Written in Lima, Peru and originally intended to be the lead single off the album, "If I Had a Gun..." was passed over in favour of "The Death of You and Me," as Gallagher thought it sounded too much like his previous band, Oasis.
The song first surfaced on the Internet when Gallagher was recorded playing it at a soundcheck in Taiwan in April 2009 during the Asian leg of Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul world tour.
Filmed in Los Angeles, California, the music video for "If I Had a Gun..." is centered on a wedding ceremony with Gallagher acting as the priest.
The video appears to be part of a three-video story starting with "If I Had a Gun...", then "The Death of You and Me" and ending with "AKA... What a Life!"
While in the background, as he's walking toward the door, there is a preview of "Shoot a Hole into the Sun," the remixed version of "If I Had a Gun...," from Gallagher's cancelled 2012 collaboration album with Amorphous Androgynous.