Blur discography

The discography of English rock band Blur consists of nine studio albums, six live albums, five compilation albums, one remix album, two video albums, four extended plays, 35 singles, 10 promotional singles and 37 music videos. Formed in London in 1988, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Three years later, their debut release, the Madchester and shoegazing-tinged Leisure (1991), peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993) inaugurated the Britpop phase of their career. Its multi-Platinum follow-ups Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995) helped the band achieve mainstream popularity in Britain; every Blur studio album from Parklife onwards has topped the British charts.

Blur discography
Blur performing at Hyde Park in July 2009
Studio albums	9
EPs	4
Live albums	6
Compilation albums	5
Singles	35
Video albums	2
Music videos	37
Remix albums	1
Promotional singles	10
Box sets	2

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Sales	Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [3]	FRA [4]	GER [5]	JPN [6]	NOR [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	US [10]
Leisure	Released: 26 August 1991 (UK)[11] Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP	7	142	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—[A]		BPI: Gold[13]
Modern Life Is Rubbish	Released: 10 May 1993 (UK)[14] Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP	15	143	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		BPI: Gold[13]
Parklife	Released: 25 April 1994 (UK)[15] Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP	1	45	41	—	—	36	37	27	8	—[B]		BPI: 4× Platinum[13] MC: Gold[16]
The Great Escape	Released: 11 September 1995 (UK)[17] Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP	1	10	24	14	35	5	5	7	2	150		BPI: 3× Platinum[13] GLF: Gold[18] IFPI NOR: Gold[19] MC: Gold[16] RIAJ: Gold[20] SNEP: Gold[21]
Blur	Released: 10 February 1997 (UK)[22] Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP, MD	1	22	26	12	23	7	6	3	4	61	US: 679,000[23]	BPI: Platinum[13] ARIA: Gold[24] MC: Platinum[16] RIAA: Gold[25] RIAJ: Platinum[26] RMNZ: Platinum[27]
13	Released: 15 March 1999 (UK)[28] Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette, LP, MD	1	12	11	12	6	13	1	2	4	80	US: 136,000[29]	BPI: Platinum[13] MC: Gold[16] RIAJ: Gold[30] RMNZ: Platinum[31]
Think Tank	Released: 5 May 2003 (UK)[32] Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette	1	30	—	11	8	14	18	27	44	56	US: 94,000[33]	BPI: Gold[13]
The Magic Whip	Released: 27 April 2015 (UK) Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, digital download	1	5	15	3	3	5	4	8	30	24	FRA: 25,000[34]	BPI: Gold[13]
The Ballad of Darren	Released: 21 July 2023 (UK) Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download	1	10	—	4	3	20	—	7	12	94		BPI: Silver[13]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [1]	JPN [6]
Live at the Budokan	Released: 22 May 1996 (JPN)[6] Label: Food Formats: CD	—	36
All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009[C]	Released: 30 August 2009 (UK)[35] Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download	70	148
All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 03 July 2009[C]	Released: 30 August 2009 (UK)[36] Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download	44
Live 2009[37]	Released: 22 November 2009 (UK)[37] Label: Parlophone Formats: CD	—	—
Parklive	Released: 13 August 2012 (UK)[38] Label: EMI, Parlophone Formats: CD, digital download	91	137
Live at Wembley Stadium	Released: 26 July 2024[39] Label: Parlophone Formats: CD, LP, digital download	6	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions										Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	CAN [3]	GER [5]	IRL [40]	JPN [6]	NOR [7]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	US [10]
The Special Collectors Edition	Released: 26 October 1994 (JPN)[6] Label: Food Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	64	—	—	—	—
Blur: The Best Of	Released: 30 October 2000 (UK)[41] Labels: Food, EMI Formats: CD, LP	3	23	14	35	3	20	13	6	22	186	BPI: 5× Platinum[13] ARIA: Gold[42] RMNZ: Gold[43]
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur	Released: 15 June 2009 (UK)[44] Labels: EMI Formats: CD, digital download	20	—	—	—	—	66	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold[13]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remix albums

List of remix albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Certifications
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	HUN [45]	JPN [6]
Bustin' + Dronin'	Released: 25 February 1998 (UK)[46] Label: Food Formats: CD, cassette	50	163	19	50	RIAJ: Gold[47]

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK Video [48]	US Video [49]
Showtime[50]	Released: 13 February 1995 (UK)[50] Label: Food Formats: VHS, Laserdisc	—	—
Blur: The Best Of	Released: 13 November 2000 (UK)[51] Labels: Food, EMI Formats: DVD, VHS	49	32
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays

