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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Superfast Jellyfish

| cover = Gorillaz Superfast Jellyfish.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Gorillaz featuring Gruff Rhys and De La Soul

| album = Plastic Beach

| released = 9 May 2010

| recorded = 2009

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 2:54

| label = Parlophone

| writer =

| producer = Gorillaz

| chronology = Gorillaz

| prev_title = Stylo

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = On Melancholy Hill

| next_year = 2010

| misc =

}}

"'Superfast Jellyfish'" is the second single released from British alternative band Gorillaz' third studio album, 'Plastic Beach'. The single was released on 9 May 2010.

Background



The song features vocals from Gruff Rhys, lead singer of Super Furry Animals, and from De La Soul, who were previously featured on "Feel Good Inc.". The song contains samples from a 1986 commercial for Swanson's microwave "Great Starts Breakfasts" and an episode of 'Natural World', "Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss", narrated by David Attenborough.

Release history



The track premiered on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show on 25 February 2010. About an hour later, it was uploaded to the official Gorillaz YouTube channel. The first official remix of the track, by Unicorn Kid, was premiered on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show on 12 April 2010. On 27 April 2010, the group performed the song live on "Later... with Jools Holland."

Music video



The official music video for "Superfast Jellyfish" was uploaded to YouTube by Jamie Hewlett on 8 March 2010. The video shows a man waking up at the sound of an alarm, going downstairs, and cooking a box of 'Superfast Jellyfish' in his microwave. Once ready, he begins to eat one of the jellyfish, however, he is sent into a trance in which the jellyfish perform a dance around his head. The song received over two million views on Gorillaz' official YouTube channel before the release of the official video.

Track listing



* 'Promotional CD single'

# "Superfast Jellyfish" 2:54

# "Superfast Jellyfish" (instrumental) 2:47

* 'Promotional CD single - Remixes'

# "Superfast Jellyfish" (Unicorn Kid Remix) 3:34

# "Superfast Jellyfish" (Evil Nine Remix) 6:09

# "Superfast Jellyfish" (Mighty Mouse Remix) 6:48

Personnel



*Damon Albarn vocals, synthesizers, sampled loops, drum programming

*De La Soul vocals

*Gruff Rhys vocals, additional guitar

*Jason Cox mixing, recording

*Gabriel Manuals Wallace additional drums

*Howie Weinberg mastering

*Stephen Sedgwick recording, programming

Charts



References



Category:2010 singles

Category:Gorillaz songs

Category:De La Soul songs

Category:Funk songs

Category:Songs written by Damon Albarn

Category:Songs written by David Jude Jolicoeur

Category:Songs written by Kelvin Mercer

Category:2009 songs

Category:Parlophone singles

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