The success of '' Parklife '' ( 1994 ) revived Blur 's commercial fortunes . The album 's first single , the disco-influenced " Girls & Boys " , found favour on BBC Radio 1 and peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart , and number 59 in the US '' Billboard '' Hot 100 where it remains the band 's highest-charting single . '' Parklife '' entered the British charts at number one and stayed on the album charts for 90 weeks . Enthusiastically greeted by the music press — the '' NME '' called it " a Great Pop Record ... bigger , bolder , narkier and funnier than '' Modern Life is Rubbish '' " — '' Parklife '' is regarded as one of Britpop 's defining records . Blur won four awards at the 1995 Brit Awards , including Best Band and Best Album for '' Parklife '' . Coxon later pointed to '' Parklife '' as the moment when " Blur went from being regarded as an alternative , left field arty band to this amazing new pop sensation "
1995 Brit Awards
1995 Brit Awards
Blur (band)