Released: February 10, 1997

Songwriter: Graham Coxon

Producer: Stephen Street

[Verse 1]
Sad drunk and poorly, sleep in really late
Sad drunk and poorly, not feeling so great
Wandering lost in a town full of frowns
Sad drunk and poorly, dogs digging up the ground

[Chorus]
And I feel the light in the night and in the day
And I feel the light when the sky's just mud and grey
And I feel the light when you tell me it's okay
'Cause you're so great and I love you

[Verse 2]
DT and coffee helps to start the day
DT and coffee, shaking all the way
City's alive, a surprise, so am I
DT and coffee, get no sleep today

[Chorus]
And I feel the light in the night and in the day
And I feel the light when the sky's just mud and grey
And I feel the light when you tell me it's okay
'Cause you're so great and I love you

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.