Gorillaz

Released: July 1, 2002

Songwriter: Del The Funky Homosapien Gavin Dodds Richie Stevens Darren Galea Damon Albarn

Producer: Jason Cox Tom Girling Dan the Automator

[Earl 16]
Oooh, Nanana, [...]
Spacemonkeyz Gonna Rise Up Now...

[Damon]
(It's Coming On, It's Coming On, It's Coming On, It's Coming On...)

[Earl 16]
We Must Rise Up
Rise Above [...]

[U Brown]
(Tell The Guy!)

[Damon]
I Ain't Happy (Happy, Happy, Happy...)

[Earl 16]
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrim Bum Bah Nim Bah Nim [...]
Oooh, Nanana, [...]
Let's Be Wise
Let's Get Together And Be Wise
Let's Get Together And Realize, Yeah

[Damon]
(It's Coming On, It's Coming On, It's Coming On, It's Coming On...)

[U Brown]
[...] Hold Him Tight, [...]
[...]

[Damon]
Sunshine (Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine...)

[Earl 16]
Sun Is Shining, And The Moon [...] Shine
Come Together, Cause It's All Your Night, So Be Wise
[...] Hey, [...] So Be Wise
[...]

[Damon]
(Future, Future, Future, Future...)

[Earl 16]
Let's Be Wiser...

[Damon]
(Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh Oooh...)

[U Brown]
Spacemonkeyz' Gonna Rise Up (Hey)
And The People Gonna Wise Up
Spacemonkeyz' Gonna Rise Up
Spacemonkeyz' Gonna Rise Up
Let's Get Together And Be Wise
Let's Get Together And Realize, 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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