"Popscene"
Single by Blur
Released	30 March 1992
Format	7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, cassette, CD
Recorded	1992
Genre	Britpop
Length	3:15
Label	EMI, Food Records
Producer(s)	Steve Lovell
Chart positions
#32 (UK Singles Chart)
Blur singles chronology
"Bang" (1991)	"Popscene" (1992)	"For Tomorrow" (1993)

This article is about the song by Blur. For the nightclub, see Popscene (club).

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The song is an attack on the homogeneous nature of the music industry and it represented a change in musical direction for Blur. The song has since become a fan favourite and the band still play it live. The song has never been included on a UK Blur album. The video for "Popscene" can be found, however, on the accompanying DVD of the band's compilation album, Blur: The Best Of. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... DVD (commonly Digital Versatile Disc, previously Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Blur: The Best of is a greatest hits compilation by Blur released on CD, cassette tape, MiniDisc, double 12 vinyl record, DVD and VHS. The CD album includes 18 of Blurs 23 singles from 1990 to 2000. ...

Track listings

• 7" FOOD37, Cassette TCFOOD37

1. "Popscene"
2. "Mace"

• 12" 12FOOD37

1. "Popscene"
2. "I'm Fine"
3. "Mace"
4. "Garden Central"

• CD CDFOOD37

1. "Popscene"
2. "Mace"
3. "Badgeman Brown"