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911 (Gorillaz and D12 song)
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | 911 | ||
| cover | Gorillaz_911_single_cover.png | ||
| border | yes | ||
| type | single | ||
| artist | Gorillaz and D12 featuring Terry Hall | ||
| album | Bad Company: Music from the Motion Picture | ||
| released | 7 December 2001 | ||
| recorded | 12 September 2001 | ||
| studio | Studio 13, London, UK | ||
| genre | Hip hop | ||
| length | * 5:48 | ||
| label | |||
| writer | |||
| producer | |||
| chronology | Gorillaz | ||
| prev_title | Rock the House | ||
| prev_year | 2001 | ||
| next_title | Tomorrow Comes Today | ||
| next_year | 2002 | ||
| misc | {{Extra chronology | ||
| artist | D12 | ||
| type | singles | ||
| prev_title | Fight Music | ||
| prev_year | 2001 | ||
| title | 911 | ||
| year | 2001 | ||
| next_title | My Band | ||
| next_year | 2004 | ||
| artist | Terry Hall | ||
| type | singles | ||
| prev_title | I Saw the Light | ||
| prev_year | 1997 | ||
| title | 911 | ||
| year | 2001 | ||
| next_title | Problem Is | ||
| next_year | 2003 | ||
| {{External music video | header | Audio | }} |
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"911" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz and American hip-hop group D12 and features guest vocals from the Specials member Terry Hall. The song was recorded without Eminem during 2001 in West London, when D12 were left stranded in England after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City. Bizarre renamed the song “London” on one of his compilation albums.
Background
The song was recorded without Eminem by Gorillaz and D12 in Damon Albarn's personal studio in West London. The track came about after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, leaving the band stranded in England; Albarn invited the band to his studio while they were there and played them an early demo of the track. Albarn had always wanted to experiment with Middle-Eastern music, and felt that this song would be perfect. D12 added additional production to the song, before laying down their verses. Terry Hall appears on the song as a vocal harmony with Albarn for the song's chorus. Albarn and Hall had previously spoken about collaborating, however when Hall revealed that he had been taking singing lessons from a Middle-Eastern singer, it inspired Albarn to take the song in a different direction.
Music video
The video features the same visuals as "Clint Eastwood" and "19-2000", but with a different background. The track features D12 running towards the camera. Terry Hall does not appear in the music video.
Live performances
Played live only twice, at the New York City Hammerstein Ballroom concert of Gorillaz Live in 2002. The song was also performed with Luton-based rap group Phi Life Cypher, at the Isle of MTV Festival in Lisbon, Portugal.
Track listing
Free download from gorillaz.com
- "911" – 05:48
- Released on the original Gorillaz Kong Studios website, includes artwork in PDF format.
Song credits
- Gorillaz – vocals
- Proof – vocals
- Kuniva – vocals
- Bizarre – vocals
- Swifty McVay – vocals
- Mr. Porter – vocals
- Terry Hall – vocals
- Tom Girling – engineering, Pro Tools
- Jason Cox – engineering, Pro Tools
References
References
- Lifton, Dave. (29 June 2018). "GORILLAZ' HIP-HOP HISTORY: REVISITING 27 DARING COLLABORATIONS".
- (27 November 2002). "Gorillaz, D12 Join Forces For '911'".
- Browne, Cass. (2006). "[[Rise of the Ogre". Riverhead Books.
- (28 February 2002). "Gorillaz - 911 (Live at Hammerstein Ballroom)".
- (20 July 2002). "Gorillaz - 911 (Live at Isle of MTV)".
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