Gorillaz Are Ten - Spotify Radio Show 2 (10)

That was the Rolling Stones there with, um, Backstreet Girl
And this is me Murdoch Nichols from Gorillaz
Talking about our illustrious Gorillaz-shaped career to date
And we're up to about Demon Days period if you've joined us late, Demon Days
Being our second album which I think outsold thriller if I recall correctly

So how did the hook-up with Sean Ryder happen?
Right, so here's the thing, one time right I was hallucinating
And it sounded quite potent, I didn't buy it, and the images are like coming thick
And fast and vivid into my cerebral cortex, you know
That's the sheet of neural tissue, the outermost layer to the cerebrum
Of the mammalian brain, yeah

Anyway that's all going on, and I've visualized Sean Ryder, the singer from Happy Mondays
But what I saw was my hallucination was of him, Sean, hallucinating
And visualizing me, right?
I was watching him seeing me, an actual apparition of my good self
Looked just like me too, I thought

Yes, this is odd
But while I'm here, it'd be a shame to waste the opportunity, you know
I always love the Happy Mondays and Black Grapes
So we ended up putting this track together, which became dare
Which became our first UK number one single, big hit, massive ringtone

Not to aberrant the top spot too
You see, a career like this is really only for either the brave or the mental
And I'm both, so that's worked out fine
Here's a bit of the DFA remix of Dare
Which I thought was one of the greatest takes on one of our tracks
Dare by Gorillaz with Sean Ryder next