Blur - Battle (Official Audio)

[@LeonBestCCFC]

I discovered this song in the most unorthodox way. It was 2002, I was 10 years old, and one morning in a school assembly our headmaster put an image up on one of those old overhead projectors. The image was of a painting by Salvador Dali 'The persistence of memory' (the melting clocks painting). He challenged us all to find a piece of music at home that we believe suits the image, and to bring in our chosen piece on CD. The winning CD would be played in assembly at the end of the week with the image displayed. I don't even know why I was so determined to find the perfect match, but sure enough I went home with a plan on sitting there for hours if I had to listening through my dad's CD's. Blur 13 just happened to be sat at the top of the pile, took me less than 5 minutes to come across this song and I immediately knew the search was already over, very first moment I heard that almost metronome sounding opening. My selection ultimately beat out fierce competition from S Club 7 and the Vengaboys and I never felt so chuffed having it played on the Friday morning, until I had to get up and explain to the entire school why I chose it. I have no idea what I said

[@hugoyanez9506]

Did they looked at you weird?

[@darkvoid533]

this comment is a work of art. Nice work btw 👏

[@k-leb4671]

Those other kids got schooled on what good music is.

[@riklionheart23]

Cool school you went to

[@elwray3506]

Don´t know much about paintings or Dali for that matter. However, I´ve seen a number of his pieces and I somewhat understand the connection you´ve made. Pretty good choice, even more so for a ten year old. Love your story!

[@El_Nato]

This song.... this one.. so dark.. so quiet.. so depressive.. and the rage in that guitar in the final part.. - that's my reason to love this song.

[@muriardilla]

whats is the meaning of the song? i really dont understand the lyrics :(

[@danielgazda]

Muriel Mofeta It doesn't need any specific meaning, it's just pure a awesomeness made from feelings.

[@muriardilla]

+foxtochop Damn! This is the exactly meaning i was looking for. Yes, maybe each of us have our own interpretation but i was looking for something like yours. Thanks :D

[@macewinduhugs3036]

love the bends btw

[@DiegoRamirez-io1uv]

y te vuelvo a encontrar.

[@ludrixte1938]

This album is a masterpiece. Damon’s character studies of the Britpop era were fun and clever and all, but his lyricism throughout this record is truly amazing. As are his and Graham’s sound direction. This is basically the 97 album but with lyricism and sound that goes the full mile and then some. I have no doubt this must have been personal hell for them, Graham battling the bottle and Damon losing his love and trying to get off heroin, but it didn’t half sound amazing. This entire album is the sound of someone battling their demons and is truly stunning.

[@glx3846]

This is depicting the pain of his break up

[@tomthornton6259]

What a through yet accurate explanation! As painful as many life events are, and as horrendous as addictions may be; it's incredible what creative masterpieces can be produced, both during and as a result of that pain.

[@pigammon7843]

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but this song is one of the, if not the best piece of music any of the four have produced. I can't describe why. It's just amazing.

[@elpadrino1128]

I dont know abut the "they ever produced part" but yeah its an amazing piece of music i love the little piano part when Damon sings and when the guitar comes in its fucking awesome

[@bigbone420]

+pigammon They say its the sound of a band breaking up. There's so much emotion yet so little effort.

[@sf5823]

+Cyanide Breathmint It's my favourite Blur song! It's got an amazing sound, I love the drums and the dirty grungy guitar sound contrasting against Damons voice, it's just cool with the production sounds, it's such a good mix.

[@revol148]

Well it's certainly the best song off this album (obviously the Universal is their best song) but then that's hardly saying much is ti? Music to sunbath to - and that's a good thing.

[@kps.77]

I love this whole album, so different to anything around at the time. Blur are truly amazing artists when it comes to audio experimentation. They and Radiohead were streets ahead of so many (in a particularly great musical era to add) It's between this and Caramel on this album, I can never decide which I love more, although I do like the sudden change in 'feel' of this song, like it suddenly gets angry in the last 60 seconds.

[@1000π]

I love how spacey Blur can get

[@1000π]

@That's right!!! how the hell do you do that?

[@megaskyburst]

Kevin Spacey?

[@michaelgass4321]

I had no idea this was blur...this stopped me dead in my tracks. Mesmerizing, unique, ambient, progressive, etc...I'm obsessed.

[@noursarhan8695]

5:59 this part...I really don't know how to explain, it's just...terrifying. Feels like falling into a deep, dark void with no one around to save you. You're just all alone, confronting the gloomiest side of your psyche. What an eerie song. The whole album perfectly encapsulates the state of a broken soul. It's just so visceral and raw and heart-breaking...

[@writingthefuture]

this album is so weird and depressing, yet so experimental, wild and.. good. so good. so spacey and imaginary, like you're on a different, dark planet, with a colorful starry sky...

