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". The track was released as a 7" for

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, with only 1000 copies made. On 18 April 2010, to "avoid fans having to illegally obtain an inferior copy of this track from pirate sites", Blur made the song a free download on their website in both MP3 and

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formats. The single is the first featuring guitarist Graham Coxon since 2000's "

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Reception

Reception of the highly anticipated single was generally positive. ''

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'' reviewer Matt Wilkinson called the single "a bit bloody fantastic" in his review of the song. ''

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''s Stephen Ackroyd stated in his review that "It'd be fair to say elements of every era f the band's soundfind themselves sitting pretty, though in such a way it still feels fresh – understated, sure, but with a touch of magic few other bands can match". ''

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''s Tim Jonze said it was "rather lovely".Jonze, Tim
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''The Guardian''. 19 April 2010.

Personnel

Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (; born 23 March 1968) is an English-Icelandic musician, singer-songwriter and composer, best known as the frontman and primary lyricist of the rock band Blur and as the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual ...

: vocals, synthesizers * Graham Coxon: guitar * Alex James: bass guitar *

Dave Rowntree David Alexander De Horne Rowntree (born 8 May 1964) is an English musician, politician, solicitor, composer and animator. He is the drummer for the rock band Blur and was a Labour Party councillor in Norfolk County Council from 2017 until 202 ...

: drums

Music video

Despite its small release, the song had a music video. Although all direction and production in the video is unknown, it completely consists of a close-up of a record needle, playing the "Fool's Day" 7" vinyl. It was posted up onto the Parlophone

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page in 2010.

References

External links

* {{authority control Blur (band) songs 2010 singles Songs written by Damon Albarn Songs written by Graham Coxon Songs written by Alex James (musician) Songs written by Dave Rowntree Record Store Day releases 2010 songs Parlophone singles