Girls & Boys (Blur song)

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"Girls & Boys"
Single by Blur
from the album Parklife
Released 7 March 1994
Format 7" vinyl, 2 x CD, cassette
Recorded October 1993-January 1994
Genre Britpop
Length 4:50 (album version)
4:18 (single version)
Label EMI, Food Records
Producer Stephen Street
Blur singles chronology
"Sunday Sunday"
(1993)		 "Girls & Boys"
(1994)		 "To the End"
(1994)
Music video
"Girls & Boys" at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)

"Girls & Boys" is a song by the English alternative rock band Blur. It was released as the lead single from the band's third album Parklife, on 7 March 1994. Charting at number five in the UK Singles Charts, "Girls & Boys" was Blur's first top 5 hit. In the United States, it reached number fifty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number four on the Modern Rock songs chart.

The video, directed by Kevin Godley, featured Blur performing this song to a backdrop of people on 18-30 package holidays (which the band interspersed into the video). Kevin branded the video as "Page 3 rubbish" while Blur found it "perfect". The front cover of the single was taken from a pack of Durex condoms.

The single release also includes a remix of the track by Pet Shop Boys, who later covered the track live on tour in 1994.

In 2003, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke confessed that he wished he had written the song.[1]

In 2007, electronic band Blaqk Audio released a cover of the song as a Hot Topic exclusive bonus track for their debut album CexCells. Around that time, perhaps beginning in mid 2006, the song saw a resurgence in popularity in the American Indie Music Scene, being played a lot at dance clubs.

Upon the song's release, it was a comeback for the band, who had had a lean commercial period for a couple of years. The song even surpassed the band's past commercial peak by three spots.

The song is included on two compilations albums, Blur: The Best of and Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur.

The song was covered by the French singer Mélanie Pain in her 2008 album My Name.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

7" and Cassette
  1. "Girls & Boys"
  2. "Magpie"
  3. "People In Europe"
CD1
  1. "Girls & Boys"
  2. "Magpie"
  3. "Anniversary Waltz"
CD2 (released 14th march)
  1. "Girls & Boys"
  2. "People In Europe"
  3. "Peter Panic"
U.S. CD
  1. "Girls & Boys"
  2. "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys radio edit)
  3. "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" mix)
  4. "Magpie"
  5. "Peter Panic"
  6. "Maggie May"
U.S. Cassette
  1. "Girls & Boys"
  2. "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys radio edit)
  3. "Maggie May"
U.S. 12"
  1. "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" mix)
  2. "Girls & Boys" (album version)
  3. "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 7" mix)
Europe CD
  1. "Girls & Boys"
  2. "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys radio edit)
  3. "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" mix)
  4. "Magpie"
  5. "Anniversary Waltz"

[edit] Production credits

  • "Girls & Boys", "Magpie", "Anniversary Waltz", "People in Europe" and "Peter Panic" produced by Stephen Street
  • "Maggie May" produced by Steve Lovell

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1994) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 59
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 21
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 23
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 40
Swedish Singles Chart 30

[edit] References

  1. ^ Radiohead, Maida Vale Studios. BBC. 2003. (When Thom Yorke was asked by audience member if there were any songs he wished he had written) "'Girls & Boys' - bastards."
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