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For Tomorrow was written by Damon Albarn at his parents house in the opening hours of Christmas Day 1992 When Blur submitted the new album to their label a couple of weeks prior, it was told it was poor and had no single material on it. Albarn therefore wrote this song, which became the lead off single in April 1993. This song has often been cited as the birth of Britpop, as Blur adopted a very British sound and image following a disastrous second tour of America in 1992. At a time where grunge was supreme, nobody was interested in much else and thus it is not surprising the song stalled at #28 in the charts.

However the song has gained much popularity since- the extended version was chosen on the band’s best of album, was selected in the Top 15 songs about London by Time Out magazine, and MOJO included it in their ‘50 Greatest British tracks ever’ list.
Its popularity is best shown by the landmark on Primrose Hill, a north London hill that overlooks the city. There, in 1993, an Australian woman and her boyfriend wrote the lyrics “and the views so nice” from this song on a path just short of the top of the hill; they remain there to this day, and are an enduring reminder of the romance of the song.
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  • Modern Life Is Rubbish
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  • The Best Of (Limited Edition)
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  • The Best Of I
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  • A Knees-Up at Mile End
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  • tina777

    timeless

    21 days ago

  • foolsfallinlove

    pure britpop, looooooooooove it

    March 2012

  • Habylab

    Is that you David Bowie?

    March 2012

  • HeyFuckMe

    flawless :')

    February 2012

  • Bliss8117

    I suppose it does sound a bit like Bowie... can't go wrong with that! great song.

    December 2011

  • CheezyNoodles

    Wow. this is an amazing song :D

    December 2011

  • Timppa2000

    this is like some long forgotten David Bowie song.. that's definitely not a bad thing though.

    December 2011

  • cariller

    my jam! lala lalala

    September 2011

  • garjones2003

    pure Britpop magic!

    August 2011

  • Invincible638

    You can't get bored of this song!

    July 2011

  • alfred_aswe

    lalalalalalalalalala(4)

    April 2011

  • Leonardo_Silva

    my fav from them, pretty good

    April 2011

  • KiingNothing

    Lalalalalala <333 (3)

    February 2011

  • sertsa

    Somebody's been listening to their Bowie. Not bad.

    February 2011

  • TaylorLegand

    This song is ONE of the best

    January 2011

  • osbowen

    ...and hold on for tomorrow. Brilliant!

    December 2010

  • jacklamontagne

    blurs fuckn great but this songs not fantastic....

    December 2010

  • revolver0612

    is their best song no one is so perfect

    December 2010

  • isitbeer30yet

    who doesn't like a good lala...lalala song every now and then? :)

    November 2010

  • damonlila

    Lalalalalala <333 (2)

    November 2010
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