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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Blurry
| cover = Pomb.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Puddle of Mudd
| album = Come Clean
| released =
| recorded = OctoberDecember 2000
| studio =
| genre = *Post-grunge
*alternative rock
| length = * 5:04 (album version)
* 4:17 (radio & video version)
| label = * Flawless
* Geffen
| writer = * Wes Scantlin
* Doug Ardito
* Jimmy Allen
| producer =
| prev_title = Control
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Drift & Die
| next_year = 2002
| misc =
}}
"'Blurry'" is a song by the American rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released on October 16, 2001, as the second single from the band's debut album, 'Come Clean' (2001). It was 2002's most successful rock song in the United States, topping the 'Billboard' Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Tracks charts as well as their year-end listings. "Blurry" also found success outside the US, reaching the top 20 in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
Composition
The song is written in the key of E minor with a moderately slow tempo of 78 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of CDEm, and the vocals in the song span from D3 to A4.
Commercial performance
"Blurry" is Puddle of Mudd's most successful song, reaching the number-one spot on the 'Billboard' Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts for 10 and nine weeks, respectively. This soon propelled the single to mainstream success, reaching the number five spot on both the 'Billboard' Hot 100 Airplay and 'Billboard' Hot 100Whitburn, Joel (2004). 'The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 510. and number three on the Pop Songs chart. "Blurry" was the eight-most played song on radio in Canada in 2002. The song is also the band's highest selling U.S. single ever, with sales of 753,000 copies, as of 2010. Additionally, the song's writers, Wes Scantlin, Doug Ardito, and Jimmy Allen, won ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Song of the Year and Pop Song of the Year for this tune. "Blurry" also won two Billboard Awards in 2002, for Modern Rock Track of the Year and Rock Track of the Year. It also received the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. "Blurry" reached number eight in the UK Singles Chart on its release there in June 2002, becoming the band's highest charting single in the United Kingdom.
Music video
The music video shows Scantlin playing with his son Jordan, interspersed with shots of the band playing in a garage. Towards the end of the video, a man and a woman (presumably Jordan's mother and stepfather) are shown driving away with Jordan in the back seat as Wes watches sadly. The video was directed by Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst.
Accolades
Track listings
'Promo single'
'Enhanced single'
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"|+Year-end chart performance for "Blurry"
!Chart (2002)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)
|8
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)
|136
|-
!scope="row"|US 'Billboard' Hot 100
|10
|-
!scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 Tracks ('Billboard')
|14
|-
!scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks ('Billboard')
|1
|-
!scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks ('Billboard')
|1
|-
!scope="row"|US Top 40 Tracks ('Billboard')
|18
|}
Certifications
Release history
Uses in media
* This song was used as the title theme for the video game 'Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War'.
* This song was used in the trailer for the 2003 film 'A Man Apart'.
* On June 21, 2011, this song was released as downloadable content for the rhythm game 'Rock Band 3'.
* The song was used in the American television show 'The Secret Life of the American Teenager' in the series finale.
Covers
* P.M. Dawn appeared on NBC's 'Hit Me, Baby, One More Time', performing "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss", and covered Puddle of Mudd's "Blurry". Despite the fact that Prince Be was still suffering the effects of this stroke, they beat Animotion, Missing Persons, Juice Newton and Shannon to claim the $20,000 charitable prize, which they contributed to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, as Prince Be was a diabetic. In June 2019, P.M. Dawn collaborated with musician Tommy Marz on a studio version of Blurry dedicated to the memory of Attrell Cordes
* On May 21, 2021, country rock singer-songwriter Hardy released a cover of "Blurry" with an accompanying music video on YouTube.
References
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