Chemical World

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"Chemical World"
"Chemical World" cover
Single by Blur
from the album Modern Life Is Rubbish
Released 28 June 1993
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, 2 x CD
Recorded 1992
Genre Britpop
Length 4:02 (album version)
Label EMI, Food Records
Producer(s) Stephen Street, Blur, Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley, Steve Lovell
Chart positions
Blur singles chronology
"For Tomorrow"
(1993)		 "Chemical World"
(1993)		 "Sunday Sunday"
(1993)

"Chemical World" is a song by British rock band Blur and is featured on their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish. It was released 28 June 1993 as the second single from that album, equaling their previous release "For Tomorrow" at #28 in the UK Singles Charts (see 1993 in British music).

The first of the two CDs released for the single contains the song "Never Clever" (recorded live at Glastonbury, June 1992) which was originally destined for the much more glittering career as follow up single to Blur's fourth single, "Popscene". However, the commercial death of "Popscene" prompted those plans to be shelved. The studio version of "Never Clever" was eventually released on a promo cd to celebrate Food Record's 100th release. The 7" vinyl of "Chemical World" has a cover version of Rod Stewart's "Maggie May", which was also featured on Ruby Trax, a 3 CD compilation of cover versions issued by the NME on its 40th birthday and on Blur's The Special Collectors Edition.

[edit] Track listings

  • 7" FOODS45
  1. "Chemical World" (edit)
  2. "Maggie May"
  • CD1 CDFOODS45: Live tracks from Glastonbury Festival 1992.
  1. "Chemical World" (Langer & Winstanley remix)
  2. "Never Clever" (Live)
  3. "Pressure On Julian" (Live)
  4. "Come Together" (Live)
  1. "Chemical World"
  2. "Es Schmecht"
  3. "Young & Lovely"
  4. "My Ark"
  1. "Chemical World"
  2. "Es Schmecht"
  3. "Young & Lovely"
  4. "My Ark"

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