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| cover = Gorillaz 911 single cover.jpg

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| 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

| venue =

| genre = Hip hop

| length = * 5:50 (single version)

* 5:00 (edit)

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| writer =

| producer =

| chronology = Gorillaz

| prev_title = Rock the House

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Tomorrow Comes Today

| next_year = 2002

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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.

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 together, 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



#"911" 05:50

#"911" (Clean Version) 05:50

#'911' (Short Version Ultra-Clean) 05:00

Song credits



*Gorillaz vocals

*Terry Hall vocals

*Mr. Porter vocals

*Von Carlisle vocals

*Ondre Moore vocals

*Bizarre vocals

*Proof vocals

*Tom Girling engineering, Pro Tools

*Jason Cox engineering, Pro Tools

References



Category:Gorillaz songs

Category:D12 songs

Category:2001 songs

Category:2001 singles

Category:Parlophone singles

Category:EMI Records singles

Category:Hollywood Records singles

Category:Songs written by Damon Albarn

Category:Music about the September 11 attacks

Category:Songs written by Jamie Hewlett

Category:Songs written by Denaun Porter

Category:Songs written by Terry Hall (singer)

Category:Songs written by Bizarre (rapper)

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