Gorillaz

Released: November 27, 2000

Songwriter: Damon Albarn

Producer: Gorillaz Dan the Automator Tom Girling Jason Cox

[Verse 1]
Give up if you wanna survive
Get oh so alive in your life
Everything falling out the sky on top of you
Now what you do?
Set yourself up now
It's the love of your life
Shallowly on me
All I know, before it's gone
I always feel it's getting you down
If nothing's wrong
What's the matter with me?
What's the matter with me?

[Verse 2]
Give up if you wanna survive
Pick the sound back up
You got to get on the song, lonely
What's the point?
It's funny 'til you're left to kill yourself
In this town
So what's the matter with me?
What's the matter with me?
What's the matter with me?
What's the matter with me?

Gorillaz is a virtual band created by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band Stuart “2D” Pot (vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (lead guitar and occasional vocals), and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). Murdoc was based on Keith Richards from a photo by David Bailey and 2D was based on a friend of Damon and Jamie’s.

The project began as an experiment and commentary on popular media. It was inspired by Hewlett and Albarn binge watching MTV when the two were housemates in London. Hewlett

If you watch MTV for too long, it’s a bit like hell – there’s nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that.

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