[@undercoverbird8592]

Not every part of real life is happy and easy. As a mother who birthed two Kids- yeah I know. 😊

[@areader2253]

That guitar at around 2:20 is crazy good. This is album that needs to be listened with headphones on.

[@MrTimamame]

U must like shoegaze then

[@HolocronStudios]

This album is what blur really is to me. Their britpop era is great and all, but the experimental alternative side is what I love most

[@SlackerMG]

5:11 Keep sounds. Keep love from doubt. See me overcome. I got chills goddamn...

[@pentexsucks43]

And the muffled explosion of sound right after it.... Chills everytime

[@andresaguero3316]

Oh shit, why it doesn't have millions of visits? It deserves it.

[@matthewcorcoran4718]

Because 13 is a very overlooked album.

[@SGMiner21]

+Matthew Corcoran yeah thats true, then again its not like Think Tank some reason everyone hates it but its actually pretty good, not as good as 13 but still good

[@SGMiner21]

+Matthew Corcoran yeah thats true, then again its not like Think Tank some reason everyone hates it but its actually pretty good, not as good as 13 but still good

[@jonathancross5428]

Think Tank can fuck a moose.

[@harveycamilleri]

Jonathan Cross why do you think it's bad

[@DrumsTheWord]

Shivers. The best time of my life. The best friends, and the most I've ever had to change. This album will always be a mixture of emotions for me.

[@fighterstoday]

Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh Battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh Completion search Here I love the bow See me walk on down to Adorn myself, it's a new song glory 'Cause see me, what do you think of now Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh Can turn your sights Kill until sub-zero See me oh it turns you on All my gawe It's the end of your Take your last one now Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oh

[@ypc2041]

one of the greatest cultural treasures from 1999

[@katiestait8138]

Dave omg 💕 💕 💕 this 🥁 beat

[@TheIanoTube]

I'm not big into Oasis but could any fan tell me if they also had the musical depth capabilities like Blur demonstrate here? This song and album are miles better than anything else I've heard from either of the bands

[@Riviere8281]

The answer is no. Oasis have 0 experimentation. They do what they do, which is good, straight forward rock and roll, but nothing like blur. Like Graham said, blur have so many roads, but most people only know the straight road.

[@dizzy6947]

Their last album is kinda experiment

[@HeartaVilleGram]

The only thing I can think of is Teotihuacan by Noel Gallagher. It was on the soundtrack for the first X-Files film back in 1998. It’s a great song and quite experimental, but nowhere near anything that Blur was doing. Still worth a listen if you’re interested.

[@dizzy6947]

@not me it has a wild west vibe imo, btw how does it sounds like revolver

[@memondayz]

No oasis weren’t really that kind of band they were good but didn’t really evolve and branch out like blur did however Noel Gallagher’s solo projects have matured and built on the oasis formula especially the 3rd album

[@varsovia6839]

MASTERPIECE

[@mmtz3051]

Wow, Blur have evolved a lot... It's unbelievable that these guys are the guys from Parklife

[@pablorosario5232]

If only blur just continue exploring this side of their musical creativity then maybe they would be huge outside UK like Radiohead or Muse but downside is that we would never have Gorillaz

[@robsdianten1]

Maybe yes, maybe no. Gorillaz was already on Damon's head when 13 came out. Maybe, just maybe if Graham hadn't had alcohol problems and his creativeness still connected with Damon's: we would have had Blur for the entire 00's. Sadly, both already were in quite different creative lines by the end of the 90s.

[@walpolekidscomics879]

Ballad of Darren is here :)

[@barriniho]

Blur has a better range of songs than Gorillaz in my opinion, but the younger generation only seem to know of Gorillaz.

[@ikhsanramadhans214]

​@@barrinihoWell dude I just listened to this album, and it is a complete banger!!, I love almost all the song on here!

[@vince__2k]

The best Blur album, and it's probably not even close.

[@HelloImNik]

I'd forgotten about this album, journeys to and from work when I lived in London. Battle is probably the one that stands out the most

[@chrismorrison3696]

"Oasis were great, but Blur were BRILLIANT." - Dr. Johnny MacMaster

[@dadi199411]

ah the cool teen days when I listened this album all day long.

[@lilooh8126]

2:18 that guitar though! This songs progressive and dark vibe stands out to me. The use of noises and multiple instruments in this makes it a truly unforgettable experience. Despite Blur mostly doing cheesy Brit-pop like Advert, Parklife and I Know, this is a unimaginable change to other songs they have produced. Makes 13 Blur's best album. This song didn't stick out to me at first but as I've listened to it again, I've really grown on it. The ending is beautiful providing a melancholy, relaxing vibe. The way it smoothly transitions into Mellow Song, is impressive really. 10/10

[@biponacci]

This is what you get when you hire a remix artist as a producer

[@k-leb4671]

I Know wasn't a britpop song. It precedes that time.

