said it was by both Oasis and Pearl Jam. They also likely downloaded it off of a filesharing site.[8]
Lyrics[]
Trouble
Oh trouble set me free
I have seen your face
And it’s too much too much for me
Trouble
Oh trouble can’t you see
You’re eating my heart away
And there’s nothing much left of me
I’ve drunk your wine
You have made your world mine
So won’t you be fair
So won’t you be fair
I don’t want no more of you
So won’t you be kind to me
Just let me go where
I’ll have to go there
Trouble
Oh trouble move away
I have seen your face
And it’s too much for me today
Trouble
Oh trouble can’t you see
You have made me a wreck
Now won’t you leave me in my misery
I’ve seen your eyes
And I can see death’s disguise
Hangin’ on me
Hangin’ on me
I’m beat, I’m torn
Shattered and tossed and worn
Too shocking to see
Too shocking to see
Trouble
Oh trouble move from me
I have paid my debt
Now won’t you leave me in my misery
Trouble
Oh trouble please be kind
I don’t want no fight
And I haven’t got a lot of time
