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Dan AbnormalBlur

Released: September 11, 1995

Songwriter: Dave Rowntree Alex James Graham Coxon Damon Albarn

Producer: Stephen Street

[Intro]
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

[Verse 1]
Meanie Leanie, come on down
Come and entertain the town
It's Friday night and we're all bored
Time's been called, there is no more
Time's been called, it's such a bore

[Chorus]
Dan Abnormal, not normal at all
It's not his fault, we made him this way
He'll imitate you, try to ape you
But it's not his fault, Dan watches TV
TV, TV, TV

[Verse 2]
The Meanie Leanie stays up late
Mopes around, gets in a state
He's the killer in your arcade
Shooting gangster ready-made
'Cause that is where the future's made

[Chorus]
Dan Abnormal, not normal at all
It's not his fault, we made him this way
He'll imitate you, try to ape you
But it's not his fault, Dan watches TV
TV, TV, TV (teleport me)
TV, TV, TV (teleport me)

[Bridge]
Dan went to his local burger bar
"I want McNormal and chips
Or I'll blow you to bits, give us it"

[Verse 3]
It's the miseries at half-past three
Watching video nasties
He has dirty dreams when he's asleep
'Cause Dan's just like you and me
He's the Meanie Leanie (All together now)

[Chorus]
Dan Abnormal, not normal at all
It's not his fault, we made him this way
He'll imitate you, try to ape you
But it's not his fault, Dan watches TV
Dan Abnormal, not normal at all
It's not his fault, we made him this way
He'll imitate you, try to ape you
But it's not his fault, Dan Abnormal's me

[Outro]
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

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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