Blur: The Singles
Prologue
Hello you. Make a cup of tea. Put a record on. From shoegazing openers to Britpop dominance and post-millennial reinvention, Blur released 35 official UK singles. Here's the lot. No promos. No B-sides. Just the proper releases, in the order they landed.
She's So High
Released: 15 October 1990
Album: Leisure
UK Peak: 48
There's No Other Way
Released: 15 April 1991
Album: Leisure
UK Peak: 8
Bang
Released: 29 July 1991
Album: Leisure
UK Peak: 24
Popscene
Released: 30 March 1992
Album: Non-album single
UK Peak: 32
For Tomorrow
Released: 19 April 1993
Album: Modern Life Is Rubbish
UK Peak: 28
Chemical World
Released: 28 June 1993
Album: Modern Life Is Rubbish
UK Peak: 28
Sunday Sunday
Released: 4 October 1993
Album: Modern Life Is Rubbish
UK Peak: 26
Girls & Boys
Released: 7 March 1994
Album: Parklife
UK Peak: 5
To the End
Released: 30 May 1994
Album: Parklife
UK Peak: 16
Parklife
Released: 22 August 1994
Album: Parklife
UK Peak: 10
End of a Century
Released: 7 November 1994
Album: Parklife
UK Peak: 19
Country House
Released: 14 August 1995
Album: The Great Escape
UK Peak: 1
The Universal
Released: 13 November 1995
Album: The Great Escape
UK Peak: 5
Stereotypes
Released: 12 February 1996
Album: The Great Escape
UK Peak: 7
Charmless Man
Released: 29 April 1996
Album: The Great Escape
UK Peak: 5
Beetlebum
Released: 20 January 1997
Album: Blur
UK Peak: 1
Song 2
Released: 7 April 1997
Album: Blur
UK Peak: 2
On Your Own
Released: 16 June 1997
Album: Blur
UK Peak: 5
M.O.R.
Released: 15 September 1997
Album: Blur
UK Peak: 15
Tender
Released: 22 February 1999
Album: 13
UK Peak: 2
Coffee & TV
Released: 28 June 1999
Album: 13
UK Peak: 11
No Distance Left to Run
Released: 15 November 1999
Album: 13
UK Peak: 14
Music Is My Radar
Released: 16 October 2000
Album: Blur: The Best Of
UK Peak: 10
Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb
Released: 2002
Album: Non-album single
UK Peak: — (Limited release, did not chart on UK Official Singles Chart)
Out of Time
Released: 14 April 2003
Album: Think Tank
UK Peak: 5
Crazy Beat
Released: 7 July 2003
Album: Think Tank
UK Peak: 18
Good Song
Released: 6 October 2003
Album: Think Tank
UK Peak: 22
Fool's Day
Released: 17 April 2010
Album: Non-album single
UK Peak: — (Reached #10 on UK Physical Singles Chart)
Under the Westway / The Puritan
Released: 2 July 2012
Album: Non-album single
UK Peak: 34
Go Out
Released: 19 February 2015
Album: The Magic Whip
UK Peak: 182
There Are Too Many of Us
Released: 20 March 2015
Album: The Magic Whip
UK Peak: — (Digital single, did not chart on main UK Singles Chart)
Lonesome Street
Released: 30 March 2015
Album: The Magic Whip
UK Peak: 151
Ong Ong
Released: 15 May 2015
Album: The Magic Whip
UK Peak: — (Released with video, did not chart on UK Official Singles Chart)
I Broadcast
Released: 29 August 2015
Album: The Magic Whip
UK Peak: — (Final single from the album, not charted on main UK chart)
The Narcissist
Released: 18 May 2023
Album: The Ballad of Darren
UK Peak: 81
St. Charles Square
Released: 29 June 2023
Album: The Ballad of Darren
UK Peak: — (Official single with promo video, did not chart on UK Official Singles Chart)
Barbaric
Released: 21 July 2023
Album: The Ballad of Darren
UK Peak: 92
The Fade Out
Thirty-five singles. Two went all the way. From shoegaze to smirking pop to the darker corners. Every single tagged a moment. Some hit. Some didn't. All of it adds up.
