Blur

Released: August 22, 1994

Songwriter: Dave Rowntree Alex James Graham Coxon Damon Albarn

Producer: Stephen Street

[Verse 1]
What if I told you I love you?
What if I court you with rhyme?
In this world there's nothing left
Well, nothing that's new
What if I told you, without you
Loving is simply a lie?
I'm belching blues into the night
Oh, tell me you're mine
Please say it's true

[Chorus]
Oh, shame it's over
I was the last of the days of them all
Well, push me over
I'm flat on my back but I'm having a ball
And just look who's laughing

[Verse 2]
What if I flew like a dove, dear?
What if I wooed you in rhyme?
There's nothing left
Nothing that's good left for me now
Oh, I'll just go and sleep with strangers
I'll live like a lord in a tower
Carouse in the sin, take in too much air
And I can't dream at night
Well, not anymore

[Chorus]
Oh, shame it's over
It's been such fun and we've had a ball
Well, push me over
But I'll be the last of people to fall
Well, just look who's laughing

[Instrumental break]

[Chorus]
Oh, shame it's over
Howl like a cow bloated on grass
Well, push me over
Me on my back and you on your arse
Such a shame it's all over
There are so few days left to grasp
So push me over
Me on my back and you on your lazy old arse
Well, just look who's laughing

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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