Rock the House

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"Rock the House"
Single by Gorillaz
from the album Gorillaz
Released	October 22, 2001
Format	CD, MC
Recorded	2000
Genre	Britpop
Length	4 minutes 9 seconds
Label	Parlophone
Writer(s)	2-D, Murdoc, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Dan The Automator, John Dankworth
Producer(s)	Gorillaz, Dan the Automator
Chart positions
#18 (UK)
Gorillaz singles chronology
"19-2000" (2001)	"Rock the House" (2001)	"911" (2001)

"Rock the House" is a song from the Gorillaz self-titled debut album, Gorillaz. It was also the third single from that album, released in October 2001 (see 2001 in music). It peaked at the #18 position in the British charts.

[edit] Track listings

• CD1 (CDR6565)

1. "Rock the House"
2. "The Sounder"
3. "Faust"
4. "Rock the House" (enhanced video)

• CD2 (CDRS6565)

1. "Rock the House"
2. "Ghost Train"
3. "19-2000"
4. "19-2000" (enhanced video)

[edit] Song

The song is one of the more hip hop-oriented songs on the album, along with Clint Eastwood. It features a horn section loop sampled from a track by British jazz musician John Dankworth and a sample of "How many of you ready to rock the house?" on the chorus. It can also be noted Del is the only one doing vocals in this song.

[edit] Music video

Del in the Rock The House video, note that all of his teeth seem to be present.

Directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland.

It starts with a shot of the gate of Kong Studios. We then follow what appears to be Noodle riding on a tricycle through the hallways of the building, a reference to the horror film classic The Shining. It leads us past a door to a room where the Gorillaz are performing. A white mist appears among them and Russell passes out. Then we see the floor has turned into the ghost of Del, who rises up and throws the Gorillaz to the ground. Del is outfitted with protective gear including a helmet.In Rise of the ogre it explains he is dressed as mr freedom. Del takes a few steps when from behind him a series of spring loaded guns shoot billiard balls at him, but he diverts them with his glove. A series of inflatable female gorillas appear and start to do cheerleading. 2-D is dodging the balls being shot at him by doing dance moves, but then he is hit by a few balls and knocked out. Murdoc then begins to divert the balls with specially padded (but only at the front) pair of briefs he's wearing, hitting them away with his pelvic thrusts. He is successful a dozen times until a ball ricochets off the padded wall and hits his unprotected buttocks. The ball ricochets and hits Russell in the head, waking him up and making Del disappear. Russell looks around, noticing 2-D is unconscious, Murdoc is standing bandy legged, and Noodle is the only one in the original state. The final scene is a backwards shot of the first one.

[edit] Trivia

• In the beginning, the undead gorillas from the Clint Eastwood music video can be seen at the right of the cemetery that Kong Studios is located in. However, they are clearly not chasing Murdoc, as he is seen inside of the building.
• The skull on 2-D's shirt is the same as the one on Russel's drum set.
• In the storyboard for this, 2-D is wearing a Spiderman mask.