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Blur vs Oasis singles battle - 1990s
Blur's "Country House" sold 274,000 copies to Oasis' 216,000 of "Roll With It".
Blur vs Oasis
14 August 1995
At the peak of the 'Britpop' years, Blur and Oasis' respective labels decided that as a big marketing stunt they would release their new singles on the same day. This created a huge head to head battle between the two bands. The resulting news coverage turned this event into a bitter class war between the Northern working class Oasis and the Southern middle class Blur. Damon Albarn ended up being interviewed on the Ten O'clock news. In the end Blur's "Country House" won over Oasis' "Roll with it", though neither were the strongest offerings from each of the albums.
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