Peak
14
Weeks
45
Score
6,400
Chart Year
2005
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position14
Peak DateAug 20, 2005
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted45
Weeks in Top 4035
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc2,187
Weekly Calc4,213
Total Score6,400
Rankings
Year Ranking#18
Decade Ranking#151
Billboard Year#17
Top 5000#583
Details
- Album
- Demon Days
- Label
- Parlophone
- Genre
- Funk Rock
- Composer(s)
- Damon Albarn;David Jolicoeur
- Entered Chart
- May 28, 2005
- Peak Date
- Aug 20, 2005
- Released
- 9 May 2005
- Recorded
- 2004 Studio Kong (Essex, England) 13 (London, England
- Catalog #
- Parlophone
- B-Side
- Spitting Out the Demons"
Music Video
At the beginning of the video, the camera rises up to the top of the Feel Good Inc. tower, and a sample of the Spacemonkeyz dub of "Clint Eastwood", entitled "A Fistful of Peanuts", can be heard. The camera focuses into the tower, where 2-D yearns for the freedom to join Noodle on her floating island. The characters lying on the floor represent those who have already been "dumbed down", while the band members are the ones who have awakened. 2-D attempts to awaken all the people lying on the floor from their half-dead state by yelling at them through his megaphone, in the style of a political activist. Ominous helicopters, which closely resemble Korean War-era Bell H-13s, chase the floating island, monitoring the behaviour inside and ensuring that no one escapes. It is unclear whether they are preventing Noodle's escape or are chasing her away.[8] Back in the tower, De La Soul appear as larger-than life, seemingly omnipotent images on surrounding television screens, taunting the Gorillaz band members[11] and driving 2-D into a wild, hypnotic frenzy as he tries to resist the urge to be dumbed down. At the end of the video, 2-D, beaten by his surroundings, returns to the state he was in when the video began, repeating the words "Feel good" until the video finally ends, in an exact reversal of the intro. The repetition of "Feel good" represents that 2-D is convincing himself that everything is OK (as if he is brainwashing himself to believe it), instead of confronting the harsh truth of the situation.[8] The music video for "El Mañana" continues the narrative, depicting two helicopter gunships catching up to Noodle's floating windmill island and attacking it.
Notes
This song is about the things people do in order to make themselves feel good. The song seems to focus on the darker side of pleasure like addictions and habits, but then the chorus comes in and it seems to say that you should stop thinking about what makes you feel good and try to love others to make them feel good. It's saying that love is what makes the world go around, hence the windmill reference. >> Trugoy the Dove from De La Soul is the rapper on this song. Damon Albarn does the rest of the vocals in character as 2D. >> At the 2006 Grammy Awards, this won for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. >> The song is a throwback to the days of answering machines when callers would wait for the beep and leave a message on a microcassette. After the line: And all I wanna hear is the message beep My dreams, they got her kissing, 'cause I don't get sleep We hear a beep, followed by the first chorus ("Windmill, windmill for the land..."), which is distorted with tape hiss as if we are listening to the message. That's Trugoy the Dove's De La Soul bandmate PA Pasemaster Mase laughing. He explained to The Guardian that people have always found his guffawing contagious. Mase showcased his laughter on De La Soul's 2000 track "U Don't Wanna BDS," where it worked well. One night, during the performance, Mase giggled and chuckled throughout the entire song, and his De La Soul colleague Posdnuos commented, "He just comes out and laughs and gets a standing ovation." "When we did the Gorillaz record," he added, "Damon whispered the rhyme in my ear and I knew exactly where he wanted me to laugh."
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Chart History (45 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 28, 2005 | 74 | 52 |
| 2 | Jun 4, 2005 | 17 | 109 |
| 3 | Jun 11, 2005 | 28 | 98 |
| 4 | Jun 18, 2005 | 54 | 72 |
| 5 | Jun 25, 2005 | 78 | 48 |
| 6 | Jul 2, 2005 | 62 | 64 |
| 7 | Jul 9, 2005 | 55 | 71 |
| 8 | Jul 16, 2005 | 48 | 78 |
| 9 | Jul 23, 2005 | 43 | 83 |
| 10 | Jul 30, 2005 | 25 | 101 |
| 11 | Aug 6, 2005 | 16 | 110 |
| 12 | Aug 13, 2005 | 15 | 111 |
| 13 | Aug 20, 2005 | 14 | 112 |
| 14 | Aug 27, 2005 | 15 | 111 |
| 15 | Sep 3, 2005 | 16 | 110 |
| 16 | Sep 10, 2005 | 18 | 108 |
| 17 | Sep 17, 2005 | 17 | 109 |
| 18 | Sep 24, 2005 | 19 | 107 |
| 19 | Oct 1, 2005 | 18 | 108 |
| 20 | Oct 8, 2005 | 17 | 109 |
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