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5/4 (song)

2001 song by Gorillaz

Field	Value
name	5/4
type	Song
artist	Gorillaz
album	Gorillaz
released	26 March 2001
* Rock<ref name	"av"
* pop<ref name	"AllMusic Phares"
length	2:42
label
writer	Damon Albarn
producer
misc

Rock
pop

"5/4" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz and is the second track on their 2001 self-titled debut album. According to the Gorillaz biography Rise of the Ogre, "5/4" was originally intended to follow "Clint Eastwood" as a single, but was instead replaced by "19-2000" at the "last minute." The storyboards Jamie Hewlett had started for the accompanying music video before the switch were later included on the DVD Phase One: Celebrity Take Down. The title is a reference to the time signature of the guitar riff that appears throughout the track. The song was performed live by the band on their first tour, and was subsequently brought back on the Humanz Tour, with Jehnny Beth taking lead vocals.

Music video

Although production for the track's music video was never finished, a storyboard from Gorillaz' 2002 compilation DVD, Phase One: Celebrity Take Down, includes an animatic for the scrapped "5/4" music video. The video opens with a brief image of a woman masturbating that is censored by the Gorillaz logo. Each of her breasts is covered by a blue star. It proceeds with Gorillaz performing for a crowd upon a raised platform (the platform is in the shape of a bone). Murdoc is playing with the band when he sees a group of women on a platform next to theirs; however, the platform is too far away to get to. Murdoc then takes off his clothes until he is in completely nude, then attempts to jump to the platform with the women on it, but he instead fails to reach it and he falls into the crowd below.

Personnel

Damon Albarn – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, bass guitars
Miho Hatori – additional vocals
Kid Koala – turntables
Dan the Automator – producer
Gorillaz – producer
Tom Girling – co-producer, drum programming, Pro Tools, engineering
Jason Cox – co-producer, drums, drum programming, engineering
Tim Burrell – engineering
Toby Whelan – engineering assistance
Howie Weinberg – mastering

References

(26 March 2001). "Gorillaz: ''Gorillaz''". [[The A.V. Club]].
Phares, Heather. "Gorillaz - ''Gorillaz'' (2001) Review".
Connor, Martin. (22 November 2016). "Why the Gorillaz' "5/4" Isn't Actually in 5/4". Flypaper.
Jonno. "Gorillaz - '5/4' - One A Day". One a Day.
Browne, Cass. (2006). "[[Rise of the Ogre]]". [[Riverhead Books]].
"[[Phase One: Celebrity Take Down]] DVD"
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lWKt4vxOdg Storyboard of the unrealized "5/4" music video, from the official YouTube channel of Gorillaz]

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