Released: July 1, 2001

Songwriter: Damon Albarn Gavin Dodds Richie Stevens Darren Galea

Producer: Space Monkeyz

[Chorus 1: Damon]
M1-A1, thousand miles an hour
Gorillaz got the bass drum
Gorillaz say they want some
M1-A1, thousand miles an hour
Gorillaz got the bass drum
Gorillaz say want some, some

[Chorus 2]
La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la, hey
La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la, hey
La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la, hey

[Chorus 1: Terry Hall & Damon]
M1-A1, thousand miles an hour
Gorillaz got the bass (Ba-) drum
Gorillaz say want some
M1 A1, thousand miles an hour (Hou-)
Gorillaz got the bass drum (Drum)
Gorillaz say want some

[Chorus 2]
La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la, hey
La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la, hey
La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la, hey

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
M1-A1, thousand miles an hour
Gorillaz got the bass drum
Gorillaz say want some
M1-A1, thousand miles an hour
Gorillaz got the bass drum
Space Monkeyz say want some

Gorillaz

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.