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StereotypesBlur

Released: February 12, 1996

Songwriter: Graham Coxon Dave Rowntree Alex James Damon Albarn

Producer: Stephen Street

[Verse 1]
The suburbs, they are dreaming, they're a twinkle in her eye
She's been feeling frisky since her husband said goodbye
She wears a low cut T-shirt, runs a little B&B
She's most accommodating when she's in her lingerie

[Pre-Chorus]
Wife-swapping is your future
You know that it would suit ya

[Chorus]
Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time, you know
You should be going on another bender

[Verse 2]
The suburbs, they are sleeping, but he's dressing up tonight
She likes a man in uniform, he likes to wear it tight
They're on the lovers' sofa, they're on the patio
And when the fun is over, watch themselves on video

[Pre-Chorus]
The neighbours may be staring
But they are just past caring

[Chorus]
Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time, you know
You're going on another bender
Yes, there must be more to life than stereotypes

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
Wife-swapping is your future
You know that it would suit ya

[Chorus]
Yes, they're stereotypes, there must be more to life
All your life you're dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time, you know
You should be going on another bender
Yes, there must be more to life than stereotypes
All your life you're dreaming and then you stop dreaming
From time to time, you know
You should go on another bender
Before you come to an end-ah

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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