Gorillaz

Released: November 3, 2017

Featuring: Anthony Hamilton

Songwriter: Kerwin Du Bois Damon Albarn Anthony Hamilton

Producer: Damon Albarn Remi Kabaka Jr. The Twilite Tone

(Carnival)

[Verse 1: Anthony Hamilton]
We play to win, just to find the dark
Go home again, and we both fall out
I wanna spend this time with you
Doing nothing
Keep you satisfied, while they rob us blind
I hear the music in the background
Singing, singing

[Pre-Chorus: Anthony Hamilton]
Oh, I haven't see the glory
Coming, coming, coming
And we play (We play)
We play, we play like a...

[Chorus: Anthony Hamilton]
Just like a carnival
Game, just like a carnival
Laugh, just like a carnival
Joke, just like a...
Spinning me 'round and around and around
Just like a carnival

[Verse 2: Anthony Hamilton]
We play to win, just to find the dark
Go again, and we both fall out
I wanna spend this time with you
Doing nothing

[Chorus: Anthony Hamilton]
We... just like a carnival
We laughed, just like a carnival
Sleep with the dead, just like a carnival
Playing with your mind, just like a...
Spinning me 'round and around and around
Just like a carnival, yeah

[Choir - Throughout Verse 3]
(We have to wake up)

[Bridge: 2D]
It's made up of junk
Sitting in wood
Ripe in the passport tree
Stepped in the light
Oh, then the tree came down
Seven hours more

[Chorus: Anthony Hamilton]
Play, just like a carnival
Game, just like a carnival
Laugh, just like a carnival
Joke, just like a carnival
Spinning me round and around and around
Huh? Just like a carnival, yeah

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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