Parklife (song)

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"Parklife"
Single by Blur starring Phil Daniels
from the album Parklife
B-side	"Supa Shoppa" "Theme from an Imaginary Film" "Beard"
Released	22 August 1994 (1994-08-22)[1]
Genre	Britpop post-punk[2]
Length	3:05
Label	Food Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Damon Albarn Graham Coxon Alex James Dave Rowntree
Producer(s)	Stephen Street John Smith Blur
Blur singles chronology
"To the End" (1994) "Parklife" (1994) "End of a Century" (1994)
Music video
"Parklife" on YouTube

"Parklife" is a song by the English rock band Blur, released in August 1994 by Food and Parlophone as the third single from the band's third studio album, Parklife (1994). The song contains spoken-word verses by the actor Phil Daniels, who also appears in the music video, which was directed by Pedro Romhanyi.

"Parklife" reached No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 30 in Ireland. It won British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year at the 1995 Brit Awards and was also performed at the 2012 Brit Awards.^[3] The Massed Bands of the Household Division performed "Parklife" at the London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony.^[4] The song is one of the defining tracks of Britpop, and features on the 2003 compilation album Live Forever: The Rise and Fall of Brit Pop.