Song 2
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"Song 2" is a song by English alternative rock
band Blur
, the second track on and second single released from their fifth album Blur in April 1997. The riff-based track, known for its overdriven chorus, is among the best-known songs the band has recorded.
stated at the song's debut live performance at the RDS
in Dublin in June 1996 that "This one's called 'Song 2', 'cause we haven't got a name for it yet". The working title ended up sticking. It was said that the song was about Pavement
's Bob Nastanovich
, known for his colourful and energetic stage presence.
According to producer Stephen Street
in an interview with HitQuarters
, the song was recorded using RADAR
audio recording equipment.
"Song 2" was the second track on the album, was the second single from the album to be released, is exactly two minutes and two seconds long, and is also the second track on their compilation Blur: The Best of
. It reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart
and also placed #2 on Triple J
's Hottest 100 for 1997 in Australia. The song is also the second song on the second disc on the album Bustin' + Dronin'
. It has two choruses, two verses and two bridges. The song was played by Blur at their Hyde Park reunion gigs in summer 2009 and subsequently appears on the 'All The People' live recordings.
" to reach number two in the charts. It was also the band's biggest hit in the US, reaching number six on Billboard
s Modern Rock Tracks
chart. Though it is atypical of Blur's previous trademark style, in America it is the song most closely associated with the band.
The song was meant to be a parody of American grunge
music. Ironically, it was embraced by the same radio stations whose airplay choices the song was parodying in the first place.
In October 2011, NME
placed it at number 79 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
radio stations in the USA. It has been licensed worldwide on numerous occasions. Its first appearance came as the title music for the hit video game FIFA: Road to World Cup 98. It has been used in numerous advertisements, including commercials for the Pentium II
and Nissan Sentra and television spots for the film Starship Troopers
, and it is often heard in football, ice hockey, and baseball stadiums when goals or runs are scored, or at the end of a winning game for the home team. The song was featured in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels
during a Drew Barrymore
fight scene. In 2009, it was featured in a TV commercial
for Michelob Ultra. The song also plays in the background of the "Star" segment of the short film series The Hire.
The American military allegedly requested to use the track at the launch of a new stealth bomber, but the band refused to allow this, as Albarn is an anti-war campaigner. Music video game
s Guitar Hero 5
and Lego Rock Band
feature the song on their respective setlists. The song was featured briefly in the episode "Malled" of the animated series Daria
. The song is also used in the twelfth episode of the tenth season of the animated sitcom The Simpsons
, entitled "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
". It was played when Homer and the rest of the people from Springfield were running around Pro Player Stadium after Dolly Parton
released them from a cell during the Super Bowl
. The song is currently being used at Red Bull Arena
whenever local team New York Red Bulls scores a goal. The song was used in EA Sports
' Madden 11 video game. It is usually played after the home team scores a touchdown or comes up with a defensive stop. It is also used by British UFC fighter Michael Bisping
as his entrance song. The song was used in the teaser trailer for Hop, where the film's main character E.B plays the song on a red drumset. The song is also heard in the Doctor Who
spin-off television series Torchwood
in the episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
". The song appears in the South Park
episode entitled "Stanley's Cup
", during the pee wee hockey game.
The Wilmington, Delaware Blue Rocks (baseball, USA), a minor league baseball team, use this song every time they score a run at home; followed up with the character Mr. Celery coming out to do a dance. The St. Louis Blues (hockey, USA) use this song at the end of a winning home game (2010). The Pittsburgh Penguins
(hockey, USA) also use this song when a goal is scored (2010). It was used by the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2011 NFL playoffs whenever a touchdown was scored.
More recently, the song was used as part of the London 2011 fireworks display. It appeared in shortened form mixed alongside various other landmark British tracks including "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
" by The Beatles
and "London Calling
" by The Clash
.
(on drums) with David Desrosiers
(Simple Plan
), during Avril's Bonez World Tour.
The song was covered by the Plain White Ts for the Punk Goes '90s compilation and by My Chemical Romance
in Radio 1's Live Lounge.
The song was also covered by Robbie Williams
and AFI
.
Japanese rock band The Brilliant Green
included a cover of the song on their 2010 release Blackout
.
The song was also covered by the Argentinian rock band Catupecu Machu
and the Brazilian rock band Hori
in several times at his concerts.
Earl Zinger
covered this song as Song 2Wo on his Album Put Your Phazers On Stun Throw Your Health Food Skyward.
The New Standards
covered this song on their 2005 release The New Standards.
