Sunday Sunday

"Sunday Sunday" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur, featured on their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish. It was released 4 October 1993 as the final single from that album, and charted at number 26 in the UK Singles Charts.^[1] This is the highest charting single from the album (although the lowest-selling single from the album); the record company thought the original album contained no singles, and had the band write the other two singles specifically for single release. The band's original name, 'Seymour', is credited as guest performer on the CD1 single, due to the B-sides being recordings from that era.

The song is about traditional British Sunday activities, like a Sunday roast, seeing family and a walk in the park. The song "Daisy Bell" is a B-side on CD 2. Singer Damon Albarn once mentioned that he would like to make music his grandparents would approve of. Graham Coxon has admitted that the cover versions of "Daisy Bell" and "Let's All Go Down The Strand" were one of the worst moments in Blur's career.

CD 2 is titled 'The Sunday Sunday Popular Community Song CD, making it rather like an extended play.

Track listings

All music composed by Albarn, Coxon, James and Rowntree, except where indicated.

7"

"Sunday Sunday" (Albarn, Coxon, James, Rowntree; Lyrics by Albarn) – 2:37
"Tell Me, Tell Me" (featuring Seymour) – 3:37

12"

"Sunday Sunday" (Albarn, Coxon, James, Rowntree; Lyrics by Albarn) – 2:37
"Long Legged" (featuring Seymour) – 2:23
"Mixed Up" (featuring Seymour) – 3:01

CD1 (Blur featuring Seymour)

"Sunday Sunday" (Albarn, Coxon, James, Rowntree; Lyrics by Albarn) – 2:37
"Dizzy" (featuring Seymour) – 3:24
"Fried" (featuring Seymour) – 2:34
"Shimmer" (featuring Seymour) – 4:40

CD2 (The Popular Community Song CD)

"Sunday Sunday" (Albarn, Coxon, James, Rowntree; Lyrics by Albarn) – 2:37
"Daisy Bell" (Harry Dacre) – 2:48
"Let's All Go Down the Strand" (Murphy, Castling) – 3:42

B-sides

The B-sides on "Sunday Sunday" (Blur featuring Seymour) are previously unreleased tracks by Blur in their early days as Seymour, recorded in 1989. Originally, "Dizzy", "Fried" and "Shimmer" were only available on the CD, with "Tell Me, Tell Me" only available on the 7" and "Long Legged" and "Mixed Up" on the 12". In 1999 these were all compiled onto one disc in the 10 Yr Boxset. The only Seymour song released that wasn't a Blur featuring Seymour "Sunday Sunday" B-side was "Sing (to Me)", an early version of "Sing", which came out as a fan club single in 2000. The songs weren't included on the career-spanning Blur 21 box set released in 2012, instead rehearsal demo versions of "Dizzy" and "Mixed Up" were included on Rarities One, which features in the set.

The CD2 single is actually an extended play (EP) called The Sunday Sunday Popular Community Song CD. The songs on the EP include music hall songs "Daisy Bell" and "Let's All Go Down the Strand". A fourth song was recorded, "For Old Times' Sake", but did not make it onto the EP. It is unknown why, but it was possibly deleted (the recording altogether). "Daisy Bell" and "Let's All Go Down the Strand" made it onto the 10 Yr Boxset in 1999 and the Blur 21 box set in 2012.

Personnel

"Sunday Sunday" produced by Steve Lovell
"Daisy Bell" and "Let's All Go Down The Strand" produced by Blur
"Dizzy", "Fried", "Shimmer", "Long Legged" and "Mixed Up" produced by Graeme Holdaway and Blur
"Tell Me, Tell Me" produced by Graeme Holdaway

Band

Damon Albarn (singer, lyric writer, keyboards, organ)
Graham Coxon (guitar)
Alex James (bass)
Dave Rowntree (drums)
The Kick Horns (brass, "Sunday Sunday" only)

Charts

Charts (1993)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[1]	26

References

1 2 "BLUR | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 6 May 2013.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Blur

Damon Albarn Graham Coxon Alex James Dave Rowntree

Studio albums	Leisure Modern Life Is Rubbish Parklife The Great Escape Blur 13 Think Tank The Magic Whip

Live albums	Live at the Budokan All the People: Blur Live at Hyde Park Parklive

Compilations	The Special Collectors Edition The Brit Pop Blur Box Bustin' + Dronin' The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set Blur: The Best Of Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur Blur 21

Video releases	Starshaped Showtime No Distance Left to Run

Singles	"She's So High" "There's No Other Way" "Bang" "Popscene" "For Tomorrow" "Chemical World" "Sunday Sunday" "Girls & Boys" "To the End" "Parklife" "End of a Century" "Country House" "The Universal" "Stereotypes" "Charmless Man" "Beetlebum" "Song 2" "On Your Own" "M.O.R." "Tender" "Coffee & TV" "No Distance Left to Run" "Music Is My Radar" "Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb" "Out of Time" "Crazy Beat" "Good Song" "Fool's Day" "Under the Westway"/"The Puritan" "Go Out" "There Are Too Many of Us" "Lonesome Street" "Ong Ong" "I Broadcast"

Other songs	"Caramel" "This Is a Low"

Personnel	Phil Daniels Diana Gutkind Mike Smith The Kick Horns Cara Tivey Simon Tong

Related	Discography Songs Awards Britpop Rollercoaster Tour Stephen Street Ben Hillier Norman Cook William Orbit David Balfe Food Records Parlophone Virgin Records SBK Records

Category:Blur

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