No Distance Left to Run

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Single by Blur
from the album 13
Released	15 November 1999
Format	12" vinyl, cassette, 2 x CD, DVD
Recorded	???
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	3:27
Label	EMI, Food Records
Producer(s)	William Orbit
Chart positions
#14 (UK Singles Chart)
Blur singles chronology
"Coffee & TV" (1999)	"No Distance Left to Run" (1999)	"Music Is My Radar" (2000)

"No Distance Left to Run" is a song by Blur. It is on their 1999 album 13 and was also released as a single, reaching #14 in the UK Singles Chart. It is widely understood to refer to Blur vocalist Damon Albarn's protracted split from long-term lover Justine Frischmann (vocalist in the band Elastica).

Damon Albarn says that he is quite affected of this song: "It upsets me, that song. It upset me singing it. Doing that vocal upset me greatly. To sing that lyric I really had to accept that that was the end of something in my life. It's amazing when you do have the guts to do that with your work, because it don't half help you." [1]

The promotional video is notable for using night-vision cameras to capture all four members of the band asleep in their respective beds. A DVD version was also released that featured a short documentary about the making of the video.

[edit] Track listing

• CD1 CDFOODS123

1. "No Distance Left To Run"
2. "Tender" (Cornelius Remix)
3. "So You"

• CD2 CDFOOD123 - Enhanced CD

1. "No Distance Left To Run"
2. "Battle" (UNKLE Remix)
3. "Beagle 2"
4. "No Distance Left To Run" (Video)

• Cassette TCFOOD123

1. "No Distance Left To Run"
2. "Tender" (Cornelius Remix)

• 12" 12FOOD123

1. "No Distance Left To Run"
2. "Tender" (Cornelius Remix)
3. "Battle" (UNKLE Remix)

• European release CD

1. "No Distance Left To Run"
2. "Tender" (Cornelius Remix)
3. "Battle" (UNKLE Remix)
4. "Beagle 2"

• DVD DVDFOOD001

1. "No Distance Left To Run" (video)
2. "No Distance Left To Run" (live)
3. "Making of No Distance Left To Run"
4. "Tender" (live)
5. "Battle" (live)
6. "Beagle 2 Space Footage"

[edit] Trivia

• Alex James dreamt that he "was in Germany in a karaoke bar. I think I was a leopard for a minute." [2]

Blur
Damon Albarn | Alex James | Dave Rowntree
Graham Coxon | Simon Tong
Discography
Albums: Leisure | Modern Life Is Rubbish | Parklife | The Great Escape | Blur | 13 | Think Tank
Compilations: The Special Collectors Edition | Live at the Budokan | Bustin' + Dronin'
The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set | Blur: The Best of
Singles: See Blur Singles
Other projects
The Ailerons | Fat Les | The Good, the Bad and the Queen | Gorillaz | Me Me Me | WigWam
Related articles
Food Records | Honest Jon's | Stephen Street | Transcopic
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