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((Short description|1994 single by Blur))
((More citations needed|date=January 2015))
((Use British English|date=June 2014))
((Use dmy dates|date=June 2014))
((Infobox song
| name       = To the End
| cover      = To the End.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
| album      = [[Parklife]]
| B-side     =
* "Threadneedle Street"
* "Got Yer!"
| released   = ((start date|1994|5|30|df=y))
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      = 
* [[Baroque pop]]<ref>((cite web|last=Lindsay|first=Cam|date=30 September 2020|title=The 25 Best Albums of the Britpop Era|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/09/the-25-best-albums-of-the-britpop-era/|access-date=10 November 2020|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]))</ref>
* [[Lounge music|lounge]]-[[Pop music|pop]]<ref name= "Erlewine 2024">((cite web|first= Stephen Thomas|last= Erlewine|title= The 25 most essential Blur songs|website= [[The A.V. Club]]|date= May 4, 2024|url=https://www.avclub.com/blur-band-best-songs-ranked-1851455676|accessdate= May 5, 2024))</ref>
| length     = 
* 4:05 (album version)
* 3:52 (single version)
| label      = [[Food Records|Food]]
| writer     =
* [[Damon Albarn]]
* [[Graham Coxon]]
* [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]]
* [[Dave Rowntree]]
| producer   =
* [[Stephen Hague]]
* Blur
* John Smith
| prev_title = [[Girls & Boys (Blur song)|Girls & Boys]]
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = [[Parklife (song)|Parklife]]
| next_year  = 1994
| misc       =
((External music video|((YouTube|0DjHKqb365A|"To the End"))))
))
"'''To the End'''" is a song by English [[alternative rock]] band [[Blur (band)|Blur]]. It appears on their third [[studio album]], ''[[Parklife]]'' (1994), and was released as a single in May 1994 by [[Food Records]]. The song describes a couple unsuccessfully trying to overcome a bad patch in a relationship, and features full orchestral accompaniment with a choric refrain in [[French language|French]] by [[Lætitia Sadier]] from [[Stereolab]]. The song was produced by [[Stephen Hague]], unlike the rest of the ''Parklife'' album, which was produced by [[Stephen Street]].<ref name=MaconieCavanagh>((cite journal|last=Cavanagh|first=David|author2=Stuart Maconie |title=How did they do that?|journal=Select|date=July–August 1995))</ref> Blur have produced several different recordings of the song.

==Release==
===Single===
"To the End" was released on 30 May 1994 as the second [[single (music)|single]] from ''[[Parklife]]''.<ref>((cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=25|date=28 May 1994)) ''Misprinted as 29 May''.</ref> It was not one of Blur's major hits, charting only at number 16 in the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name=OCC>((cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/blur/ |title=BLUR &#124; Artist |publisher=Official Charts |accessdate=6 May 2013))</ref> unlike the singles released before and after, which both reached the top 10.

===French version===
Blur also recorded a version in which Albarn sings the lead vocal in French. This was released as the third track on the 12" and CD2 editions of the "[[Parklife (song)|Parklife]]" single. This version features a relatively straightforward French translation of the lyrics and has a slightly demo-ish sound.

==To the End (La Comedie)==
In March 1995, Blur re-recorded "To the End" at [[Abbey Road Studios]] with French singer [[Françoise Hardy]], with verses sung in French.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.vblurpage.com/info/history/9597.htm |title = The History of Blur - 1995-1997))</ref> The recording mutated into a duet titled "To the End (La Comedie)". This recording was released as a single in France and included in the ''Brit Pop Box Set'' along with other Parklife-era singles. It was also released as a [[B-side]] to the single "[[Country House (song)|Country House]]" and on French editions of the album ''[[The Great Escape (Blur album)|The Great Escape]]''.

==Critical reception==
Ian Gittins from ''[[Melody Maker]]'' commented, "It's essentially a [[Bond theme]] — the sleeve depicts a revolver, fitted with silencer, and a red rose — meeting [[Adam Faith]] as "[[Budgie (TV series)|Budgie]]", and thus all about sky-high dreams, bathos and underachievement."<ref>((cite magazine|first=Ian|last=Gittins|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53169586818/|title=Singles|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=4 June 1994|page=33|access-date=7 September 2023))</ref> Rupert Howe from ''[[New Musical Express|NME]]'' wrote, "A musically perfect string-soaked ballad that dredges up all kinds of misty-eyed [[Motown]] memories, hooks them up with a touch of Anglo-French lyrical dalliance and might have pulled off a minor coup if it weren't for the fact that [[Damon Albarn|Damon]] never takes his tongue out of his cheek long enough to make the whole escapade entirely convincing."<ref>((cite magazine|first=Rupert|last=Howe|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53167074504/|title=Singles|magazine=[[New Musical Express|NME]]|date=28 May 1994|page=26|access-date=6 September 2023))</ref>

==Music video==
The [[music video|promo video]] for "To the End" was directed by David Mould and shot in [[National Museum (Prague)]] and footage from the garden of Castle Libochovice in 1994. In keeping with the song's use of French, the video is a [[pastiche]] of the classic [[French New Wave]] film ''[[Last Year at Marienbad]]'' (1961). The four-minute video imitates the [[cinematography]] and [[film editing|editing]] style of the film, and replicates numerous scenes from it. Enigmatic subtitles (not from the film) appear. The band takes the place of the characters from the film: [[Damon Albarn]] plays "X" and [[Graham Coxon]] is "M", both of whom are involved in a [[love triangle]] with a mysterious woman ([[Lætitia Sadier]]). The video was released on the [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] editions of ''[[Blur: The Best of]]''.

==Track listings==
All music was composed by [[Damon Albarn]], [[Graham Coxon]], [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]], and [[Dave Rowntree]]. All lyrics were written by Albarn.

* '''CD1'''
# "To the End" – 3:52
# "Threadneedle Street" – 3:19
# "Got Yer!" – 1:48

* '''CD2 and 12-inch'''
# "To the End" – 3:52
# "[[Girls & Boys (Blur song)|Girls & Boys]]" ([[Pet Shop Boys]] 7" Mix) – 4:04
# "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 12" Mix) – 7:16

* '''Cassette'''
# "To the End" – 3:52
# "Girls & Boys" (Pet Shop Boys 7" Mix) – 4:04
# "Threadneedle Street" – 3:19

* '''CD – Blur et [[Françoise Hardy]] – "To the End (La Comedie)" (1995)'''
# "To the End (La Comedie)" – 5:03
# "To the End (La Comedie)" (Instrumental) – 5:03

==Personnel==
* [[Damon Albarn]] – vocals, synthesizers, [[vibraphone]]
* [[Lætitia Sadier]] – vocals
* [[Françoise Hardy]] – vocals (La Comedie)
* [[Graham Coxon]] – [[clarinet]], electric guitar
* [[Alex James (musician)|Alex James]] – bass guitar
* [[Dave Rowntree]] – drums
* [[Stephen Hague]] – accordion

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1994)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>((cite magazine|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=11|issue=26|page=23|date=25 June 1994))</ref>
|54
|-
((single chart|Scotland|34|date=19940612|rowheader=true|access-date=17 March 2023))
|-
((single chart|UK|16|date=19940612|rowheader=true|access-date=12 April 2021))
|}

==References==
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