History AwesomeMusic / Gorillaz

!!Non-studio releases
* From ''D-Sides'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ue714d1V6I "Rockit"]], a song in which [[SingingSimlish about half of the lyrics]] [[CrazyAwesome are blahs.]]
* Also from ''D-Sides'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJm9-N05irU "Stop the Dams"]]. Incredibly beautiful, peaceful, nostalgic, and hopeful...

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4cYyTv434 "Murdoc is God"]] is, as Murdoc put it, [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth "One chord and the truth."]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_S-RNtLSHo "DoYaThing"]], recorded for the promotion of a line of Gorillaz-themed Converse sneakers and featuring Andre 3000 from Music/{{Outkast}} and James Murphy from Music/LCDSoundsystem, is all kinds of crazy awesome. The full [[EpicRocking 13 minute]] [[version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36DCuT1KxM4]] features an extended outro reminiscent of LCD Soundsystem, or some older Gorillaz tracks like White Light, Glitter Freeze, or Punk, accompanied by Andre [[CrazyAwesome screaming and wailing about how he's "the shit" over and over. And that entire bit was IMPROVISED.]] Amazing.

Aw, what the hell, it would probably be easier just to say that '''everything''' ever put out by Gorillaz counts as SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaqUBaD_nn4 "5/4"]]. The secon track that gives the listener a bigger glimpse into the world of Gorillaz.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaqUBaD_nn4 "5/4"]]. The opener track that gives the listener their first glimpse into the world of Gorillaz.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1pu4O9vzLY "Don't Get Lost in Heaven"]], which along with "Demon Days" makes up the finale of the second album, is just freaking beautiful.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoAxRICB9j8 "Garage Palace"]] is quiet, yet incredibly smooth with Little Simz' cool, rapid-fire rapping set to a simple, yet groovy, driving beat. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sXsRSBJ9Y0 The live version]] has Simz provide much more vigor to her performance, and it's just as awesome.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kJVOzk6XLA "Murdoc is God"]] is, as Murdoc put it, [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth "One chord and the truth."]]

* From ''D-Sides'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ue714d1V6I "Rockit"]], a song in which [[SingingSimlish about half of the lyrics]] [[CrazyAwesome are blahs.]]
* Also from ''D-Sides'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHBss4mpHhU "Stop the Dams"]]. Incredibly beautiful, peaceful, nostalgic, and hopeful...
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwKcXfUmLkk "Doncamatic"]]. Some would rather forget this song was ever recorded. Others adore the way the desperate vocals wash over the cold horns. No matter which position you take, it's not an easy song to forget.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36DCuT1KxM4 "DoYaThing"]], recorded for the promotion of a line of Gorillaz-themed Converse sneakers and featuring Andre 3000 from Music/{{Outkast}} and James Murphy from Music/LCDSoundsystem, is all kinds of crazy awesome. The full [[EpicRocking 13 minute]] version features an extended outro reminiscent of LCD Soundsystem, or some older Gorillaz tracks like White Light, Glitter Freeze, or Punk, accompanied by Andre [[CrazyAwesome screaming and wailing about how he's "the shit" over and over. And that entire bit was IMPROVISED.]] Amazing.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1RzxBBAQzA "Hong Kong"]] has been a really underrated track, with its surprisingly peaceful, almost zen-like use of violins and beautiful guzheng accompaniment. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whJ2nPeqtVU Watch it here live.]]

* The title track, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Wp_82auL8 "Plastic Beach",]] doesn't get enough love: It's automated computer speech, it's a Casio on a plastic beach...

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H58x-4xFnTY "Revolving Doors"]]. That ukulele loop is just... awesome.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKtNaVaqAKk "Amarillo"]] is flat-out ''gorgeous.''
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTB0JVDBlZk "Hillbilly Man"]] has huge amounts of awesome, just lying in wait for someone to get to 1:50. Guttural noises? In this case, yes please. And that's not even BEGINNING to mention [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8qlJxZ3He8 "The Parish of Space Dust"]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mCX2sVQjYA "Joplin Spider"]] has the overbearing synths and noises that hearken back to phase one.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XZGVcHysNk "Empire Ants"]] is incredibly beautiful, as is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMnrFiG8FRo "To Binge"]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N30cj9w6rw "Glitter Freeze"]] is purely instrumental save samples, with some absolutely wild synths.

* Has a ''ton'' of this: notably, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6zPvkP5uVI "Superfast Jellyfish"]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjQLhj4kzR4 "Sweepstakes"]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXaiI4M5ieg "Some Kind of Nature"]].
%%* Bobby Womack in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPaWIeULKk "Stylo"]] definitely deserves a spot on this list. Hell, the whole song.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvPKDZ4ty68 "Rhinestone Eyes"]] is one of the biggest favourites of the album. Damon sounds great and the melancholic instrumental is the highlight, especially when it gets heavier.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04mfKJWDSzI "On Melancholy Hill"]] is one of the most beautiful, lingering, and raw songs in recent memory. And it's even better [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSxYRlsBNKU live.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQWT7fNrVqQ "White Flag"]] is even more amazing played live, [[spoiler:where Damon comes out at the end waving a giant white flag.]] Cue the audience going ''nuts.''
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8566UtalG_o "Empire Ants"]] is incredibly beautiful, as is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMnrFiG8FRo "To Binge"]].
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD9Yk0PiarM Broken]] is a very beautiful track as well.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEoZU_H58bo "Cloud of Unknowing"]]. If it can make [[{{Jerkass}} Murdoc]] tear up, you know it's powerful. When it's played live, it's even more heartbreaking and awestriking.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaqUBaD_nn4 "5/4"]]. The opener track that gives the listener their first glimpse into the world of Gorillaz.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZurS1L3cV48 "M1 A1"]] is Gorillaz in full throttle band. It starts slowly and scary, and it builds onto an awesome rock soundtrack. It feels like old school Music/{{Blur}}, or even old school alternative rock.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiNdcBg3xC8 "Tomorrow Comes Today".]] Quite possibly one of the earliest Gorillaz songs, and still one of the best.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRlmM88zzbY "Rock The House"]]. Rhymes provided by [[Music/DelThaFunkeeHomosapien Del]] make this track stand out yet still fit into the album like a puzzle piece.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBabG0T2fwQ "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head"]]. [[Creator/DennisHopper Dennis Hopper]]'s chilling commentary makes this track stand out.

