Stereotypes (song)

"Stereotypes"
Single by Blur
from the album The Great Escape
B-side	"The Man Who Left Himself" "Tame" "Ludwig"
Released	12 February 1996 (1996-02-12)[1]
Genre	Britpop
Length	3:10
Label	Food, Parlophone
Composer(s)	Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree
Lyricist(s)	Damon Albarn
Producer(s)	Stephen Street
Blur singles chronology
"The Universal" (1995) "Stereotypes" (1996) "Charmless Man" (1996)
Music video
"Stereotypes" on YouTube

"Stereotypes" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur and is the opening track to their fourth studio album, The Great Escape (1995). It was released on 12 February 1996 as the third single from that album, charting at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. It also charted in Australia, peaking at number 95 on the ARIA Singles Chart in June 1996. The accompanying UK B-sides—"The Man Who Left Himself", "Tame" and "Ludwig"—demonstrated a dramatic change in style for Blur, being stark and raw, foreshadowing the stylistic shift that would realize itself on their eponymous follow-up album.