The Universal
| “The Universal” | |||||
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| Single by Blur from the album The Great Escape | |||||
| Released | 13 November 1995 | ||||
| Format | 7" vinyl (jukebox only), cassette, 2 x CD | ||||
| Recorded | 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Britpop | ||||
| Length | 3:59 | ||||
| Label | EMI, Food Records | ||||
| Producer | Stephen Street | ||||
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"The Universal" is a song by British band Blur and is featured on their fourth studio album, The Great Escape. It was released 13 November 1995 as the second single from that album, charting at #5 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1995 in British music).
In keeping with the song's science fiction theme, the single's cover art is an allusion to the opening shot of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the music video is a tribute to the movie A Clockwork Orange, with the band dressed up in costumes similar to Alex and his droogs. Both movies were directed by Stanley Kubrick.
The song has increased in stature since its release; this is proved by it being voted second best of all Blur singles on blurtalk.com Singles Vote. In addition, on Rate Your Music the song is often in the Top 25 for 1995 as well as being in the Top 500 of all time.
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