* Three words: [[https://youtu.be/HyHNuVaZJ-k "Feel Good Inc."]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBabG0T2fwQ "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head"]]. Dennis Hopper's chilling commentary makes this track stand out.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaqUBaD_nn4 "5/4"]]. SHE TURNED MY DAD ONNNNNN.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgzdxjc0W8Q "Man Research (Clapper)"]] -- "This is a breakfast club!"

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiNdcBg3xC8 "Tomorrow Comes Today".]] Quite possibly the earliest Gorillaz song, and still one of the best.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRlmM88zzbY "Rock The House"]]. It's like "Dare"'s SpiritualPredecessor.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxziFMyRwDg "Kids with Guns"]] is truly epic.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLnkQAeMbIM "Dirty Harry"]] is just plain awesome.
* [[TearJerker "El]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJrbeHQxPTA Mañana"]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBabG0T2fwQ "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head"]]. Brrrr.

%%* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGwAdlS1cj0 "5/4"]]. SHE TURNED MY DAD ONNNNNN.
%%* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA84lcLxCi0 "Man Research (Clapper)"]] -- "This is a breakfast club!"
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j05BHuCvzDU "Sound Check (Gravity)"]] -- Epic enough already... and then those violins come in...
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-_Bfd2nXyk "Punk"]] is one minute and thirty-six seconds of highly concentrated ''win.'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otUfVL-5aXQ The Spacemonkeyz remix]] takes that win and turns it into a reggae song. Exactly as awesome as it sounds.

* When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V_xRb0x9aw "Clint Eastwood"]] first came out in the US, you couldn't go anywhere without hearing it or, to a lesser extent, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXR-bCF5dbM "19-2000"]]. Oddly enough, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ondpLxoRJuk Soulchild Remix]] of "19-2000" gets more airtime than the original, even being referred to as the original on radio stations!

%%* Three words: [[https://youtu.be/HyHNuVaZJ-k "Feel Good Inc."]].
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxziFMyRwDg "Kids with Guns"]] is truly epic.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLnkQAeMbIM "Dirty Harry"]] is just plain awesome.
%%* [[TearJerker "El]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJrbeHQxPTA Mañana"]].
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSxDO-b4XXI "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead"]] has some great instrumentals.

%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBabG0T2fwQ "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head"]]. Brrrr.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFHjUUYDmJs "O Green World"]] makes the listener want to go out and punch zombies in the face over and over again.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNIpG4m87ko "Dirty Harry"]] is just plain awesome.
%%* [[TearJerker "El]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4wkPoVILSQ Mañana"]].
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LDEm8mC-Nw "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead"]] has some great instrumentals.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrdI2iC-sYY "November Has Come"]]. Not only does it have an irresistible beat, but the song features none other than '''Music/{{MFDOOM}}''' rapping over it.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHhND-BkWdk "All Alone"]] doesn't get nearly enough love. Not only does Roots Manuva spit some great, toe-tapping lines, but Martina Topley's vocal section in the bridge is [[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel ethereal]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAOR6ib95kQ "Dare"]] just makes you want to get up and dance.
%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKM9Iz89CyQ "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head"]]. Brrrr.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is a funky, bass-heavy track featuring Jamie Principle and [[Music/SnoopDogg Snoop Dogg]] who remind the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] can and will blind you with the false promises of fame and luxury.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is a funky, bass-heavy track featuring Jamie Principle and [[Music/SnoopDogg Snoop Dogg]] who remind the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] can and will blind you with fame and luxury.

* "Strobelite" is possibly the grooviest song on the album. It has a spark in it that sets the entire track ablaze.
* "Charger" can be best described as "hypnotic," with its repetitive, droning guitar loops, striking performances by 2D and Grace Jones, as well as [[EarWorm one of the catchiest hooks in the entire album.]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is a funky, bass-heavy track featuring Jamie Principle and [[Music/SnoopDogg Snoop Dogg]] who remind the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] isn't all that glamorous and pretty.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is a funky, bass-heavy track featuring Jamie Principle and [[Music/SnoopDogg Snoop Dogg]] which reminds the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] isn't all that glamorous and pretty.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is a funky, bass-heavy track featuring the Jamie Principle and [[Music/SnoopDogg Snoop Dogg]] which reminds the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] isn't all that glamorous and pretty.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is a funky, bass-heavy track featuring Jamie Principle and [[Music/SnoopDogg Snoop Dogg]] which reminds the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] isn't all that glamorous and pretty.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is a funky, bass-heavy track featuring Jamie Principle and [[Music/SnoopDogg Snoop Dogg]]. An eerie vibe is present which reminds the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] isn't all that glamorous and pretty.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is an engaging tune with an eerie vibe that reminds the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] isn't all that glamorous and pretty.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwE94KZJ7E "Hollywood"]] is an infectious tune with an eerie vibe that reminds the listener that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aforementioned city]] isn't all that glamorous and pretty.