Song · Blur
“Country House” by Blur
From the album The Great Escape (1995)
“Country House” by Blur appears on 10 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 1995 and 2025. It was first released in 1995 on the album The Great Escape. Its best result is #7 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #100 alternative song of 1995 and #3,836 alternative song of all time.
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"Country House" came out on August 14, 1995, as the opening shot from Blur's fourth album, The Great Escape, and it landed in the middle of a brawl: Oasis put out "Roll with It" the very same day, and the showdown got billed as the Battle of Britpop. Blur came out of it with a UK number one, and it's still their best-selling single.
It's a cheeky, bouncing singalong, with Damon Albarn's words up front and the music credited to all four members: Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree. Stephen Street produced and John Smith engineered. Damien Hirst directed the video, which picked up a BRIT nomination, and the NME made it Single of the Week.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 30 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1995 | 50 |
| 1995 | 7 | Virgin Radio United Kingdom | Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1995 | 10 |
| 1995 | 53 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 601 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2001 | 328 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1063 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 65 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2021 | 836 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 698 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2025 | 27 | Absolute Radio | Absolute Radio 100 Ultimate Britpop Anthems | 100 |
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