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Britpop bands looked back to the sounds of the past. The Smiths, for example, influenced many Britpop artists. Britpop focused on bands, singing in regional British accents and making references to British places and culture, particularly working class culture. Britpop emerged indie scene of the early 1990s in London scene, which was dubbed "The Scene That Celebrates Itself". A chart battle between Blur and Oasis dubbed "The Battle of Britpop" brought Britpop to the forefront of the British press in 1995. By 1997, the movement began to slow down, many acts began to falter and broke up. The popularity of the pop group the Spice Girls has been seen as having "snatched the spirit of the age from those responsible for Britpop."