Blurry

"Blurry"
Single by Puddle of Mudd from the album Come Clean
Released	2001
Format	CD Single
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	5:04
Label	Flawless/Geffen Records
Writer	W Scantin
Puddle of Mudd singles chronology
"Drift & Die" (2002) "Blurry" (2002) "Away from Me" (2003)

"Blurry" was the third single off the album Come Clean by post-grunge band Puddle of Mudd.

The song is probably the band's most well known song, reaching the #1 spot on the Mainstream and Modern charts. This soon propelled the single to mainstream success, reaching the #5 spot on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Blurry" is about a breakup, and cowardice. The song was primarily written about how Wes Scantlin (lead singer) misses his son, Jordan.

It is best known for its refrain, from which it derived its secondary name: "Can you take it all away?/Can you take it all away?/When you shoved it in my face/This pain you gave to me".

Music Video

The video for the song shows Scantlin playing with his son interspersed with the band playing in a garage, and towards the end as the song picks up, it shows Jordan driving off in the back seat with a man and a woman in the front seat (presumably Jordan's mother and stepfather), as Wes watches the car sadly. The video was directed by Limp Bizkit frontman, Fred Durst.

Miscellaneous

• "Blurry" was also a tribute song to the 2004 tsunami.
• "Blurry" has been featured as one of the main songs in the Namco Flight-arcade video game, Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War.
• "Blurry" has been featured in the 2003 film, A Man Apart.

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