Project RnL covered this song in a quirky A Capela style (Currently only available on YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0bwN-9GM14
Nice Cream covered the song (with samples of the original) which Armand Van Helden
later remixed for Mixmag
.
Brock Landers did a song entitled "S.M.D.U." which samples this song and Smack My Bitch Up
by The Prodigy
.
for this song was directed by Sophie Muller
, and it features the band playing in a small, secluded room with loud speakers behind them. During the choruses, the volume of the music sends the band members crashing against the walls and ground. This video bears striking resemblances to Blur's video for "Popscene
".
CD1
CD2
International CD
Japan Tour CD
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Blur
Blur (band)
Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
, the second track on and second single released from their fifth album Blur in April 1997. The riff-based track, known for its overdriven chorus, is among the best-known songs the band has recorded.
Background
Damon AlbarnDamon Albarn
Damon Albarn is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects, coming to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur...
stated at the song's debut live performance at the RDS
Royal Dublin Society
The Royal Dublin Society was founded on 25 June 1731 to "to promote and develop agriculture, arts, industry, and science in Ireland". The RDS is synonymous with its main premises in Ballsbridge in Dublin, Ireland...
in Dublin in June 1996 that "This one's called 'Song 2', 'cause we haven't got a name for it yet". The working title ended up sticking. It was said that the song was about Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
's Bob Nastanovich
Bob Nastanovich
Robert "Bob" Nastanovich is a member of the indie rock band, Pavement, as well as former member of 1990s bands Ectoslavia, and Pale Horse Riders...
, known for his colourful and energetic stage presence.
According to producer Stephen Street
Stephen Street
Stephen Street is an English music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s, as well as Blur and The Cranberries in the 1990s. Street also collaborated with Morrissey on some of his most popular work after The Smiths broke up, playing instruments and co-writing songs...
in an interview with HitQuarters
HitQuarters
HitQuarters is an international music industry publication and contact database founded in 1999. It is noted for in-depth interviews with industry figures, with past subjects including Simon Cowell, Martin Kierszenbaum, Jason Flom, Diane Warren, Peter Edge, Ron Fair and RedOne, as well as its A&R...
, the song was recorded using RADAR
RADAR (audio recorder)
RADAR is a product line of professional digital multitrack recorders capable of recording and playing back twenty-four tracks of audio.-History:...
audio recording equipment.
"Song 2" was the second track on the album, was the second single from the album to be released, is exactly two minutes and two seconds long, and is also the second track on their compilation Blur: The Best of
Blur: The Best of
Blur: The Best Of is a greatest hits compilation album by English Britpop band Blur, first released in late 2000 and is the final Blur album by Food Records. It was released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12" vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 17 of Blur's 23 singles from 1990...
. It reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and also placed #2 on Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
's Hottest 100 for 1997 in Australia. The song is also the second song on the second disc on the album Bustin' + Dronin'
Bustin' + Dronin'
Bustin' + Dronin is a remix compilation/live album by the band Blur. It was originally only released in Japan but was also released in limited quantities in the UK and the USA. All the remixes are of songs from the band's eponymous album, Blur...
. It has two choruses, two verses and two bridges. The song was played by Blur at their Hyde Park reunion gigs in summer 2009 and subsequently appears on the 'All The People' live recordings.
Reception
In the UK, "Song 2" built upon the success of Blur's chart-topping single "BeetlebumBeetlebum
"Beetlebum" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single for the band's eponymous fifth album, Blur...
" to reach number two in the charts. It was also the band's biggest hit in the US, reaching number six on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...
chart. Though it is atypical of Blur's previous trademark style, in America it is the song most closely associated with the band.
The song was meant to be a parody of American grunge
Grunge
Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...
music. Ironically, it was embraced by the same radio stations whose airplay choices the song was parodying in the first place.
In October 2011, NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
placed it at number 79 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".
In popular culture
The song became popular upon its release in 1997 on college and modern rockModern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
radio stations in the USA. It has been licensed worldwide on numerous occasions. Its first appearance came as the title music for the hit video game FIFA: Road to World Cup 98. It has been used in numerous advertisements, including commercials for the Pentium II
Pentium II
The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997. Containing 7.5 million transistors, the Pentium II featured an improved version of the first P6-generation core of the Pentium Pro, which contained 5.5 million...
and Nissan Sentra and television spots for the film Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers (film)
Starship Troopers is a 1997 American military science fiction film, written by Edward Neumeier , directed by Paul Verhoeven, loosely adapted from Starship Troopers, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It is the only theatrically released film in the Starship Troopers franchise...
