It has been used in numerous advertisements, including commercials for the Pentium II and Nissan Sentra and television spots for the film Starship Troopers, and it is often heard in football, ice hockey, and baseball stadiums when goals or runs are scored, or at the end of a winning game for the home team. Its first and most notable appearance came as the title music for the hit video game FIFA: Road to World Cup 98. Due to its chorus, mainly the word "Woohoo," it has been licensed worldwide on numerous occasions. The song became quite popular upon its release in 1997 on college and modern rock radio stations in the USA. Ironically however, it was embraced by the same radio stations whose airplay choices the song was parodying in the first place. The song was meant to be a parody of American grunge music. Though it is atypical of Blur's trademark style, in America it is the song most closely associated with the band. It was also the band's biggest hit in the US, reaching number six on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. In the UK, "Song 2" built upon the success of Blur's chart-topping single " Beetlebum" to reach number two in the charts. The riff-based track, known for its overdriven chorus, is among the most well-known songs the band has recorded, particularly in the United States. He just needed reassurance that what he'd done was good." Song 2" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur, and the second single released from their fifth album Blur in February 1997. Producer Stephen Street told Q magazine March 2009 that " Damon's guide vocal was pure babbling but it worked so well I suggested we went with it. Sometimes the thing you do first of all is when you mean it." (Thanks, Adam - Dewsbury, England) They saw this as a learning experience.īass player Alex James says it was " The realization you don't have to polish everything. The band tried to add more production to the recorded version and finish it off, but without success. It is probably their most popular song, certainly their most well-known.
However, their US record company loved it. (Thanks, Kei - Salem, OR)Īt one point, Blur weren't sure if this was even a contender to be included on the album, thinking it too short. As is becoming common, the song did not appear in the film itself.
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This was also featured in many trailers for the movie Starship Troopers. It also appeared on the South Park episode "Stanley's Cup." This was used in an episode of The Simpsons in a scene where Homer and the guys go to the Super Bowl. It was also used in ads for video game FIFA '98 and for Pentium II processors.
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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. They are huge in England, but never caught on in the States.īlur's bassist Alex James told Q Magazine's 1001 Best Songs Ever: " I remember having a really bad sweaty hangover that day.
It ended up being Blur's biggest hit in the US. With loud guitars and cryptic lyrics, the band wrote this to make fun of Grunge music that was big in America at the time. Fans soon identified the song as "Song 2" and the title stuck. The title is not in the lyrics, as the name "Song 2" was originally just a working title, with Blur introducing it that way during live performances.
" Song 2" is a song by Blur which is aka "Whoo-Hooo," which is the chorus.
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