End of a Century

"End of a Century"
Single by Blur
from the album Parklife
Released	7 November 1994
Format	Cassette, CD, 7" vinyl
Recorded	October 1993 – January 1994
Genre	Britpop
Length	2:46
Label	Food/EMI
Producer	Stephen Street
Blur singles chronology
"Parklife" (1994) "End of a Century" (1994) "Country House" (1995)
Music video "End of a Century" on YouTube

"End of a Century" is a song by Blur. It was the last single to be released from their third album Parklife and reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart in 1994. The video is a live performance recorded at Alexandra Palace.

The lyrics seem to emphasise the (then) up-coming millennium change and the fact that people contemplate the future rather than take care of the present. The line from the song is "End of a Century // It's nothing special".

Damon Albarn later stated that "End of a Century" may not have been the best choice for the band's fourth single, and that "This Is a Low" would have been the alternative.^{[citation needed]}

Squeeze did a live cover version of the song for their 1995 single "This Summer".

Single track listing

• CD
  1. "End of a Century"
  2. "Red Necks"
  3. "Alex's Song" (Alex James)

• 7" and Cassette
  1. "End of a Century"
  2. "Red Necks"

Production credits

• "End of a Century" produced by Stephen Street
• "Red Necks" and "Alex's Song" produced by Blur (band)