Song · Blur
“Chemical World” by Blur
Released 1993
“Chemical World” by Blur appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 1999. It was first released in 1993. Its best result is #812 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,938 alternative song of all time.
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"Chemical World" came out in June 1993 on Food, a single from Blur's second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish. All four of them share the music credit, Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree, with Albarn writing the words, and the production passed through plenty of hands: the band themselves, Stephen Street, Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, and Steve Lovell.
The single came in two guises, a reworked demo on one CD and the 12-inch and Street's version on the other CD and the seven-inch, and the extras were worth the hunt: "Young & Lovely", which Q later hailed as one of the great lost tracks, plus live cuts from Glastonbury 1992. It reached number 28 in the UK and 27 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 868 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 812 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
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