Blur

Released: April 15, 1991

Songwriter: Damon Albarn Dave Rowntree Alex James Graham Coxon

Producer: Blur

[Verse 1]
Fear of being left behind
Can take you over
Suddenly you will choke
Maybe it's just a joke
I'm not sure

[Chorus]
Of you

[Verse 2]
I can't hear you now
There's too much that's going on
You say "Don't worry, fool"
So I don't think at all
Makes me unsure

[Chorus]
Of you

[Verse 3]
Fear of being left behind
Can take you over
Slowly, you will choke
You say it's just a joke
I'm not sure

[Chorus]
Of you

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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