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"Clint Eastwood" is a song by Gorillaz.
It was released as the first single from their debut album in March 2001.
It peaked at #4 in the UK and #57 in the US on 11 September 2001.
The single has sold 480,000 copies in the UK according to the Official UK Charts Company.
The song is a mix of electronic, hip hop and rock with a melodic line similar to the main theme of the classic western film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (which stars Clint Eastwood, who is not mentioned in the song itself).
The verses are rapped by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, portrayed as a blue phantom/hologram in the video, while the chorus is sung by Damon Albarn.
In some live performances alternative rappers are used. The Phi Life Cypher version misses out the chorus and uses the UK hip-hop group Phi Life Cypher (also featured on "The Sounder").
In 2004 there was a live performance which was reworked and featured De La Soul (also featured on "Feel Good Inc." and "Superfast Jellyfish") and Bootie Brown (also featured on "Dirty Harry").
On 21 May 2010, Gorillaz performed Clint Eastwood with Tinie Tempah on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. British Grime MC's Kano & Bashy have also performed their own raps Live. During the band's 2010 Glastonbury performance the rap was performed by Snoop Dogg.
The role has also fallen to Lebanese-Syrian rapper Eslam Jawaad who performed two verses in Arabic to close their show in Damascus in July 2010.
Murdoc Niccals said in the interview on the iTunes Sessions - EP that the song was "A big inky canvas for rappers of all sizes to come paint their rhymes on to." The song was all made on the Suzuki Omnichord, it also features the Melodica, frontman Damon Albarn always plays the song live with the Melodica at hand.
This song has been played in two phases, Phase: 1 & Phase: 3, it was played at all Gorillaz' concerts during Phase: 1 & during the band's Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour in Phase: 3.
Popular culture
The song was used in episodes of Daria, Smallville, The Andy Milonakis Show, Angel, Dark Angel and Walker Texas Ranger, and in the title sequence for the 2010 film Fair Game (set just after the turn of the century).
Luke Ski recorded a parody of this song called "Jon Archer", about the science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise (the parody's title references the series' lead character and captain of the titular starship).
Music video
The animated music video was directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland. It starts with the Gorillaz logo in red against a black screen, and the following quote from the 1978 film Dawn of the Dead: "Every dead body that is not exterminated, gets up and kills. The people it kills, get up and kill" in Japanese then in English. This phrase was deemed offensive in some countries and a censored version was produced that omits this intro.
The video and song name is a reference to the famous western starring actor Clint Eastwood, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
The yell from the film's theme song can be heard at the beginning of the video.
The band is seen playing their music against a completely white backdrop. 2-D is seen wearing a T-Virus shirt most likely referencing Resident Evil. Russel's cap then begins to mysteriously rise on its own, and the ghost of Del appears to be emerging from under it. He begins to rap, leaving the other band members dumbfounded, and the backdrop at this point is that of a cemetery. Del then begins to summon enormous tombstones to burst out of the ground, as a heavy shower of rain and thunderstorm begins. Shortly afterwards, zombie gorilla hands rise up from the ground. Murdoc is grabbed by the crotch and pulled to the ground (a reference to the Peter Jackson zombie film Braindead.) Seconds later, the zombie gorillas themselves rise up. Murdoc immediately flees at the sight of them, with a number of them pursuing him. He then turns and glares at them out of frustration at his inability to escape, and the zombie apes engage in a bizarre dance routine before Murdoc is finally struck by lightning (this dance routine is similar to the choreography of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video).
The video for "Clint Eastwood" won an award at the Rushes Soho Short Film Festival Awards in 2001, defeating entries by Blur, Fatboy Slim, Radiohead, and Robbie Williams.
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very nice !!
5/5 :)
RowAswast 6 months ago
not bad, they do very well cover xD
duban833 7 months ago
Well, this need better record, 'cause it sounds good
PawcioKy 10 months ago