[@deathkampdrone]

@@biponacci I feel more like its what you get when you catch a brilliant artrock band at their absolute artistic highpoint. This is otherworldly good music! Different strokes I guess :)

[@racht.bremen3125]

Graham Coxon

[@robsdianten1]

@@deathkampdrone @Alex Parker you are both right. I don't think this album would have sounded like it does if Stephen Street had been the producer. He did a great job with the self-titled album but the band did well bringing someone new as the producer. I also think William Orbit came in at the exact point where the band was on its peak of creativity which ironically came from the deep pain of each members. Heaven knows how much I wish they could record with William Orbit again but honestly I don't see it happening again.

[@ellietur0019]

One of my favourites

[@maxmir3793]

Experimental knows everything, not being afraid knows about anything, a definition for an answer.....................

[@oobleck8855]

One of my favorite songs in general

[@StephenOBG]

There is SOOOO much good music out there NOTHING can be considered the best ever created anymore. Tonight I'v listened to Into The White, Nightswimming, E=MC2, I Wanna Be Adored, Six Underground, Goodbye Horses(original and cover by Urban Heat), Don't Break My Heart. And now Battle. Whats next Karma Police? Teardrop?

[@blueprintblue6781]

My best song off this album

[@patrickgrondines8240]

agreed

[@Yamikylie]

close your eyes, and feel it 🤩

[@billpinestudios4305]

13 is an addictive drug

[@HolocronStudios]

Couldn’t have said it any better

[@robsdianten1]

I can confirm that

[@gabrielroa76]

A very dark music song with a game of white and bright voices .... song chillingly sweet !!!!... Una canción de música muy oscura junto a un juego de voces blancas y brillantes.... canción escalofriantemente dulce!!!!

[@pg9193]

one word to describe this song is "Big" it sounds like a big, hairy, lumbering giant tripping on LSD while avoiding the gaze of that scanning, digital synthesizer

[@danielplainview2584]

Transcendent and incredibly underrated.

[@ledzeppelinrestores]

this goes hard af

[@andresescobar570]

best song of "13" IMHO

[@ilseatilano]

La guitarra es espectacular!!

[@emanueljose7103]

2:18 Maravilloso. Graham es un maldito genio subestimado.

[@sharrow2]

Listening to the tape when this came out was another level

[@PalomaValencia]

What a trip guys....

[@lincolnhirschi2527]

Blur... visionary amazing here nor there fast forward psychedelic music of a most unreal bend ;-)

[@Leblenlens]

My heart hurts.

[@writingthefuture]

💖💖💖 i feel you, fellow human

[@patrickgrondines6781]

love the sound effects in this song

[@roiybenkel682]

CHORUS: Battle, battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, ooh Battle, battle, battle, battle Battle someone, oohComplication search Here I love the bow See me walk on down to Adorn myself It's a new song glory 'Cos see me What do you think of nowREPEAT CHORUSCan turn your sights Kill until sub-zero See me oh it turns you on All my gawe It's the end of your Take your last one nowREPEAT CHORUS

[@bastiler1]

I'm quite positive these aren't correct. This was copy-pasted from a lyrics site, which copy-pasted it from another site, which in turn copy-pasted it from another. But these words make no sense at all. Is "gawe" even a word? Does anyone know what the actual lyrics are?

[@mania.v]

ET meets blur Also, I thought the chorus was "Pluto, Pluto, Pluto, Plutooo" when I was playing the record.. Never looked at the title nor lyrics until much later 😅

[@koreaboothekyle5172]

This song gets me really sleepy... I can sleep to this every fucking day and night bro

[@pablofierro7220]

El mejor disco de blur, lejossss

[@aiiesvs]

Beautiful.

[@williamgrondines6795]

great song

[@usera7544]

In blur I hear art.

[@jaimejaviergarcia3743]

Perfect!

[@lee-ur7nt]

I bought this at my local record store the day it came out because of the 'Coffee & Tv' video. And the whole album turned out to be a masterpiece to me...Many nights at 17 years old, too stoned ,zoning out to this song.

[@VanPebble]

Incredibly introspective album...

[@HolocronStudios]

Oasis are definitely more popular, but Blur are miles better. If only people took the time to listen and appreciate the later stuff

[@kellydalstok8900]

Oasis is predictable, Blur are more creative. It’s like comparing the Stones to the Beatles; the Beatles were innovative when they abandoned rock ‘n roll.

[@mikearsen4580]

This is so underrated

[@owenrobertson8146]

I came out of nick to this seminal album ,How it turned me straight back into an angry boy on his mission for revenge,They were the days,Glad it's all good now, still glad this album put me in an unstoppable mood,🤟PEACE ,I paid the price though,

[@sharrow2]

Hope you got the revenge you were after. and 🤟PEACE after that

[@gaelicox]

wow this song for this year is awesome!!

