Released: April 19, 1993

Songwriter: Damon Albarn Dave Rowntree Alex James Graham Coxon

Producer: Blur

[Verse 1]
What you see, you see you dancing
On reflection, it was never there
Be a mad cat, shaking bone bag
One day up is another down

[Chorus]
I don't want to hurt you, no, not ever
No, not ever

[Verse 2]
This is my street, I stay here and sleep
I go outside on sunny days
Nicotine flow stops the pain grow
Stay a while, I'm so nearly there

[Chorus]
I don't want to hurt you, no, not ever
No, not ever

[Verse 3]
This is my street I stay here and sleep
I go outside on sunny days
Be a mad cat, shaking bone bag
One day up is another down

[Chorus]
I don't want to hurt you, no, not ever
No, not ever

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.