Title	EP details
Live[52]	Released: 1997 (NLD)[52] Label: Food Format: CD
The Observer CD[53]	Released: 1999 (UK)[53] Label: Food Format: CD
Exclusive 5 Track CD[54]	Released: 21 September 2003 (UK)[54] Label: Parlophone Format: CD
Blur Live from the BRITs[55]	Released: 22 February 2012 (UK)[55] Label: Parlophone Format: Digital download

Box sets

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK [1]	GER [5]	JPN [6]
The Brit Pop Blur Box	Released: 1994 (Australia) Format: CD box set	—	—	—
The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set[56]	Released: 6 September 1999 (UK)[56] Label: Food Format: CD box set	—	—	—
Blur 21	Released: 30 July 2012 (UK)[57] Label: EMI Formats: CD box set, LP box set, DVD box set	71	63	70
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		UK [1]	AUS [2]	BEL [58]	FRA [4]	IRL [59]	JPN [60]	NLD [61]	NZ [8]	SWE [9]	US [62]
"She's So High / I Know"	1990	48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Leisure
"There's No Other Way"	1991	8	113	—	—	19	—	—	—	—	82	BPI: Silver[13]
"Bang"		24	189	—	—	21	—	—	—	—	—
"Popscene"[D]	1992	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"For Tomorrow"	1993	28	119	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Modern Life Is Rubbish
"Chemical World"		28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sunday Sunday"		26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Girls & Boys"	1994	5	19	34	11	23	—[E]	24	16	30	59	BPI: Platinum[13] RMNZ: Gold[64]	Parklife
"To the End"		16	198	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Parklife"		10	119	—	—	30	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: 2× Platinum[13]
"End of a Century"		19	—	49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Country House"	1995	1	28	—	—	1	—	—[F]	30	10	—	BPI: Platinum[13]	The Great Escape
"The Universal"		5	104	—	—	12	—	—	—	55	—	BPI: Gold[13]
"Stereotypes"	1996	7	95	—	—	13	—	—	—	—	—
"Charmless Man"		5	35	—	33	25	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[13]
"It Could Be You" (Japan only)		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Beetlebum"	1997	1	35	—	—	8	—[G]	87	34	39	—	BPI: Gold[13]	Blur
"Song 2"		2	4	—[H]	198	10	—[I]	73	—	28	—[J]	BPI: 3× Platinum[13] ARIA: Gold[69] RMNZ: 3× Platinum[64]
"On Your Own"[D]		5	69	—	—	27	—	—	—	—	—
"M.O.R."		15	68	—	—	—	—	—	45	—	—[K]
"Tender"	1999	2	32	—[L]	—	6	—	90	12	29	—	BPI: Platinum[13]	13
"Coffee & TV"		11	—	—	178	26	—	—	—	—	—	BPI: Gold[13]
"No Distance Left to Run"		14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Music Is My Radar"	2000	10	—	—	—	35	—	—	—	—	—		Blur: The Best Of
"Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb"[71]	2002	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
"Out of Time"	2003	5	113	—	—	17	—	—	—	19	—		Think Tank
"Crazy Beat"		18	102	—	—	41	—	—	—	20	—
"Good Song"		22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Fool's Day"[72]	2010	—[M]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
"Under the Westway" / "The Puritan"	2012	34	—	—[N]	120	54	59	—	—	—	—
		—	—	—	165	67	—	—	—	—	—
"Go Out"	2015	182	—	—[O]	188	—	77	—	—	—	—		The Magic Whip
"There Are Too Many of Us"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Lonesome Street"		151	—	—[P]	181	—	50	—	—	—	—
"Ong Ong"		—	—	—[Q]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"I Broadcast"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Narcissist"	2023	81	—	—	—	—	—[R]	—	—[S]	—	—		The Ballad of Darren
"St. Charles Square"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"Barbaric"		—	—	—	—	—	—[T]	—	—[U]	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		UK [1]
"High Cool" / "Bad Day"[76]	1991	—	Leisure
"Bang" (Mindwarp Mutations Remixes)[77]	1992	—	—
"The Wassailing Song"[78]		—
"This Is a Low"[79]	1995	—	Parklife
"Tracy Jacks" / "Bank Holiday"[80]		—
"Entertain Me" (The Live It! Remix)[81]		—	—
"Death of a Party"	1997	—	Blur
"Bugman"[82]	1999	—	13
"We've Got a File on You"[83]	2003	—	Think Tank
"Y'all Doomed"[84]	2015	165	The Magic Whip
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		UK [85]	BEL Tip [58]
"Girls & Boys" (live)	2009	191	—	All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009
"Ghost Ship"	2015	—	68	The Magic Whip
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other appearances

