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Parklife by Blur
Parklife is an album by Blur, released in 1994. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 58 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Girls And Boys”, on 42 lists with a best position of #16.
Parklife, Blur's third album, landed on Food Records on 25 April 1994, and it hauled the London band back up after the modest sales of Modern Life Is Rubbish. Stephen Street produced, and Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree cram it with cheeky, character-packed guitar pop steeped in the Kinks, the Beatles and XTC, sharp, funny and very English.
It's a record that changes costume from song to song: the leering disco strut of "Girls & Boys", the barked, jaunty title track, the lush, wistful sway of "To the End", the deadpan shrug of "End of a Century". All four were hits, "Girls & Boys" in America too. Parklife went four times platinum in the UK and, alongside Oasis's Definitely Maybe, came to define Britpop. In 2010 its cover turned up on a Royal Mail stamp.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Parklife on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girls And Boys | 42 | #16 | – | 1994–2025 | |
| 2 | Parklife | 14 | #1 | 1 | 1994–2026 | |
| 3 | End of a Century | 1 | #94 | – | 2025 | |
| 4 | Girls and Boys (Remix) | 1 | #96 | – | 1994 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.