Complete List Of Gorillaz Songs From A to Z

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Gorillaz turned the idea of a rock band inside out by making the characters fictional, the music wide open, and the whole operation feel like a living comic book wired into a recording studio. Formed in London, England, in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, the band was built around four animated members: 2-D on vocals, keyboards, and melodica; Murdoc Niccals on bass guitar; Noodle on guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals; and Russel Hobbs on drums. Albarn became the only permanent musical contributor, while Hewlett shaped the band’s visual world through animation, artwork, videos, interviews, comic strips, and short cartoons. The project began after Albarn and Hewlett, who were sharing a flat on Westbourne Grove in London, developed the idea of a manufactured band that could comment on the manufactured nature of pop culture while still making music with real force and imagination.

The first Gorillaz recording was “Ghost Train,” later released as the B-side to “Rock the House.” Albarn recorded much of the band’s debut album from 1998 to 2000 at Studio 13 in London, with additional work at Geejam Studios in Jamaica. Producer Dan “the Automator” Nakamura helped complete the record, while Del the Funky Homosapien, Kid Koala, Ibrahim Ferrer, Miho Hatori, and Tina Weymouth became part of the album’s collaborative design. Gorillaz was released on March 26, 2001, reached number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and number 14 on the Billboard 200, and sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. “Clint Eastwood” became the breakthrough single, followed by “19-2000,” “Rock the House,” and “Tomorrow Comes Today.” The debut album went triple platinum in the United Kingdom and double platinum in Europe, proving that the animated concept had commercial power far beyond a clever visual hook.

The band’s second album, Demon Days, released on May 11, 2005, pushed Gorillaz into an even larger global audience. Produced by Danger Mouse, the album debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart and number 6 on the Billboard 200. It became the band’s most successful album, going six times platinum in the United Kingdom, double platinum in the United States, and triple platinum in Australia. “Feel Good Inc.,” featuring De La Soul, topped Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart in the United States for eight consecutive weeks and earned Gorillaz the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. The album also produced “Dare,” “Dirty Harry,” “Kids with Guns,” and “El Mañana.” By this point, Gorillaz had become a rare act that could pull hip-hop, electronic music, dub, alternative rock, and pop into the same universe without making any of it feel forced.

Gorillaz continued expanding the concept with Plastic Beach in 2010, an album built around environmental themes, synth-pop textures, and a larger guest roster. The record featured collaborators including Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, Mark E. Smith, and Little Dragon. The band followed it with The Fall, released on December 25, 2010, after being recorded on the road, mainly on Damon Albarn’s iPad, during the Escape to Plastic Beach Tour. Those two records showed how flexible the project had become. Gorillaz could function as a studio experiment, a touring machine, a visual narrative, and a revolving-door collaboration platform simultaneously.

After a hiatus, Gorillaz returned with Humanz in 2017, their first studio album in seven years. The record featured a large cast of guests and introduced a more crowded, party-like sound that fit the band’s apocalyptic dance floor mood. The Now Now followed in 2018 with a more focused musical emphasis on Albarn. In 2020, Gorillaz launched Song Machine, a web series built around standalone singles and accompanying videos with different guests. That project became Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, featuring Robert Smith, Elton John, 6lack, Beck, Leee John, Fatoumata Diawara, Peter Hook, Georgia, Tony Allen, Skepta, Schoolboy Q, and others. “The Pink Phantom,” with Elton John and 6lack, also placed Gorillaz in direct conversation with R&B, pop, and alternative music at once.

The band’s later work continued to push the format. Cracker Island, released in 2023, included the title track with Thundercat, “New Gold” with Tame Impala and Bootie Brown, “Baby Queen,” “Skinny Ape,” and “Silent Running” with Adeleye Omotayo. The album also featured Stevie Nicks, Bad Bunny, Beck, and Adeleye Omotayo, with production from Greg Kurstin. Gorillaz’s ninth studio album, The Mountain, was tied to the band’s 25th anniversary era and drew musical and thematic inspiration from India. Across their career, Gorillaz have released nine studio albums: Gorillaz, Demon Days, Plastic Beach, The Fall, Humanz, The Now Now, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, Cracker Island, and The Mountain.

