Baby Girl, I'm a Blur

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"Baby Girl, I'm a Blur"
Single by Say Anything
from the album In Defense of the Genre
ReleasedOctober 2, 2007 (2007-10-02)
Genre Electronic rock, alternative dance, indie rock
Length4:19
Label Doghouse, J
Songwriter(s) Max Bemis, Coby Linder and Alex Kent
Producer(s) Brad Wood
Say Anything singles chronology
"Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too"
(2007)
"Baby Girl, I'm a Blur"
(2007)
"Shiksa (Girlfriend)"
(2008)

"Baby Girl, I'm a Blur" is the first single from Say Anything's album, In Defense of the Genre . It was released on iTunes on October 2, 2007. The song impacted radio on November 6. [1] This song was written in Central Park by Max Bemis. He was quoted as saying

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[I] fell in love with the melody and always envisioned it was like a Nine Inch Nails-y affair, with a pulsing drum beat.

A video for the song was released on November 12, 2007.

The song was used in the fourth episode of the American television series Breaking Bad entitled "Cancer Man". [2]

Video

The music video for "Baby Girl, I'm a Blur" is essentially a performance video. It features the band performing the song in a black room in front of a wall of square infrared images. Shots of the band alternate between infrared shots of a couple. As the song progresses, the band starts to smash their instruments.

The video was an "Unleashed" video on MTV2. It was premiered on November 12, 2007, and was directed by Wayne Isham. The video was also premiered on mtvU the same day. The song was recently #1 on the MTV countdown, Elite 8.

Chart positions

ChartPeak
position
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [3] 29

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References

  1. "AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly". AllAccess. October 30, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
  2. "Breaking Bad" Cancer Man (TV Episode 2008) , retrieved 2017-06-24
  3. Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Say Anything: Singles