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Blur were signed to Food Records, the founder of which David Balfe who had not only directed earlier music videos for Blur singles “There’s No Other Way” and “She’s So High” but had also been instrumental in getting Blur to changed their name from Seymour. Damon Akbar’s wrote “Country House” about Balfe’s decision to sell Food Records to EMI.
Incidentally, David Balfe was formerly the keyboardist for The Teardrop Explodes
The single “Bouncing Babies” was inspired by a tribute song of its own: “I Can’t Get Bouncing Babies by the Teardrop Explodes” by The Freshies, an ode to the difficulty of obtaining a copy of the song.
The Freshies were a punk band from Manchester, England formed in the late 1970s and dissolved in the early 1980s, fronted by singer and comedian Chris Sievey (later known by his character Frank Sidebottom).
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