The awards tell part of the story, but the bigger achievement is how much ground Gorillaz covered without losing their identity. The band has won a Grammy Award, two MTV Video Music Awards, an NME Award, and four MTV Europe Music Awards. Gorillaz also received 11 Brit Award nominations and won Best British Group at the 2018 Brit Awards. Their tours evolved from early performances where the musicians were hidden behind a screen, to shows built around animated projections, to full live band productions with Albarn visible onstage. That changing presentation became part of the appeal. Fans loved the songs, but they also loved the world around them, a place where “Clint Eastwood,” “Feel Good Inc.,” “Dare,” “Dirty Harry,” “On Melancholy Hill,” “Cracker Island,” and “New Gold” could all exist under the same strange roof.

Outside the usual album cycle, Gorillaz built an entire multimedia identity. The band’s early website functioned as an interactive tour of the fictional Kong Studios, complete with games and exploratory features. Hewlett directed the band’s early music videos, and the group released visual collections including Phase One: Celebrity Take Down and Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades. The band’s fictional history was expanded in the book Rise of the Ogre, written by Cass Browne and featuring new artwork by Hewlett. Gorillaz also staged technically ambitious performances, including 3D-animated appearances at the 2002 Brit Awards and later Grammy-related performances featuring visual technology. In 2021, the band performed three new songs during a free concert at London’s O2 Arena exclusively for National Health Service employees and their families, a specific gesture that connected the project’s massive platform to workers who had been central to public life during the pandemic years.

