According to Monaghan, Drive Shaft is similar to Oasis, in that "[Charlie's] first album was kind of like Oasis's first album: critically acclaimed, didn't sell big numbers, but in the industry, people gave it respect." J.J Abrams and Damon Linelof told Monaghan that if he wanted to write the song that would be Charlie's "one hit wonder", they would consider using it in the show.[6] Monaghan wrote a song called "Photos and Plans" with a friend; Abrams and Lindelof liked the song, but it did not make it into Lost.