} }} "Popscene is a song by English alternative rock band Blur (band) It was released 30 March 1992 as a single. The low chart placing came as a confidence blow for the band, who were struggling financially at the time. It was intended to have been the first single from Blurs cancelled second album, the remaining songs of which were placed as A-side and B-side on various singles from their actual second album [[Modern Life Is Rubbish]] except for "Never Clever", the planned second single release, which was released on the Food Records compilation album "Food 100", along with Popscene in 1997. "Popscene" was later included on the American version and the Japanese re-issue of Modern Life Is Rubbish(as "Pop Scene"). The song is an attack on the homogeneous nature of the music industry and it represented a change in musical direction for Blur. The song has since become a fan favourite and is still performed live. It has been seen as one of the first Britpop singles to be released. The song had never been included on a UK Blur album, until 2009 when it was released on Blurs compilation album [[Midlife: A Beginners Guide to Blur]]. Although the single did not appear on the audio version of 2000s collection [[Blur: The Best Of]] the music video for the track did appear on the accompanying DVD release.

Charts

| class"wikitable sortable" !align"center"|UK Top 75 (1992) !align"center"|Peak
position |- |align"left"|UK Singles Chart |align"center"|32 |}

Track listings

*7" and Cassette #"Popscene" #"Mace" *CD #"Popscene" #"Mace" #"Badgeman Brown" *12" #"Popscene" #"Im Fine" #"Mace" #"Garden Central"

Production credits

*"Popscene" produced by Steve Lovell *"Mace", "Badgeman Brown", and "Garden Central" produced by Blur and John Smith *"Im Fine" produced by Blur Category:1992 singles Category:Blur (band) songs fr:Popscene sv:Popscene