Stereotypes (song)

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“Stereotypes”
“Stereotypes” cover
Single by Blur
from the album The Great Escape
Released 5 February 1996
Format 7" vinyl, CD, cassette
Recorded 1995
Genre Britpop
Length 3:10
Label EMI, Food Records
Producer Stephen Street
Blur singles chronology
"The Universal"
(1995)		 "Stereotypes"
(1996)		 "Charmless Man"
(1996)

"Stereotypes" is a song by British band Blur and is the opening track to their fourth studio album, The Great Escape. It was released 5 February 1996 as the third single from that album, charting at #7 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1996 in British music).

"Tame", one of the single's B-sides, is sometimes viewed as Blur's first push into the sound that they would develop greatly on their next album, Blur.

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[edit] Video

The video which was directed by Matthew Longfellow features live footage. Whereas as the previous live video promo; "End of a Century" was live in picture and sound, "Stereotypes" is simply live footage edited to fit the album track recording.

[edit] Sample

Download a sample of "Stereotypes".

[edit] Track listings

[edit] In the UK

  1. "Stereotypes" (3:10)
  2. "The Man Who Left Himself" (3:21)
  3. "Tame" (4:47)
  • Cassette TCFOOD73
  1. "Stereotypes" (3:10)
  2. "The Man Who Left Himself" (3:21)
  3. "Tame" (4:47)
  • CD CDFOOD73
  1. "Stereotypes" (3:10)
  2. "The Man Who Left Himself" (3:21)
  3. "Tame" (4:47)
  4. "Ludwig" (2:24)

[edit] In the Netherlands

  • 7"
  1. "Stereotypes"
  2. "The Horrors"
  • CD
  1. "Stereotypes"
  2. "The Horrors"
  3. "A Song"
  4. "St Louis"


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