[@mikearsen4580]

pure classic

[@aajoseph4596]

Such a good sounding album I love it

[@daysofgrandeur]

Love this tune! Space flight engage

[@MarioGomez-nd2mx]

If you're listening to this in 2024..you're awesome!

[@marcosf8595]

Thanks

[@darkvoid533]

I play this song Louder than fuck, but theirs a reason why, this song kicks ass in every way possible

[@ryanmoore8003]

is there a better album? hard to say....like so many others it gets me every time, but it seems like such a cocktail of disparate parts coming together in ways that seem like almost impossible chance, like I'm listening to some kind of cosmic orgasm never to be repeated,

[@bianca.sartori]

I love this song! ❤

[@littleplutomen]

Favorite song from 13

[@ayslav1290]

Я не знаю що їх спонукало написати цей альбом!Но скільки тут сховано болі і ємоційного напруження!

[@elgrove7774]

El mejor disco que tiene blur en mi opinión

[@HolocronStudios]

I agree

[@KevinLawrence-mq7pi]

This sounds incredible on the vinyl reissue. So much detail you just never heard on the CD.

[@MLIR-13]

One of my favorites by Blur. I wonder what it would sound like without the vocal track.

[@manueltarazona4674]

Its weird be perfect. But even Liam Gallagher would like this song, `cause this is ART

[@jonnyritz5145]

Incredible

[@ntube7]

This was always my favourite song from that album. So much so that my CD is scratched on this track from being overplayed, so it skips it 😢

[@patrickgrondines4441]

love this song

[@thierrydonnart6271]

A Masterpiece!

[@normikcentralnybernardyn]

To be honest, I'm not suprised that KZbin decided to recommend some of the Radiohead's songs after listening to this. :)

[@racht.bremen3125]

Blur invented Britpop in the 1990s and created a blueprint for Radiohead. Graham "Fucking" Coxon

[@1000π]

Fuck Radiohead

[@elwray3506]

@@racht.bremen3125 I´d rather say music industry "Invented " Britpop, which is nothing but a label for guitar heavy British pop music plenty of other bands have played before. And it was a mistake by both Oasis and Blur to jump in on that nonsense. My opinion.

[@andreadaconto7824]

Best blur track

Here the singing, the melody and harmonies contrast with the title/lyrics, yet there are glimpses in the restlessness of the drumming and the sequencer, the occasional seismic bass calls and, later, the gritty overdrive guitar of the true meaning of this song and its emotional depth

[@danydee_]

Best atmospheric song

[@cheaptoons]

After 19 years of being so engulfed and wondering what is the track I keep hearing on a Cartoon Network Bumper that's promoting A Manga show ... It's this TRACK right here ...It's goes to show ...Good things happens to those who wait !!!DAMON ALBARN and BLUR you FUCKING RULE !!!

[@rwffmusic]

Absolutely seminal.

[@michae13james10]

So extraterrestrial and strange and beautiful.

[@laid932]

Good song thanks Damon ans co.

[@МихаилБергман-з2ц]

Отличная и любимая песня с альбома

[@darkvoid533]

Did anyone else buy the album just because of this song?

[@mt23289]

Love this song…. Best thing I’ve seen it used in is a short reel of the war in the pacific ww2…. And for some reason it just fits perfectly but it’s absolutely haunting in the same hand….

[@michae13james10]

Such a strange and wonderful album A perfect mess of melody and almost extraterrestrial sounds. ...a pity this isn’t the sounds of blur that are first thought of with the masses. Blur giving the Mainstream the proper finger on this one. Even if so graham was falling apart I’ve love this album And my favourite

[@hrblsh]

Good stuff!

[@sophiyamsa.2776]

This reminds me so much of the album fantastic planet by failure

[@The2FRANKGRIMES]

Sounds like it's at the end of a battle, where they're all screaming to not leave them to die.

[@celioazevedoofficial]

Great!

[@lokcer2040]

하..너무 좋네..

[@이현욱-h4w]

안녕하세요

[@PhilInsane]

Sounds like we're about to go interstellar

[@davidaston1644]

I've Smoked my last bag! Easter Monday. I've got to go to work soon.😥

[@MickMould1]

Marvelous

[@ambercheekz3860]

2020 Happy birthday love

[@yessyier]

This song scares me. Have listened till the end only a few times

[@mateussantos-hk8lm]

baton,baton,baton,baton

[@DMNLBRN]

It's just pronuntation, a joke

[@dark_bestiary]

r/wooosh

[@reclaimedandrested]

They showed their asses for Oasis to kiss on this track!

[@projectluraz5745]

Battle For The Swedish King