, and it is often heard in football, ice hockey, and baseball stadiums when goals or runs are scored, or at the end of a winning game for the home team. The song was featured in the 2000 film Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels (film)
Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG, starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu as three women working for a private investigation agency...
during a Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
fight scene. In 2009, it was featured in a TV commercial
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
for Michelob Ultra. The song also plays in the background of the "Star" segment of the short film series The Hire.
The American military allegedly requested to use the track at the launch of a new stealth bomber, but the band refused to allow this, as Albarn is an anti-war campaigner. Music video game
Music video game
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs...
s Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero 5
Guitar Hero 5 is a music video game and the fifth main entry in the Guitar Hero series. The game was developed by Neversoft and published by RedOctane and Activision, and released internationally in September 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, 3 and Wii consoles...
and Lego Rock Band
Lego Rock Band
Lego Rock Band is a music video game and part of the Rock Band series developed by Harmonix Music Systems, but also incorporates elements from other Lego video games as developed by Traveller's Tales. The game is published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games...
feature the song on their respective setlists. The song was featured briefly in the episode "Malled" of the animated series Daria
Daria
Daria is an American animated television series produced by Paramount Television, and created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. The series focuses on Daria Morgendorffer, a smart, acerbic, and somewhat misanthropic teenage girl who observes the world around her...
. The song is also used in the twelfth episode of the tenth season of the animated sitcom The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
, entitled "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" is the twelfth episode of The Simpsons tenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 31, 1999, just after Super Bowl XXXIII. In the episode, while buying new tires for his car, Homer meets a travel agent called Wally Kogen...
". It was played when Homer and the rest of the people from Springfield were running around Pro Player Stadium after Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
released them from a cell during the Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
. The song is currently being used at Red Bull Arena
Red Bull Arena
Red Bull Arena may refer to one of multiple association football stadiums:* Red Bull Arena , home stadium of German football club RB Leipzig.* Red Bull Arena , home stadium of American soccer club the New York Red Bulls....
whenever local team New York Red Bulls scores a goal. The song was used in EA Sports
EA Sports
EA Sports is a brand of Electronic Arts that creates and develops sports video games. Formerly a marketing gimmick of Electronic Arts, in which they tried to mimic real-life sports networks by calling themselves "EA Sports Network" with pictures or endorsements of real commentators such as John...
' Madden 11 video game. It is usually played after the home team scores a touchdown or comes up with a defensive stop. It is also used by British UFC fighter Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
Michael Gavin Joseph Bisping is an English mixed martial artist born in Cyprus but living in Clitheroe, Lancashire. He currently fights as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion, former Cage Rage light...
as his entrance song. The song was used in the teaser trailer for Hop, where the film's main character E.B plays the song on a red drumset. The song is also heard in the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
spin-off television series Torchwood
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...
in the episode "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Torchwood)
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" is the first episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Two on 16 January 2008....
". The song appears in the South Park
South Park
South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
episode entitled "Stanley's Cup
Stanley's Cup
"Stanley's Cup" is episode 1014 of Comedy Central's South Park. It originally aired on November 15, 2006. This is the season finale of Season 10 of South Park. It parodies the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks.-Plot:...
", during the pee wee hockey game.
The Wilmington, Delaware Blue Rocks (baseball, USA), a minor league baseball team, use this song every time they score a run at home; followed up with the character Mr. Celery coming out to do a dance. The St. Louis Blues (hockey, USA) use this song at the end of a winning home game (2010). The Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
(hockey, USA) also use this song when a goal is scored (2010). It was used by the Pittsburgh Steelers during the 2011 NFL playoffs whenever a touchdown was scored.
More recently, the song was used as part of the London 2011 fireworks display. It appeared in shortened form mixed alongside various other landmark British tracks including "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, for The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
" by The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
and "London Calling
London Calling
London Calling is the third studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 December 1979 through CBS Records, and in the United States in January 1980 through Epic Records...
" by The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
.
Cover versions
The song also has been covered by Avril LavigneAvril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
(on drums) with David Desrosiers
David Desrosiers
David Philippe Desrosiers is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for pop punk band Simple Plan. He grew up in Matane, Quebec.-Career:...
(Simple Plan
Simple Plan
Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
), during Avril's Bonez World Tour.
The song was covered by the Plain White Ts for the Punk Goes '90s compilation and by My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance is an American alternative rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way and have a diverse sound incorporating elements of punk, emo, glam metal, and progressive rock...
in Radio 1's Live Lounge.