Complete List Of Gorillaz Songs From A to Z

19-2000 – Gorillaz – 2001
19-2000 (Soulchild Remix) – Gorillaz – 2001
5/4 – Gorillaz – 2001
All Alone – Demon Days – 2005
Amarillo – The Fall – 2010
Andromeda – Humanz – 2017
Aries – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Ascension – Humanz – 2017
Aspen Forest – The Fall – 2010
Baby Queen – Cracker Island – 2023
Bobby in Phoenix – The Fall – 2010
Broken – Plastic Beach – 2010
Busted and Blue – Humanz – 2017
California and the Slipping of the Sun – The Fall – 2010
Captain Chicken – Cracker Island – 2023
Carnival – Humanz – 2017
Chalk Tablet Towers – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Charger – Humanz – 2017
Circle of Friendz – Humanz – 2017
Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz – 2001
Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix) – Gorillaz – 2001
Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix Edit) – Gorillaz – 2001
Cloud of Unknowing – Plastic Beach – 2010
Controllah – Cracker Island – 2023
Cracker Island – Cracker Island – 2023
Crocadillaz – Cracker Island – 2023
Dare – Demon Days – 2005
Dead Butterflies – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Demon Days – Demon Days – 2005
Désolé (Extended Version) – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Detroit – The Fall – 2010
Dirty Harry – Demon Days – 2005
Don’t Get Lost in Heaven – Demon Days – 2005
Double Bass – Gorillaz – 2001
Dracula – Gorillaz – 2001
El Mañana – Demon Days – 2005
Empire Ants – Plastic Beach – 2010
Every Planet We Reach Is Dead – Demon Days – 2005
Feel Good Inc. – Demon Days – 2005
Fire Coming Out of the Monkey’s Head – Demon Days – 2005
Fire Flies – The Now Now – 2018
Friday 13th – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Glitter Freeze – Plastic Beach – 2010
Halfway to the Halfway House – Humanz – 2017
Hallelujah Money – Humanz – 2017
Hillbilly Man – The Fall – 2010
Hollywood – The Now Now – 2018
How Far? – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Humility – The Now Now – 2018
Idaho – The Now Now – 2018
Interlude: Elevator Going Up – Humanz – 2017
Interlude: New World – Humanz – 2017
Interlude: Penthouse – Humanz – 2017
Interlude: Talk Radio – Humanz – 2017
Interlude: The Elephant – Humanz – 2017
Interlude: The Non-Conformist Oath – Humanz – 2017
Intro – Demon Days – 2005
Intro: I Switched My Robot Off – Humanz – 2017
Kansas – The Now Now – 2018
Kids with Guns – Demon Days – 2005
Lake Zurich – The Now Now – 2018
Last Living Souls – Demon Days – 2005
Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?) – Gorillaz – 2001
Left Hand Suzuki Method – Gorillaz – 2001
Let Me Out – Humanz – 2017
Little Pink Plastic Bags – The Fall – 2010
M1 A1 – Gorillaz – 2001
Magic City – The Now Now – 2018
Man Research (Clapper) – Gorillaz – 2001
MLS – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Momentary Bliss – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Momentz – Humanz – 2017
New Genious (Brother) – Gorillaz – 2001
New Gold – Cracker Island – 2023
New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix) – Cracker Island – 2023
November Has Come – Demon Days – 2005
O Green World – Demon Days – 2005
Oil – Cracker Island – 2023
On Melancholy Hill – Plastic Beach – 2010
One Percent – The Now Now – 2018
Opium – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Orchestral Intro – Plastic Beach – 2010
Out of Body – Humanz – 2017
Pac-Man – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Phoner to Arizona – The Fall – 2010
Pirate Jet – Plastic Beach – 2010
Pirate’s Progress – Plastic Beach – 2010
Plastic Beach – Plastic Beach – 2010
Possession Island – Cracker Island – 2023
Punk – Gorillaz – 2001
Re-Hash – Gorillaz – 2001
Revolving Doors – The Fall – 2010
Rhinestone Eyes – Plastic Beach – 2010
Rock the House – Gorillaz – 2001
Saturnz Barz – Humanz – 2017
Seattle Yodel – The Fall – 2010
Severed Head – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Sex Murder Party – Humanz – 2017
She’s My Collar – Humanz – 2017
Shy-Town – The Fall – 2010
Silent Running – Cracker Island – 2023
Silent Running (2D Piano Version) – Cracker Island – 2023
Simplicity – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Skinny Ape – Cracker Island – 2023
Slow Country – Gorillaz – 2001
Some Kind of Nature – Plastic Beach – 2010
Sorcererz – The Now Now – 2018
Souk Eye – The Now Now – 2018
Sound Check (Gravity) – Gorillaz – 2001
Starshine – Gorillaz – 2001
Strange Timez – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Strobelite – Humanz – 2017
Stylo – Plastic Beach – 2010
Stylo (Music Video) – Plastic Beach – 2010
Submission – Humanz – 2017
Superfast Jellyfish – Plastic Beach – 2010
Sweepstakes – Plastic Beach – 2010
Tarantula – Cracker Island – 2023
Taxi Back to 80s Reykjavik – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
The Apprentice – Humanz – 2017
The Joplin Spider – The Fall – 2010
The Lost Chord – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
The Parish of Space Dust – The Fall – 2010
The Pink Phantom – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
The Snake in Dallas – The Fall – 2010
The Speak It Mountains – The Fall – 2010
The Tired Influencer – Cracker Island – 2023
The Valley of the Pagans – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020
Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons – Plastic Beach – 2010
Ticker Tape – Humanz – 2017
To Binge – Plastic Beach – 2010
Tomorrow Comes Today – Gorillaz – 2001
Tormenta – Cracker Island – 2023
Tranz – The Now Now – 2018
We Got the Power – Humanz – 2017
Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach – Plastic Beach – 2010
White Flag – Plastic Beach – 2010
White Light – Demon Days – 2005
With Love to an Ex – Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez – 2020

Albums

Gorillaz (2001)

Demon Days (2005)

Plastic Beach (2010)

The Fall (2010)

Humanz (2017)

The Now Now (2018)

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (2020)

Cracker Island (2023)

The Mountain (2026)

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