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Essex DogsBlur

Released: February 10, 1997

Songwriter: Damon Albarn Graham Coxon Dave Rowntree Alex James

Producer: Stephen Street

[Verse 1]
I remember thinking murder in the car
Watching dogs somersault through sprinklers on tiny lawns
I remember the graffiti
We are your children coming at you with spray cans of paint
I remember the sunsets on the plains of cement
And the way the night just seemed to turn the colour of orangeade

[Verse 2]
In this town, cellular phones are hot with thieves
In this town, we all go to terminal pubs
It helps us sweat out those angry bits of life
In this town, the English Army grind their teeth into glass
You know you'll get a kicking tonight
The smell of puke and piss
The smell of puke and piss on your stilettos

[Verse 3]
Here comes that panic attack
My heart stops
And then it starts
Give me a drink
I'll drink your round
I'll take you round the pole
It's cold up here (Look up, see the universe)
You'll catch the flu or you'll catch the city (Wave goodbye, you're in a hearse)
Either way, you'll catch the flu or you'll catch the city

Blur

British rock group Blur formed in 1988 and began life as a fairly unsuccessful shoegaze/madchester outfit, but the band quickly developed into becoming one of the leaders of the massive 1990s Britpop scene.

Their rivalry with contemporaries Oasis culminated in one of the most famous chart battles in British history – one which Blur won when “Country House” outsold Oasis’s “Roll With It” by 50,000 copies, giving Blur their first #1 single in the process.

Following this, the group embarked on a new musical direction, deliberately heading away from their trademark Britpop sound and instead taking influences from American alternative rock, a sound which earned them new fans in the US and gave them their second UK #1: “Beetlebum” in 1997.

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