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“Girls & Boys” was released as the lead single from the band’s third album Parklife, on 7 March 1994. Charting at number five in the UK Singles Charts, “Girls & Boys” was Blur’s first top 5 hit. In the United States, it reached number fifty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number four on the Modern Rock songs chart.

The video, directed by Kevin Godley, featured Blur performing this song to a backdrop of people on 18-30 package holidays (which the band interspersed into the video). Kevin branded the video as “Page 3 rubbish” while Blur found it “perfect”. The front cover of the single was taken from a pack of Durex condoms.

The single release also includes a remix of the track by Pet Shop Boys, who later covered the track live on tour in 1994.

In 2003, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke confessed that he wished he had written the song.

In 2007, electronic band Blaqk Audio released a cover of the song as a Hot Topic exclusive bonus track for their debut album CexCells. Around that time, perhaps beginning in mid 2006, the song saw a resurgence in popularity in the American Indie Music Scene, being played a lot at dance clubs.

Upon the song’s release, it was a comeback for the band, who had had a lean commercial period for a couple of years. The song even surpassed the band’s past commercial peak by three spots.

The song is included on two compilations albums, Blur: The Best of and Midlife: A Beginner’s Guide to Blur.

The song was covered by the French singer Mélanie Pain in her 2008 album My Name.
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  • Hit Collection 2000
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  • Girls & Boys
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  • A Knees-Up at Mile End
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  • Summer
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  • Marrlove

    Fun song to dance to.

    Thursday afternoon

  • pogopatterson

    Love in the nineties is paranoid.

    Thursday morning

  • luisa20051972

    nostalgia...

    last week

  • kitching89

    nothing is wasted, only reproduced

    last week

  • DonnaBarkov

    This version sounds different to me. Maybe it's the pacing because, I heard this song several times.

    14 days ago

  • mdrnlifeisrbsh

    ALWAYS SHOULD BE SOMEONE YOU REALLY LOOOOOOOOVE [17]

    16 days ago

  • motorbikegame

    CHILDHOOD :D

    20 days ago

  • AranRyan

    Give me headphones, give me this song and see me dancing my way to the school.

    24 days ago

  • aloha199

    Fuckin mighty nineties.

    last month

  • FuckerDance

    cool song

    last month

  • weedeeth

    lovin' the ninetiesss!!

    last month

  • ArcadeFirez

    ALWAYS SHOULD BE SOMEONE YOU REALLY LOOOOOOOOVE [16]

    last month

  • greenbean1

    girls who want boys who like boys to be girls who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys (2)

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  • ScarlethCassan

    yeah!!!!

    last month

  • myrimelomania

    Cool.

    last month

  • D-i-c-k-n-a-i-l

    Ohh that is so great!!

    last month

  • PaneraAwesome

    Straight Murderin' it

    March 2012

  • xplaceholder

    girls who want boys who like boys to be girls who do boys like they're girls who do girls like they're boys

    March 2012

  • MagnificoLuceat

    that brings energy!

    March 2012

  • petronum

    whew!

    March 2012
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