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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Bang

| cover = Blur_Bang.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Blur

| album = Leisure

| B-side =

* "Luminous"

* "Explain"

* "Uncle Love"

* "Berserk"

| released =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:38 (album version)

| label = Food

| writer =

* Damon Albarn

* Graham Coxon

* Alex James

* Dave Rowntree

| producer = Stephen Street

| prev_title = There's No Other Way

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Popscene

| next_year = 1992

| misc =

}}

"'Bang'" is a song by English rock band Blur, released on 29 July 1991 as the third single from their debut album, 'Leisure'.

Music video



The video, directed by Willy Smax, features the band in west London at night. Time-lapse photography of night-time traffic was used, creating streaks of light from cars' headlights. Black-and-white performance shots were also included. In later years Dave Rowntree expressed his love of the video, stating it as his favorite of the Blur catalogue. The video itself went generally unnoticed during its time of release and of all the promos, gets the least airplay on television. The video has been aired quite frequently on MTV Rocks, though, as part of their 'Blur Top 40' list, of which it features at 26. A vinyl copy of 'Beatles for Sale' by the Beatles and 'Blonde on Blonde' by Bob Dylan can be found in the music video when Graham Coxon is seen playing his guitar. The board game the band are playing whilst sat at the table is Scrabble.

The music video bears similarity to "Tomorrow Comes Today" by frontman Damon Albarn's later project Gorillaz due to its shots of London and the Centre Point building.

Release



"Bang" reached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart. Its disappointing performance relative to previous single "There's No Other Way" marked the end of Blur's initial period of popularity, which would not be equalled until the release of "Girls & Boys" three years later.

It has been all but disowned by the band, who claim it was written in less than 15 minutes in response to record company demands for another bankable single. It is almost never played live, and has not been included on either 'Blur: The Best Of' or 'Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur'. "I don't think we'll ever play that again", Alex James remarked in 1999, having performed it during rehearsals for that year's tour. "Fuckin' hell, worst verse you ever heard. Dannii Minogue gave it 'Stinker of the Week' in 'Number One'."Male, Andrew: "A Life Less Orderly", 'Select', September 1999, p58

Track listings



All songs were written by Blur.

'7-inch and cassette'

# "Bang" 3:34

# "Luminous" 3:13

'12-inch'

# "Bang" (extended) 4:27

# "Explain" 2:44

# "Luminous" 3:13

# "Uncle Love" 2:31

'CD'

# "Bang" 3:34

# "Explain" 2:44

# "Luminous" 3:13

# "Berserk" 6:52

Personnel



'Blur'

* Damon Albarn lead vocals, production on "Luminous", "Berserk" and "Uncle Love"

* Graham Coxon guitar, backing vocals, production on "Luminous", "Berserk" and "Uncle Love"

* Alex James bass guitar, production on "Luminous", "Berserk" and "Uncle Love"

* Dave Rowntree drums, production on "Luminous", "Berserk" and "Uncle Love"

'Additional personnel'

* Stephen Street production on "Bang" and "Explain"

Charts



References




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