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"Music Is My Radar" is a song by British band Blur. As a single, it reached No. 10 in the UK.[2] It was released in support of the band's greatest hits compilation, Blur: The Best Of, on which it was the only song that had not previously appeared on an album. An alternative version called "Squeezebox" appeared in 2012 on one of the rarities CDs from the Blur 21 box collection, released to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their debut album release, Leisure.

"Music Is My Radar"
Single by Blur
from the album Blur: The Best Of
Released16 October 2000 (2000-10-16)[1]
Length
  • 6:34 (alternative version)
  • 5:29
  • 4:21 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Blur, Ben Hillier
Blur singles chronology
"No Distance Left to Run"
(1999)
"Music Is My Radar"
(2000)
"Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb"
(2002)
Music video
"Music Is My Radar" on YouTube

Nigerian musician Tony Allen, who is repeatedly mentioned in the lyrics, later collaborated with Blur frontman Damon Albarn as the drummer in the supergroups The Good, the Bad & the Queen and Rocket Juice & the Moon, and appears posthumously with Albarn on the 2020 Gorillaz song "How Far?".


Reception


Pitchfork critic Richard M. Juzwiak described the song as "truly one of [Blur's] best", adding: "It's minimalist, groovy, and combines the shiny poppy old Blur with the ragged noisy new Blur perfectly."[3] Daniel Durchholz of Wall of Sound called it "vital", while a less enthused Stephen Thomas Erlewine saw it as "good, not great".[4]

Conversely, Graham Reed of Drowned in Sound called the song a "creative misfire" that is "devoid of tune or melody",[5] while NME critic Steve Sutherland labelled it a "will-this-do Talking Headsy clunkalong".[6]


Music video


The video shows Blur on a 1960s/1970s-inspired "Variety Hour" talk show where they sit on a couch (embedded into the red floor) while a group of dancers in black (male) and white (female) MOD-esque outfits perform a dance routine to accompany the song during an interval break. Those outfits are clearly inspired to the costumes created by the Sorelle Fontana for the dystopian movie “La decima vittima” by italian director Elio Petri. The dance choreography itself was executed by Blanca Li.[7]

The music video was not included on the Blur: The Best Of VHS/DVD but was on the Blur 21 box set in 2012.


Track listings


  1. "Music Is My Radar" (radio edit) – 4:21
  2. "Black Book" – 8:30
  3. "Headist" / "Into Another" (live) – 3:45
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (radio edit) – 4:21
  2. "7 Days" (live) – 3:28
  3. "She's So High" (live) – 4:45
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (radio edit) – 4:21
  2. "Black Book" – 8:30
  3. "She's So High" (live) – 4:45
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (album version) – 5:29
  2. "Black Book" – 8:30
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (radio edit) – 4:21
  2. "Black Book" – 8:30
  3. "7 Days" (live) – 3:28
  4. "She's So High" (live) – 4:45

Credits and personnel



References


  1. "New Releases – For Week Starting October 16, 2000: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 14 October 2000. p. 31. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. "Blur | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
  3. Juzwiak, Richard M. (21 November 2000). "Blur: The Best of Blur". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Music Is My Radar at AllMusic
  5. "Blur: Best of + live CD". Archived from the original on 1 November 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2007.
  6. Sutherland, Steve (October 2000). "Blur: The Best of Blur". NME. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. "Blanca Li . Screen".

На других языках


- [en] Music Is My Radar

[es] Music Is My Radar

«Music Is My Radar» —en español: «La música es mi radar»— es una canción de la banda británica Blur. Como single, alcanzó el número 10 en el Reino Unido.[2] Fue lanzado en apoyo de la compilación de grandes éxitos de la banda, Blur: The Best Of, en la que era la única canción que no había aparecido previamente en un álbum. Una versión alternativa llamada «Squeezebox» apareció en 2012 en uno de los CD de rarezas de la colección de cajas Blur 21, lanzado para celebrar el 21 aniversario del lanzamiento de su álbum debut, Leisure.

[ru] Music Is My Radar

«Music Is My Radar» — сингл британской альтернативной рок-группы Blur. «Music Is My Radar» является неальбомным синглом, изданным в поддержку сборника лучших хитов группы Blur: The Best Of. Первоначальный вариант песни был записан ещё в 1992 году, но он никогда не входил ни в один студийный альбом. Клип на эту песню не был включен в DVD/VHS—версию сборника и остается единственным клипом Blur, который не был выпущен на коммерческой основе. Кроме того, на сборнике были предоставлены тексты всех песен, за исключением «Music Is My Radar». Это произошло потому, что первоначально в качестве сингла был запланирован би-сайд «Black Book».



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