“Song 2” is the second single released from Blur’s eponymous fifth album. It is a deeply catchy satire of grunge music. It is named “Song 2” because it appears as the second track on the album (both on Blur and the compilation album, Blur: The Best Of), it is two minutes and two seconds long, and it...
[Intro]
Woo-hoo
Woo-hoo
Woo-hoo
Woo-hoo
[Verse 1]
I got my head checked
By a jumbo jet
It wasn't easy
But nothing is, no
[Chorus]
(Woo-hoo) When I feel heavy metal
(Woo-hoo) And I'm pins and I'm needles
(Woo-hoo) Well, I lie and I'm easy
All of the time, but I'm never sure why I need you
Pleased to meet you
[Verse 2]
I got my head done
When I was young
It's not my problem
It's not my problem
[Chorus]
(Woo-hoo) When I feel heavy metal
(Woo-hoo) And I'm pins and I'm needles
(Woo-hoo) Well, I lie and I'm easy
All of the time, but I'm never sure why I need you
Pleased to meet you
[Outro]
Yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah
Yeah-yeah
Oh, yeah
Song 2 was written by Damon Albarn & Graham Coxon & Alex James & Dave Rowntree.
Song 2 was produced by Stephen Street.
I remember having a really bad sweaty hangover that day. And it was very sunny. We were at Mayfair Studios, Primrose Hill, and I’d been trying to think of a title for a TV show a friend was doing about Rock Wives. Then it came to me: ‘Hits and Mrs!’ So I thought that was my work for the day over. It...