"Out of Time" is a song by Blur

Blur (band)

Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

 and was released as the lead single

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 from their seventh album

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 Think Tank in 2003 (see 2003 in British music

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). The song is a bass-driven ballad with minimal drums and acoustic guitar accompanied by eastern and orchestral flourishes. The faint screaming noise at the start of the track is a soundclip from Doctor Who

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. It reached #5 in the UK singles chart

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. "Out of Time" was Blur's first release in three years and also the band's first release without guitarist Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon

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Since the 2009 reunion, the song has been a staple of Blur's live sets, albeit in a slightly different arrangement featuring Coxon playing electric guitar.

In October 2011, NME

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placed it at number 73 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

Track listing

• CD and 7"

1. "Out of Time"
2. "Money Makes Me Crazy" (marrakech mix)

• DVD

1. "Out of Time" (Video)
2. "Money Makes Me Crazy" (marrakech mix)
3. "Tune 2"

• Japan CD

1. "Out of Time"
2. "Money Makes Me Crazy" (marrakech mix)
3. "Tune 2"
4. "Don't Be"
5. "The Outsider"
6. "Out of Time" (video)
7. "Crazy Beat" (video)

Production credits

• "Out of Time", "Tune 2", "Don't Be" and "The Outsider" produced by Blur and Ben Hillier
• "Money Makes Me Crazy" (marrakech mix) produced by Norman Cook, Blur and Ben Hillier

Video

The song was accompanied by an anti-war music video

Music video

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, directed by John Hardwick

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, based on footage from a 2002 BBC

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 Correspondent documentary (Warship) depicting life aboard the United States

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 aircraft carrier

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 USS Abraham Lincoln

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. The video is centered around Jill Ameperosa, a 24-year-old aircraft maintenance technician. It was the first of Blur's videos to not feature the band themselves in any way.

Additional musicians

• Group Regional du Marrakech
  • Desyud Mustafa: Orchestral arrangement
  • Mohamed Azeddine (MD): Oud
    Oud
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  • M. Rabet Mohamid Rachid: Violin
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  • Bezzari Ahmed: Rabab
  • Gueddam Jamal: Violin, cello
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  • Hijaoui Rachid: Violin
  • Moullaoud My Ali: Oud
  • Kassimi Jamal, Youssef: Oud
  • El Farani Mustapha: Tere
  • Abdellah Kekhari: Violin
  • Dalal Mohamed Najib: Darbouka
  • Ait Ramdam El Mostafa: Kanoun
    Kanun (Instrument)
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