From Blur’s debut album Leisure, “Sing” is notable for being the only song from that album to appear on their Parklive album, recorded for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
The song is an exercise in mantra-like melancholy constructed largely around plaintive, enormous minor chords in E, F-sharp...
[Verse 1]
Can't feel
'Cause I'm numb
Can't feel
'Cause I'm numb
So what's the worth
In all of this, this?
What's the worth
In all of this?
[Chorus]
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Sing to me
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Sing to me
[Verse 2]
So what's the worth
In all of this, this?
If the child in your head
If the child is dead
[Chorus]
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Sing to me
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Sing to me
[Instrumental bridge]
[Chorus]
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Ah ah ah ahh
Sing to me
Sing was written by Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon & Alex James & Dave Rowntree.
Sing was produced by Blur.