The song was also covered by Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
and AFI
AFI
AFI, the three letter acronym, may refer to:*AFI , an American alternative rock band**AFI , an album by AFI released in 2004*Air Force Instruction, documented instructions for members of the United States Air Force...
.
Japanese rock band The Brilliant Green
The brilliant green
The Brilliant Green is a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1997 who were signed to Sony Music Entertainment Japan. On December 1, 2009, The Brilliant Green announced that they had signed with Warner Music Group Japan.-Overview:...
included a cover of the song on their 2010 release Blackout
Blackout (The Brilliant Green album)
Blackout is an album released by The Brilliant Green on September 9, 2010. The album is the band's fifth studio album and their first studio album released under Warner Music Japan.-Track listing:...
.
The song was also covered by the Argentinian rock band Catupecu Machu
Catupecu Machu
Catupecu Machu is an Argentine rock band, usually classified as within Rock en Español. Its current band members are Fernando Ruíz Díaz in voices and guitar; Sebastián Cáceres in bass guitar; Javier "Il Grosso" Herrlein in drums and accordion; and Macabre in keyboards and samplers.-Biography:The...
and the Brazilian rock band Hori
Hori
Hori may refer to:HoriThe son of Khaemweset. Hori became a scribe and High Priest in Ancient Egyptian Times. He is the grandson of Ramsees II.-General:*Hori , a Japanese manufacturer of video game peripherals...
in several times at his concerts.
Earl Zinger
Galliano (band)
Galliano were a London-based acid jazz group, which started in 1988. The group was the first signing to Eddie Piller and Gilles Peterson's Talkin' Loud label. The original members were Rob Gallagher , Constantine Weir , Michael Snaith , and Crispin Robinson...
covered this song as Song 2Wo on his Album Put Your Phazers On Stun Throw Your Health Food Skyward.
The New Standards
The New Standards
The New Standards is a minimalist jazz trio formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2005 and composed of Chan Poling , John Munson and Steve Roehm...
covered this song on their 2005 release The New Standards.
Project RnL covered this song in a quirky A Capela style (Currently only available on YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0bwN-9GM14
Nice Cream covered the song (with samples of the original) which Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...
later remixed for Mixmag
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...
.
Brock Landers did a song entitled "S.M.D.U." which samples this song and Smack My Bitch Up
Smack My Bitch Up
"Smack My Bitch Up" is a song by The Prodigy, released as the band's twelfth single on 17 November 1997. It was the third and final single from the album The Fat of the Land....
by The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
.
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for this song was directed by Sophie Muller
Sophie Muller
Sophie Muller is a British music video director, noted for her long-time collaborations with artists like Sophie Ellis-Bextor, No Doubt, Sade, Shakira, Shakespears Sister, Garbage, Blur, Annie Lennox and Eurythmics.-Background:...
, and it features the band playing in a small, secluded room with loud speakers behind them. During the choruses, the volume of the music sends the band members crashing against the walls and ground. This video bears striking resemblances to Blur's video for "Popscene
Popscene
"Popscene" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released 30 March 1992 as a single. The low chart placing came as a confidence blow for the band, who were struggling financially at the time...
".
Track listing
Purple 7"- "Song 2"
- "Get Out of Cities"
CD1
- "Song 2"
- "Get Out of Cities"
- "Polished Stone"
CD2
- "Song 2"
- "Bustin' + Dronin'"
- "Country Sad Ballad Man" (live acoustic)
International CD
- "Song 2"
- "Get Out of Cities"
- "Polished Stone"
- "Bustin' + Dronin'"
Japan Tour CD
- "Song 2"
- "Get Out of Cities"
- "Polished Stone"
- "Bustin' + Dronin'"
- "BeetlebumBeetlebum"Beetlebum" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single for the band's eponymous fifth album, Blur...
" (Mario Caldato Jr. mix) - "BeetlebumBeetlebum"Beetlebum" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single for the band's eponymous fifth album, Blur...
" (instrumental) - "Country Sad Ballad Man" (live acoustic)
- "On Your Own" (live acoustic)
Chart positions
| Chart (1997) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Australia ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
4 |
| Canadian RPM Alternative 30 Canadian rock/alternative chart The Canadian rock/alternative chart was first published on June 11, 1995 by RPM magazine under the name Alternative 30. The song which held the number-one spot on this first chart was "More Human than Human" by White Zombie... |
1 |
| Netherlands Singles Chart | 73 |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 28 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
2 |
| US Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard... |
55 |
| US Mainstream Rock Tracks Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue... |
25 |
| US Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs... |
6 |
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
163 |