"Blue" was the first single by British

Great Britain

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 band The Verve

The Verve

The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...

 to be released from their first album

Album

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, A Storm in Heaven

A Storm in Heaven

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, which was released through Hut Records

Hut Records

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. The song peaked at #69 on the UK charts.

The song has a minimalistic approach about it, with loops in the mysterious introduction

Introduction (music)

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 and reverse guitar parts that give it a psychedelic sound, like many on the A Storm in Heaven album.

The video shows the band down a dark alleyway in Islington

Islington

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, London

London

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. There was a separate video for the USA

United States

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, which was filmed in Dublin.

Track listing

• CD HUTCD 29

1. Blue
2. Twilight
3. Where The Geese Go
4. No Come Down
   • 10" HUTEN 29
5. Blue
6. Twilight
7. Where The Geese Go
8. No Come Down
   • 12" HUTT 29
9. Blue
10. Twilight
11. Where The Geese Go

US version

In 1994 Blue was re-mixed and re-released for the American market - with a different track listing and an alternate video. The single was distributed by American label Vernon Yard Recordings.

• CD Promo DPRO-14193

1. Blue (USA Mix)
2. 6 O'Clock
3. Make it Till Monday (Acoustic)
4. Virtual World (Acoustic)

• CD Promo DPRO-14184

1. Blue (USA Mix)
2. Where The Geese Go

Except of song #4 the songs also appear on B-side compilation No Come Down

No Come Down

No Come Down is a compilation album of B-sides and outtakes by The Verve, released in 1994 for Vernon Yard and Hut Recordings. It was the first release on which the original band's name Verve was changed to The Verve because of the conflict with the eponymous jazz record label .- Overview :"No Come...

.

External links

• Excerpt of the UK "Blue" video