Music Is My Radar

"Music Is My Radar"
Single by Blur
from the album Blur: The Best of
Released 16 October 2000
Format 12" vinyl, cassette, 2 x CD
Recorded 2000
Genre Art rock, alternative rock, raw electronic
Length 6:34 (alternative version)
5:29
4:21 (radio edit)
Label Parlophone, Food, EMI
Songwriter(s) Damon Albarn
Graham Coxon
Alex James
Dave Rowntree
Producer(s) Blur, Ben Hillier
Blur singles chronology
"No Distance Left to Run"
(1999)		 "Music Is My Radar"
(2000)		 "Don't Bomb When You Are the Bomb"
(2002)

"No Distance Left to Run"
(1999)		 "Music Is My Radar"
(2000)		 "Don't Bomb When You Are the Bomb"
(2002)
Music video
"Music Is My Radar" on YouTube

"Music Is My Radar" is a song by British band Blur. As a single, it reached no. 10 in the UK.[1] It was released in support of the band's greatest hits compilation, Blur: The Best Of, on which it was the only song that had not previously appeared on an album. An alternative version primarily called Squeezebox appeared in 2012 only in one of the rarities CD's from the Blur 21 box collection, to celebrate the 21st anniversary of their debut album release, Leisure.

Nigerian musician Tony Allen, who is repeatedly mentioned in the lyrics, later collaborated with Blur frontman Damon Albarn on The Good, the Bad & the Queen (2007).

Reception

Pitchfork critic Richard M. Juzwiak described the song as "truly one of [Blur's] best", adding: "It's minimalist, groovy, and combines the shiny poppy old Blur with the ragged noisy new Blur perfectly."[2] Daniel Durchholz in Wall of Sound called it "vital", while a less enthused Stephen Thomas Erlewine saw it as "good, not great".[3]

Conversely, Graham Reed of Drowned in Sound called the song a "creative misfire" that is "devoid of tune or melody",[4] while NME critic Steve Sutherland labelled it a "will-this-do Talking Headsy clunkalong".[5]

Music video

The music video for the song was not included on the Blur: The Best Of VHS/DVD, not being made commercially available until the release of the Blur 21 box set in 2012, where it features on the Rarities DVD, along with the other music videos not featured on the Blur: The Best of DVD. The video shows Blur on a talk show where they sit on a couch while a group of dancers perform while the song is played.

Track listings

  • CD1
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (radio edit) – 4:21
  2. "Black Book" – 8:30
  3. "Headist" / "Into Another" (live) – 3:45
  • CD2
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (radio edit) – 4:21
  2. "7 Days" (live) – 3:28
  3. "She's So High" (live) – 4:45
  • Cassette
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (radio edit) – 4:21
  2. "Black Book" – 8:30
  3. "She's So High" (live) – 4:45
  • 12" vinyl
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (album version) – 5:29
  2. "Black Book" – 8:30
  • Japan and Europe CD
  1. "Music Is My Radar" (radio edit) – 4:21
  2. "Black Book" – 8:30
  3. "7 Days" (live) – 3:28
  4. "She's So High" (live) – 4:45
  • "Headist" / "Into Another" and "7 Days" were recorded for Radio One's Evening Session. First transmission date 5th May 1992.
  • "She's So High" was recorded for Radio One's Mark Goodier Show. First transmission date 24th June 1990.

Production credits

References

  1. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19177/BLUR/
  2. ↑ Juzwiak, Richard M. (21 November 2000). "Blur: The Best of Blur". Pitchfork. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Music Is My Radar at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "Blur: Best of + live CD". Archived from the original on 1 November 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2007.
  5. ↑ Sutherland, Steve (October 2000). "Blur: The Best of Blur". NME. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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