Beetlebum
Sign in to save"Beetlebum" is a song by English rock band Blur. It was released on 16 January 1997 as the lead single from the band's eponymous fifth album, Blur (1997). Written about Blur frontman Damon Albarn's experiences with heroin, the song features Beatles-influenced music and a mood that Albarn described as "sleepy" and "sexy". Despite fears of the song's uncommercial nature, the single debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Blur's second track to top the chart. It has since appeared on several Blur compilations.
Key facts
- Song.name
- Beetlebum
- Song.cover
- Blur_Beetlebum_CD1.jpg
- Song.type
- single
- Song.artist
- Blur
- Song.album
- Blur
- Song.B side
- "All Your Life" "A Spell (For Money)" "Woodpigeon Song" "Dancehall"
- Song.genre
- Pop rock dream pop indie pop
- Song.length
- 5:05
- Song.label
- Food Parlophone
- Song.composer
- Damon Albarn Graham Coxon Alex James Dave Rowntree
- Song.lyricist
- Damon Albarn
- Song.producer
- Stephen Street
- Song.prev_title
- Charmless Man
- Song.prev_year
- 1996
- Song.next_title
- Song 2
- Song.next_year
- 1997
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- publication date
- 1997-01-20
- title
- Beetlebum
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"Beetlebum" is a song by English rock band Blur. It was released on 16 January 1997 as the lead single from the band's eponymous fifth album, Blur (1997). Written about Blur frontman Damon Albarn's experiences with heroin, the song features Beatles-influenced music and a mood that Albarn described as "sleepy" and "sexy". Despite fears of the song's uncommercial nature, the single debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Blur's second track to top the chart. It has since appeared on several Blur compilations.
==Background== "Beetlebum" was inspired by heroin and the drug experiences Damon Albarn had with his then-girlfriend, Justine Frischmann of Elastica. Albarn reflected, "That whole period of a lot of people's lives was fairly muddied by heroin for a lot of people. And it's sort of, it's in that place. And a lot of stuff was at that time." He has stated in an interview with MTV that the song describes a complicated emotion, sort of "sleepy" and sort of "sexy".