19-2000
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"19-2000" (sometimes written "19/2000") is a song from the Gorillaz' self-titled debut album, Gorillaz. It was also the second single from that album, released in June 2001 (see 2001 in music), and it was the song of choice to headline the soundtrack of FIFA 2002 game, from Electronic Arts. It peaked at the #6 position in the British charts. The song samples the drumbeat from "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone.
The song is remembered for its chorus with the lyrics "get the cool shoeshine." The Soulchild Remix was the theme tune to the Channel 4 show The 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows, broadcast on 27 August 2001. The remix was also featured in a commercial for Icebreakers gum.
This is one of the few songs where Noodle is credited for providing vocals, although her vocals in the song do not sound like one an average 10-year-old would've had, especially one who spoke only Japanese at the time.
Track listings
- CD (CDR6559)
- "19-2000"
- "19-2000" (Soulchild Remix)
- "Left Hand Suzuki Method"
- Enhanced section: 19/2000 animatic, 2-D interview, Geep Sim trailer
Music video
Directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland.
The video is animated, both in 2D and 3D. It features the foursome joyriding in their Geep along a twisted highway, encountering roller coaster loops, a killer UFO and a giant moose, which Murdoc tries to blow up with a pair of missiles, but the moose sneezes right before they hit, sending them back to the Geep, which explodes and skids along the highway on fire, then stops. The Gorillaz members appear to have black ash all over them by the blast. (see cartoon physics). A stylized duck head, an Easter egg in early Gorillaz videos, can be found on the heads of the missiles right before they are sneezed away by the moose.
There are two versions of this video, one to fit the original mix and one to fit the Soulchild remix. Both videos are almost identical, except for a few minor changes in order for the two songs to sync up with the video.
| Gorillaz |
| 2D | Murdoc Niccals | Noodle | Russel Hobbs |
| Gorillaz discography |
|---|
| Albums and EPs: Tomorrow Comes Today | Gorillaz | G-Sides | Laika Come Home | Demon Days |
| DVDs: | Demon Days Live |
| Singles: "Clint Eastwood" | "19-2000" | "Rock the House" | "911" | "Tomorrow Comes Today" | "Lil' Dub Chefin'" | "Feel Good Inc." | "DARE" | "Dirty Harry" | "Kids With Guns" / "El Mañana" |
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| Britpop | Blur | Damon Albarn | Jamie Hewlett | Dan the Automator | Danger Mouse | Del tha Funkee Homosapien | Zombie Flesh Eaters | Passion Pictures | Deltron 3030 |
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