19-2000

Infobox Single
Name = 19-2000


Artist = Gorillaz
from Album = Gorillaz
Released = June 25 2001 (UK) July 17, 2001 (US)
Format = CD, 12", MC
Recorded = 2000
Genre = Britpop
Length = 3 min 27 sec
Label = Parlophone
Producer = Gorillaz, Dan the Automator
Reviews =
*"All Music Guide" [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:npec97iskrrt link]
Last single = "Clint Eastwood"
(2001)
This single = "19-2000"
(2001)
Next single = "Rock the House"
(2001) |

"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 the Soulchild remix 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, and the song samples the drumbeat from "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone. Another version of the song features Redman for the "Blade II" soundtrack titled "Gorillaz on My Mind."

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 "100 Greatest Kids' TV shows", broadcast on 27 August 2001. The remix was also featured in a commercial for Icebreakers gum, T-Online, and in the XBOX game Project Gotham Racing.

This is one of the few songs where the character of Noodle is credited for providing vocals.

This song is featured in the online game "The Gorillaz Final Drive".

This song is also featured in the 2008 monster film "Cloverfield".

This song is also featured in the opening credits to InfoMania.

Tina Weymouth also contributed backing vocals to 19-2000.

Track listings

*CD
#"19-2000"
#"19-2000" (soulchild remix)
#"Left Hand Suzuki Method"
#Enhanced section: 19/2000 animatic, 2-D interview, Geep sim trailer

*12"
#"19/2000"
#"Left Hand Suzuki Method"
#"19/2000" (The Wiseguys house of wisdom remix)

*Cassette
#"19/2000"
#"19/2000" (soulchild remix)
#"Hip Albatross"

Music video

Directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland.

The video is animated, both in 2D and 3D. It features the foursome riding in their Meyers Manx Dune Buggy along a twisted highway, encountering roller coaster loops, a killer UFO (when Murdoc had an idea to pull some hijinx on a church) and a giant Moose (revealed in Rise of the Ogre to be an Elk). Murdoc tries to blow up the moose with a pair of missiles, but the moose sneezes right before impact, sending them back to the car, which explodes and skids along the highway on fire. The members of Gorillaz appear to have black ash all over them from 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.

Also on the motorway there are signs to the Overlook Hotel, a reference to The Shining, and camp crystal lake as a reference to Friday the 13th.

Charts

External links

* [http://www.gorillaz-unofficial.com/biography/tinaweymouth.htm Tina Weymouth backing vocals]