Blurry

"Blurry" is a song by the American rock band Puddle of Mudd. It was released in October 2001 as the second single from the album Come Clean.

"Blurry"
Single by Puddle of Mudd
from the album Come Clean
ReleasedOctober 30, 2001 (2001-10-30)
RecordedOctober–December 2000
Genre
Length
  • 5:04 (album version)
  • 4:17 (radio & video version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Puddle of Mudd singles chronology
"Control"
(2001)		 "Blurry"
(2001)		 "Drift & Die"
(2002)
Music video
"Blurry" on YouTube

Composition

Guitar One magazine named Doug Ardito's "Blurry" guitar harmonic riff as one of its "Top Ten Riffs of the Decade".

The song is written in the key of E♭ minor with a moderately slow tempo of 78 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of C♭–D♭–E♭m, and the vocals in the song span from D♭3 to A♭4.[1]

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[2] and Billboard Hot 100[3] and number three on the Pop Songs chart. "Blurry" was the eight-most played song on radio in Canada in 2002.[4] The song is also the band's highest selling U.S. single ever, with sales of 753,000 copies, as of 2010.[5] 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.[6] "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 in the UK Singles Chart on its release there in June 2002, becoming the band's highest charting single in the United Kingdom.

Track listings

Promo single

No.TitleLength
1."Blurry (radio edit)" (Scantlin)4:20
2."Blurry (album version)"5:06
3."Blurry (video)" (directed by Fred Durst)4:16

Enhanced single

No.TitleLength
1."Blurry (album version)"5:06
2."All I Ask For" (Scantlin, from Abrasive)4:55
3."Nobody Told Me (album version)" (Scantlin)5:23
4."Blurry (video)" (directed by Fred Durst)4:16

Music video

The music video shows Scantlin playing with Jordan, interspersed with shots of the band playing in a garage. Towards the end, 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.

Charts and certifications

Uses in media

Covers

Accolades
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
AOL Radio United States "Top Alternative Songs of the Decade – 2000s"[33] 2009 3
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References
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