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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Ryan Stanley Ilkeston,derbyshire,England
Oasis are better than blur anyday TEll Liam Gallagher if you see him and noel that i khow tommy gallagher he is a full time supplie teacher at ilkeston school i am stano in year 10 keep it rock n roll eveyone out there oasis are the best band everaidan stockport
oasis are the best because f you look at the overall carrer its amazingly better than blursjimmy, london
Like every other indie fan I bought both though i am ashamed to admit my completism got the better of me and i betrayed my northern roots and bought both blur cds (surely double cds were cheating). That said blur won the battle but Oasis well and truely won the war. Great days - it really was about being there.


Justine Frischmann
Musician
Singer with Elastica and Damon Albarn's girlfriend at the time.
Allan McGee
Record label owner
Founder of Oasis's original label, Creation Records.