19-2000

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"19-2000"
Single by Gorillaz
from the album Gorillaz
Released	June 25, 2001
Format	CD, 12", MC
Recorded	2000
Genre	Britpop
Length	3 min 27 sec
Label	Parlophone
Producer(s)	Gorillaz, Dan the Automator
Chart positions
#6 (UK) #1 (NZ) #42 (NL)
Gorillaz singles chronology
"Clint Eastwood" (2001)	"19-2000" (2001)	"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 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, and 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. She also only spoke Japanese at the time; however, she may have picked the term up from a television program.

Tina Weymouth also contributed backing vocals to 19-2000.

[edit] Track listings

• CD (CDR6559)

1. "19-2000"
2. "19-2000" (Soulchild Remix)
3. "Left Hand Suzuki Method"
4. Enhanced section: 19/2000 animatic, 2-D interview, Geep Sim trailer

• 12" (12R6559)

1. "19/2000"
2. "Left Hand Suzuki Method"
3. "19/2000" (The Wiseguys House of Wisdom remix)

• MC (TC6559)

1. "19/2000"
2. "19/2000" (Soulchild remix)
3. "Hip Albatross"

[edit] 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 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.

[edit] External links

• lyrics to 19-2000
• Tina Weymouth backing vocals

Gorillaz
2D | Murdoc Niccals | Noodle | Russel Hobbs
Gorillaz discography
Albums and EPs: Tomorrow Comes Today | Gorillaz | G-Sides | Laika Come Home | Demon Days
DVDs: Phase One: Celebrity Take Down | Demon Days Live | Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades
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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