List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Sunday Sunday" (live)[86]	1992	none	In a Field of Their Own: Highlights of Glastonbury 1992
"Maggie May"[87]			Ruby Trax – The NME's Roaring 40
"Oliver's Army"[88]	1993		Peace Together
"Substitute"[89]			Who Covers Who?
"Miss America" (live)[90]			The Adventure Club Sessions
"Eine Kleine Lift Musik"[91]	1995		The Help Album
"The Universal" (live)[92]	1996		...Later Volume One: Brit Beat
"Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys Remix)[93]	1997		In the Mix '97, Vol. 1
"Never Clever"[94]			Food 100
"Beetlebum" (live)[95]			Tibetan Freedom Concert
"She's So High" (live)[96]			Long Live Tibet
"Cowboy Song"[97]	1998		Dead Man on Campus soundtrack
"101%"[98]	1999	Thurston Moore	Root
"Kissin' Time"[99]	2002	Marianne Faithfull	Kissin Time
"Girls & Boys (live)"[100]	2014	none	Britpop at the BBC

Videography

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director

Title	Year	Director(s)
"She's So High"	1990	David Balfe
"There's No Other Way" (version 1)	1991
"Bang"		Willy Smax
"There's No Other Way" (version 2)		Matthew Amos
"Popscene"	1992	David Mould
"For Tomorrow"	1993	Julien Temple
"Chemical World"		Dwight Clarke
"Sunday Sunday"
"Girls & Boys"	1994	Kevin Godley
"To the End"		David Mould
"Parklife"		Pedro Romhanyi[101]
"End of a Century"		Matthew Longfellow
"Country House"	1995	Damien Hirst[102]
"The Universal"		Jonathan Glazer[103]
"Stereotypes"	1996	Matthew Longfellow
"Charmless Man"		Jamie Thraves
"Beetlebum"	1997	Sophie Muller[104]
"Song 2"
"On Your Own"
"M.O.R."		John Hardwick
"Tender"	1999	Grant Gee
"Coffee & TV"		Hammer & Tongs[105]
"No Distance Left to Run"		Thomas Vinterberg
"Music Is My Radar"	2000	Don Cameron
"Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb"	2002	Thomas Vinterberg
"Out of Time"	2003	John Hardwick
"Crazy Beat" (version 1)		Shynola
"Crazy Beat" (version 2)		John Hardwick
"Good Song"		Shynola, David Shrigley
"Fool's Day"	2010	Pulse Films
"Under the Westway"	2012
"The Puritan"
"Go Out"	2015	Tony Hung[106]
"There Are Too Many of Us"		Blur[107]
"Lonesome Street"		Ben Reed[108]
"Ong Ong"		Tony Hung[106][109]
"I Broadcast"
"St. Charles Square"	2023	Toby L[110]

Documentaries

List of documentaries

Title	Details
Starshaped	Released: 12 September 1993 Distributor: Parlophone, Ventura Distribution Director: Ceri Levy
The Great Escape[111]	Filmed in 1995 on Blur's seaside tour Unreleased documentary directed and produced by Matthew Longfellow and Ceri Levy
No Distance Left to Run	Released: 19 January 2010 Distributor: Pulse Films Directors: Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace
New World Towers	Released: 2 December 2015 Distributor: Parlophone, Eleven Films Director: Sam Wrench Note: Limited theatrical release in select UK cinemas
To the End	Released: 19 July 2024 Distributor: Parlophone, Eleven Films Director: Toby L Note: Limitied theatrical release in select UK cinemas

Notes

1. Leisure did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number 20 on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.^[12]
2. Parklife did not enter the US Billboard 200, but peaked at number six on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart.^[12]
3. All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 02 July 2009 and All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park 03 July 2009 charted as a double CD set in Japan.
4. "Popscene" and "On Your Own" charted as a double A-side single in Australia.
5. "Girls & Boys" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart.^[63]
6. "Country House" did not enter the Netherlands Singles Chart but peaked on the Dutch Tipparade Chart at number 14.^[65]
7. "Beetlebum" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 84 on the Oricon Singles Chart.^[66]
8. "Song 2" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at eight on the Flanders Ultratip chart.^[58]
9. "Song 2" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart.^[67]
10. "Song 2" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 55 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.^[68]
11. "M.O.R." did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension to the Hot 100.^[70]
12. "Tender" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 15 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.^[58]
13. "Fool's Day" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.^[1]
14. "Under the Westway" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 10 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.^[58]
15. "Go Out" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at 64 on the Flanders Ultratip chart.^[58]
16. "Lonesome Street" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at eight on the Flanders Ultratip chart.^[58]
17. "Ong Ong" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at nine on the Flanders Ultratip chart.^[58]
18. "The Narcissist" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart.^[73]
19. "The Narcissist" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 33 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.^[74]
20. "Barbaric" did not enter the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas chart.^[75]
21. "Barbaric" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 36 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.^[74]

See also

• Damon Albarn discography
• The Good, the Bad & the Queen discography
• Gorillaz discography
• Graham Coxon discography