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| "Charmless Man" | ||||
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| Single by Blur | ||||
| from the album The Great Escape | ||||
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| Released | 29 April 1996 (UK) | |||
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| Length | 3:34 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Stephen Street | |||
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| "Charmless Man" on YouTube | ||||
"Charmless Man" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur and is the fourth track on their fourth studio album, The Great Escape (1995). It was produced by Stephen Street and released by Food Records and Parlophone on 29 April 1996 in the United Kingdom as the fourth and final single from that album. The single reached number five on the UK Singles Chart and also charted in Australia, France, Iceland, and Ireland. The accompanying music video was directed by Jamie Thraves and features Jean-Marc Barr.
The accompanying UK B-sides, "The Horrors", "A Song" and "St. Louis", continued the dramatic change in style for Blur first evidenced on the "Stereotypes" single, being stark and raw, foreshadowing the stylistic shift that would realize itself on their eponymous follow-up album.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (4 May 2024). "The 25 most essential Blur songs". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ Shipley, Al (21 July 2023). "Every Blur Album, Ranked". Spin. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
Such self-explanatory titles as 'Charmless Man' are supported by serrated, droll lyrics and irony-filled baroque-pop music...