Parklife (song)
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| "Parklife" | ||
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| Single by Blur | ||
| from the album Parklife | ||
| Released | 22 August 1994 10 November 1994 (France) |
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| Format | vinyl record (7"), Cassette tape and CD | |
| Recorded | October 1993-January 1994 | |
| Genre | Britpop | |
| Length | 3 min 5 s | |
| Label | Food/EMI | |
| Producer(s) | Stephen Street, Stephen Hague, John Smith | |
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| Blur singles chronology | ||
| "To the End" (1994) |
"Parklife" (1994) |
"End of a Century" (1994) |
"Parklife" is a song by Blur. It is the title track of their 1994 album Parklife. When released as the album's third single, "Parklife" reached #10 in the UK singles chart. The song has spoken verses, narrated by Phil Daniels. Daniels also appears in the song's music video.
Interestingly, a number of newspaper articles about the young middle classes' adoption of Estuary English - a phenomenon of which Blur's frontman Damon Albarn was a prominent example - appeared during the single's chart run, including one in The Sunday Times on the day it entered the singles chart (though Daniels's accent is closer to Cockney).
The song also played a part in Blur's supposed feud with fellow Britpop band Oasis when, at the 1996 Brit Awards, Oasis' Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel Gallagher, taunted Blur by singing a drunken rendition of "Parklife" (with Liam changing the lyrics to "Shite-life"). The members of Oasis were collecting the "Best British album" award, which both bands had been nominated for.
Incidentally, the video for Parklife features a man wearing a placard which Albarn reads. He seems impressed it reads Modern Life Is Rubbish, the name of Blur's previous album. On the reverse is written End of a Century, the title of a song from the album Parklife (and Blur's next single).
The song is still very popular today, with occasional radio plays and regular appearances on music television, in shows such as "The Best of... 1994" on The Vault.
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| Blur |
| Damon Albarn | Alex James | Dave Rowntree |
| Graham Coxon |
| Blur discography |
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| Albums: Leisure | Modern Life Is Rubbish | Parklife | The Great Escape | Blur | 13 | Think Tank |
| Compilations: The Special Collectors Edition | Live at the Budokan | The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set | Bustin' + Dronin' | Blur: The Best of |
| Singles: See Blur Singles |
| Related articles |
| The Ailerons | Britpop | Fat Les | Food Records | The Good, the Bad and the Queen | Gorillaz | Stephen Street | Simon Tong | WigWam |
