Song · The Orb
“Blue Room” by The Orb
From the album U.F.Orb (1992)
“Blue Room” by The Orb appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1992. It was first released in 1992 on the album U.F.Orb. Its best result is #20 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #145 alternative song of 1992.
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The Orb let "Blue Room" loose on Big Life in June 1992, all 39 minutes and 58 seconds of it, and the English duo somehow turned that into a hit: nothing longer has ever made the UK Singles Chart, and it climbed to number eight in its second week there. U.F.Orb carries an edit for the less patient.
The writing credit is split five ways, between Dr Alex Paterson, Kris Weston, Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy and Jah Wobble. Hillage plays guitar and produced it with the Orb, Giraudy adds keyboards and Wobble's bass rolls underneath like a slow tide, while the full version drifts through samples: a snatch of the opening of Weather Report's "Mysterious Traveller", and a battered scrap of Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday to You" to close. Ambient house at its most gloriously unhurried.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 20 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1992 | 50 |
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