There's No Other Way
"There's No Other Way" is a song by English band Blur, released on 15 April 1991 as the second single from their debut album "Leisure". Content. The song utilises a beat and tambourine sound typical of songs of the Madchester and baggy scene. Music video. The video for the song (released 1991) was directed by David Balfe, the former keyboardist for The Teardrop Explodes and owner of Blur's label Food Records. The video was produced by Anita Staines through Radar Films. The video begins with a close-up shot of a worm inching  through the grass. A pink ball is dropped next to the worm and a young girl picks it up, throwing it to her identical sister nearby. The scene cuts inside the dining room/kitchen of a suburban house, with Albarn and the rest of the band sitting down at a table. A woman, assumed to be the mother, sets out dishes on the table with the help of the girls, including a chicken pie, carrots, broccoli, soup, rolls, gravy and new potatoes. The family is then joined by a man assumed to be the father, and the whole group digs  into the meal. During the meal, Albarn will occasionally stop eating, look up at the camera, and sing along to the lyrics. After dinner has ended, the mother gets up from the table and retrieves a trifle from a cabinet, which she holds up in front of her face. The camera then gets distorted and jerky, the view filling up with a variety of colorful, loud filters applied to the film. The family looks at the mother with a mixture of apprehension and excitement as the film gets more distorted and layered with effects. As the song ends, the camera  cuts back to a clear shot of the worm crawling in the grass again. A US promo version was released too. It contains the single version of the song which differs from the LP version in the length of the first and second chorus. Release and reception. The song was the band's first top 10 in the UK, reaching number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was also a minor hit in the US, reaching number 82 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and number five on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart. Alan Jones of "Music Week  awarded the song his 'Pick of the Week', writing: Blur are bound to break big with this organ-bleeding, guitar-powered, post-psychedelic delight, a dancefloor and radio-friendly monster in the making." Linda Ryan of the "Gavin Report" called it a "trippy pop song with breathy vocals set to a groovin' housebeat... It's a perfect '60s meets '90s vibe with an undeniable hook that begs for another play." In "Smash Hits", Miranda Sawyer said: "[The] song is fab! Lots of guitars and it sounds like the '60s, with a tune that's so catchy that it was very  nearly Single Of The Fortnight." Legacy. A playable version of the song is available for the "Rock Band" video game series, and it is available to download for "Guitar Hero 5". Kurt Cobain of Nirvana told "NME" that "There's No Other Way" was his favourite British song of 1991. Track listing. All songs were written by Blur. 7" and cassette 12" CD Remix 12" Credits. Blur Additional personnel