"Parklife"
Single by Blur
from the album Parklife
Released	22 August 1994
Format	7" vinyl (jukebox only), 12" vinyl, cassette, 2 x CD
Recorded	October 1993-January 1994
Genre	Britpop
Length	3:05
Label	Food/EMI
Producer(s)	Stephen Street, John Smith
Peak chart positions
#10 (UK)
Blur singles chronology
"To the End" (1994) "Parklife" (1994) "End of a Century" (1994)

"Parklife" is a song by Blur. It is the title track of their 1994 album Parklife. When released as the album's third single, "Parklife" reached #10 in the UK singles chart. The song has spoken verses, narrated by actor Phil Daniels, who also appears in the song's music video. This image is the cover of an album or single. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Blur is the fifth album by Blur, first release in 1997. ... Parklife is a critically acclaimed Britpop album by the band Blur, released on April 25, 1994. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-sides, often accompanied by several B-sides—usually remixes or other songs. ... The 12-inch [30 cm] single gramophone record gained popularity with the advent of disco music in the 1970s. ... Insert from the Winter cassette single by Tori Amos The cassette single was a music recording format that debuted in the 80s. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Britpop was a British alternative rock genre and movement that was at its most popular in Great Britain in the mid 1990s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Stephen Street is a music producer best known for his work with The Smiths in the 1980s and Blur in the 1990s. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Blur is the fifth album by Blur, first release in 1997. ... To the End is a song by British rock band Blur and is featured on their third album, Parklife. ... End of a Century is a song by Blur. ... Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Parklife is a critically acclaimed Britpop album by the band Blur, released on April 25, 1994. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Philip Daniels (born October 25, 1958 in Islington, London) is an English actor. ...

A number of newspaper articles about the young middle classes' adoption of Estuary English - a phenomenon of which Blur's frontman Damon Albarn was a prominent example - appeared during the single's chart run, including one in The Sunday Times on the day the song entered the singles chart (although Daniels's accent is closer to Cockney). The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... Estuary English is a name given to the form of English widely spoken in South East England, especially along the river Thames and its estuary. ... Damon Albarn, (IPA: []) (born March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London), is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of rock band Blur. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... St Mary-le-Bow The term cockney refers to working-class inhabitants of London, particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. ...

The song played a part in Blur's supposed feud with fellow Britpop band Oasis when, at the 1996 BRIT Awards, the Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel, taunted Blur by singing a drunken rendition of "Parklife" (with Liam changing the lyrics to "Shite-life"). The members of Oasis were collecting the "Best British Album" award, which both bands had been nominated for. Britpop was a British alternative rock genre and movement that was at its most popular in Great Britain in the mid 1990s. ... Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Brit Awards are the annual United Kingdom pop music awards founded by the British Phonographic Industry. ... Liam Gallagher (born William John Paul Gallagher on September 21, 1972, Burnage, Manchester, England) is an English singer of the successful band Oasis. ... Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Burnage, Manchester, England) is an English songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the English rock band Oasis. ...

The song's video features Daniels as a smarmy double glazing salesman, with Albarn as his assistant and the other band members appearing as various characters from the song. At one point, Albarn is impressed to see a man carrying a placard reading "Modern Life Is Rubbish", the title of Blur's previous album; on the reverse is written "End of a Century", the title of their subsequent single from Parklife. Insulated glazing is a piece of glazing consisting of two or more layers of glazing separated by a spacer along the edge and sealed to create a dead air space between the layers. ... Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second album by the British rock band Blur, released on May 10 1993. ... End of a Century is a song by Blur. ...

The song is still very popular today, with occasional radio plays and regular appearances on music television, in shows such as "The Best of... 1994" on The Vault. The MTV logotype, often used in different, less stylized, forms. ... The Vault is a British free-to-air music television channel, owned by Chart Show Channels. ...

In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Parklife" at number 41 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ...

Track listings

• 12" 12FOOD53

1. "Parklife"
2. "Supa Shoppa"
3. "To The End" (French version)
4. "Beard"

• CD1 CDFOODS53

1. "Parklife"
2. "Supa Shoppa"
3. "Theme from an Imaginary Film"

• CD2 CDFOOD53

1. "Parklife"
2. "Beard"
3. "To The End" (French version)

• Cassette TCFOOD53

1. "Parklife"
2. "Supa Shoppa"
3. "Theme from an Imaginary Film"

• 7" FOODLH53

1. "Parklife"
2. "Supa Shoppa"

• Note: the 7" vinyl edition was pressed for use on jukeboxes and was not issued commercially.

A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that can play specially selected songs from self-contained media. ...

External links

• Parklife video