Released: June 28, 1993

Songwriter: Graham Coxon Dave Rowntree Alex James Damon Albarn

Producer: Blur

[Verse 1]
Looking out for number one
The conversation in the dayroom's gone
It's a brutal thought but you thought it
And in the future, it'll be the same

[Verse 2]
Looking out for number one
The conversation in the dayroom's gone
It's a brutal thought but you thought it
And in the future, it'll be the same

[Chorus]
The same, the same, the same, the same
The same, the same, the same, the same
The same, the same, the same, the same
In the future, it'll be the same

[Verse 3]
Waltzing on an autobahn
There is cause for alarm
It's a neurotic thought but you thought it
And in the future, it'll be the same

[Chorus]
The same, the same, the same, the same
The same, the same, the same, the same
The same, the same, the same, the same
In the future, it'll be the same

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.