464. Song 2 by Blur 1997

Hit record written all over this one. I remember hearing it first on its parent album and really like having my socks knocked off. A perfect piece of rock and roll British grunge from a band we'd almost give up on. Well after the cute and quite sickly Country Life single which we liked for about the length of the film clip and then realizing that the Oasis album was so much better Blur looked like they were going nowhere. But they turned it around and started making some really interesting and cool songs. This was a standout.
Just the first few treated drum beats at the beginning, and I'm not even sure they're real drums, and I'm taken back to the Lizard in the late Nineties. The punters would scramble onto the dance floor for this one and when there was no more floor they'd be pushing against the tables that ringed the floor. Or they'd be dancing down in the lower bar area. The lights would swirl and the beers would be held aloft as Damon came in with his Wooh Hoo and we'd be off. For 2 minutes they'd go mad while the DJs would frantically look for something to follow it up with.
I seem to remember it only got to number 2 on the national charts both here and in a few other places in the world. A slightly cosmic joke or just my imagination?