Blur: Top 10 Songs (x3)

One of the seminal bands of the Britpop era, Blur are known perhaps even more for their singles than their albums. The most famous arguably being Country House, which narrowly beat out Roll With It in the "Battle of Britpop".

Despite never really crossing over in the United State, Blur were quite massive in their native Britain, racking up 13 UK Top 10s, including the No. 1's Country House and Beetlebum. From their auspicious debut on Leisure, Blur's charted singles were: She's So High, There's No Other Way, Bang, Popscene, For Tomorrow, Chemical World, Sunday Sunday, Girls and Boys, To The End, Parklife, End of a Century, Country House, The Universal, Stereotypes, Charmless Man, Beetlebum, Song 2, On Your Own, M.O.R., Tender, Coffee and TV, No Distance Left to Run, Music Is MY Radar, Out of Time, Crazy Beat, Good Song, and Under the Westway. ... That's a lot of UK Hits.

Here in the US, only There's No OTher Way and Girls and Boys charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

Which songs did our hosts pick? Tune in and find out, then leave your top 10s in the comments.

Thanks for watching!

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[mattyram]

1. Out of time
2. Good song
3. On the way to the club
4. Beetlebum
5. Tracy Jacks
6. Ghost ship
7. Ambulance
8. There’s no other way
9. The universal
10. Fade Away
Honourable mention to coffee & TV

[SpaceCattttt]

I used to live just around the corner from where Blur recorded their self-titled album and "13".
Not far away, there was a music store. One day, when I was in the store trying out guitars, in walks Damon Albarn.
As a joke, I started playing "Girls & Boys" on the guitar I was holding. Damon immediately heard this and came over to me.
"Hey, why are you playing that shit?" he asked. "Err....you wrote it!" I said.
He stood silent for a moment and then smiled. "Yeah. Sorry about that."
And then we both started giggling and he walked away.

Moody bloke. But a nice one.

[javithemoondog]

My top

15. Caramel
14. The Universal
13. End of a Century
12. Mr. Briggs
11. Turn It Up
10. Fool's Day
9. On the Way to the Club
8. Villa Rosie
7. On Your Own (acoustic version is great)
6. I'm Just A Killer For Your Love
5. Swallows in the Heatwave
4. Beetlebum
3. Tender
2. Battery In Your Leg
1. Best Days

Love this band so much!

[TomasLeiteLeite]

Here's my top ten:

1. The Universal;
2. Country House;
3. Young And Lovely;
4. Chemical World;
5. This Is a Low;
6. Star Shaped;
7. Blue Jeans;
8. Look Inside America;
9. Bang;
10. Best Days.

[kaffibatteri]

1. This Is a Low
2. He Thought of Cars
3. Badhead
4. Wear Me Down
5. Sing
6. Out of Time
7. Chemical World
8. Trimm Trabb
9. You're So Great
10. For Tomorrow

Blur was probably my favourite band as a teenager (with Smashing Pumpkins - 90s teen here), so this week was pretty good to recover some lost memories.

[Maanebaronen]

01 The Universal
02 For Tomorrow
03 He Thought Of Cars
04 Death Of A Party
05 Coffee & TV
06 Beetlebum
07 No Distance Left To Run
08 Best Days
09 This Is A Low
10 There’s No Other Way

[dennisambach]

Good to see mentions for Trouble in Message Centre in these comments. Great track.

[patjackson]

yes finally someone who recognizes that This is a Low is a MASTERPIECE. It's so dear to me that the chorus is tattooed on my arm. The solo is genius. And thank you for choosing All Your Life and yes, it definitely should have been fit onto that album somehow. Cheers, guys, I really enjoyed seeing your picks

[TheDrectorsCut]

1.Yuko and Hiro - sublime restrained and quirky character vignette - always reminds me of an Ozu movie
2.This is a Low - Gorgeous tune
3.Tracy Jacks - A Paul Weller modish update for the 90's
4. Country House - nice homage to Ray Davies - references Animal Farm
5. To the End - The ambitious vid is a pop Last Year at Marienbad
6. The Universal - Yes, the Future has been Sold. Satellites in Every Home. (Pretty Much ).

Thank You for Covering. Great job as Always !

[claytonkelley]

10. She’s So High
9. Song 2
8. My Terracotta Heart
7. To the End
6. Country House
5. Sunday Sunday
4. Blue Jeans
3. Look Inside America
2. Chemical World
1. Girls & Boys

[theasphaltworld]

It's difficult to choose just 10 (in no order)...

1. Popscene
2. Young and Lovely
3. No Monsters in Me
4  Uncle Love
5. Bone Bag
6. Mace
7. All Your Life
8. Magpie
9. Black Book
10. Music is My Radar
11. Peter Panic
12. Explain
13. Get out of Cities
14. Under the Westway

[deathfromabove]

10. On Your Own ( Blur)
9. Blue Jeans ( Modern Life is Rubbish)
8. He Thought of Cars ( The Great Escape)
7. Lonesome Street ( The Magic Whip)
6. Tracy Jacks ( Parklife)
5. Bang ( Leisure)
4. This is A Low ( Parklife)
3. Go Out ( The Magic Whip)
2. Trimm Trabb ( 13 )
1. Sunday Sunday ( Modern Life Is Rubbish)

[chasingthebeat]

1. Out Of Time
2. You’re So Great
3. The Universal
4. Best Days
5. He Thought Of Cars
6. This Is A Low
7. Mirrorball
8. Sweet Song
9. On My Way To The Club
10. Yuko and Hiro

[komoleeray]

10. Parklife: ( From Parklife)
9. Coffee and TV ( From Thirteen)
8. From Tomorrow ( From Modern Life Is Rubbish)
7. Beetlebum ( From Blur)
6. There's No Other Way ( From Leisure)
5. Sunday Sunday ( From Modern Life is Rubbish)
4. Go Out: ( From The Magic Whip)
3. Chemical World : ( From Modern Life is Rubbish)
2. Charmless Man: ( From The Great Escape)
1. To the End : ( From Parklife)

[MarkS_]

I just listened to Parklife from front to back before watching this video and was struck (once again) by what a fantastic song To The End is, so I’m glad to see it on all 3 of your top 10 lists. Badhead and This Is A Low are two of my other favourites on the album. I have to say I’m really enjoying Blur week so far, keep up the good work guys! 👍

[radiator-gbpk]

Loads of amazing B-Sides throughout their career too - I've always been a sucker for the off kilter genius of (especially) Threadneedle Street, No Monsters in Me, All We Want and others

[happyears]

I've now updated because I've heard "Parklife" and "Leisure" so far.

10. The Universal
9. Bang
8. Far Out
7. Parklife
6. To the End
5. She's So High
4. Fool
3. Jubilee
2. London Loves
1. Girls & Boys

[Zeitghoul]

Oh and I agree Kramzer....my fave aspect of Blurs sound is often found in their softer songs👍

[kevinmcardle]

1. Tender
2. Tracy Jacks
3. Beetlebum
4. For tomorrow
5. To the end
6. Country house
7. End of a century
8. M.O.R.
9. Chemical world
10. This is a low
11. On your own
12. Advert
13. Coffee and tv
14. The universal
15. Badhead
16. Popscene
17. Charmless man
18. No distance left to run
19. Parklife
20. Death to a party

Honorable mention: their cover of Maggie May is awesome...

[nicjones]

In case you were interested - No Distance Left To Run is Damon Albarn singing about his breakup with Justine Frischmann. She was a well known name during britpop and they were a famous couple, often pictured in the tabloids. She is know for Elastica but she also founded Suede before leaving early on