Blurry

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Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox song "Blurry" is a song by American rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released on October 16, 2001, as the second single from the band's debut album Come Clean (2001). It was 2002's most successful rock song in the United States, topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Tracks charts as well as their year-end listings. "Blurry" also found success outside the US, reaching the top 20 in Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Background

Puddle of Mudd played small shows in the Kansas City area for most of the 1990s with little mainstream success.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> However, singer Wes Scantlin got a demo tape to Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst when Limp Bizkit were in town on October 12, 1999, on the Family Values Tour, and Durst's label Flawless Records signed him to a recording contract. Unimpressed with Scantlin's bandmates, Flawless Records scrapped them all,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> rebuilt the group with musicians Scantlin had never seen before, and flew him out to Los Angeles in late 2000 to record with them. He spent his days fiddling with his acoustic guitar in a hotel room on Hollywood Boulevard, where he reworked a previous Puddle of Mudd song called "Electron Moon" into "Blurry".<ref name="song">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

“’Blurry’ was basically about being flown to freaking Los Angeles and y’know, I didn't have any friends so they had put me into a hotel room,” Scantlin told American Songwriter. “I didn't know anybody at all. And I was just missing my family and son, I missed my grandma and stuff.”<ref name="song" />

Composition

The song is written in the key of [[E-flat minor|ETemplate:Flat minor]] with a moderately slow tempo of 78 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of CTemplate:Flat–DTemplate:Flat–ETemplate:Flatm, and the vocals in the song span from DTemplate:Flat3 to ATemplate:Flat4.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Commercial performance

"Blurry" is Puddle of Mudd's most successful song, reaching the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts for 10 and nine weeks, respectively. This soon propelled the single to mainstream success, reaching the number five spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and Billboard Hot 100<ref>Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 510.</ref> and number three on the Pop Songs chart. "Blurry" was the eighth-most played song on radio in Canada in 2002.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song is also the band's highest selling U.S. single ever, with sales of 753,000 copies, as of 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Additionally, the song's writers, Wes Scantlin, Doug Ardito, and Jimmy Allen, won ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Song of the Year and Pop Song of the Year for this tune.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Blurry" also won two Billboard Awards in 2002, for Modern Rock Track of the Year and Rock Track of the Year. It also received the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. "Blurry" reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart on its release there in June 2002, becoming the band's highest-charting single in the United Kingdom.

Music video

The music video shows Scantlin playing with his son Jordan, interspersed with shots of the band playing in a garage. Towards the end of the video, a man and a woman (presumably Jordan's mother and stepfather) are shown driving away with Jordan in the back seat as Wes watches sadly. The video was directed by Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst.

Accolades

Accolades for "Blurry"
Publication Region Accolade Year Rank
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Track listings

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  1. "Blurry" (radio edit)
  2. "Abrasive"
  3. "Nobody Told Me"

European CD single<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

  1. "Blurry" (album version)
  2. "All I Ask For"

UK cassette single<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

  1. "Blurry"
  2. "All I Ask For" (demo)

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  1. "Blurry"
  2. "All I Ask For" (demo)
  3. "Out of My Head" (live)
  4. "Blurry" (video)

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  1. "Blurry"
  2. "Control" (live)
  3. "Bring Me Down" (live)

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Charts

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Blurry"
Chart (2001–2002) Peak
position
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2
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8
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 30
European Radio Top 50 (Music & Media)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 41
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15
US Top 40 Tracks (Billboard)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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6

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Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Blurry"
Chart (2002) Position
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8
UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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136
US Billboard Hot 100<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 10
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)<ref name="YE-97">Template:Cite magazine</ref> 14
US Mainstream Rock Tracks (Billboard)<ref name="YE-87">Template:Cite magazine</ref> 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 14
US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)<ref name="YE-87"/> 1
US Top 40 Tracks (Billboard)<ref name="YE-97"/> 18

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Certifications

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Release history

Release dates and formats for "Blurry"
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United States October 16, 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist <ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Covers

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Uses in media

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  • On June 21, 2011, this song was released as downloadable content for the rhythm game Rock Band 3.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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References

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