"Superfast Jellyfish" is the second

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released from British alternative band

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' third studio album, ''

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''. The single was released on 9 May 2010.

Background

The song features vocals from

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, lead singer of

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, and from

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, who were previously featured on "

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". The song contains samples from a 1986 commercial for

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's microwave "Great Starts Breakfasts" and an episode of '' Natural World'', "Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss", narrated by

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Release history

The track premiered on

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show on 25 February 2010. About an hour later, it was uploaded to the official Gorillaz

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channel. The first official remix of the track, by

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, was premiered on

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

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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" (

Remix) – 3:34 # "Superfast Jellyfish" (

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Remix) – 6:09 # "Superfast Jellyfish" (Mighty Mouse Remix) – 6:48

Personnel

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– vocals, synthesizers, sampled loops, drum programming *

– vocals *

– vocals, additional guitar *Jason Cox – mixing, recording *Gabriel Manuals Wallace – additional drums *

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– mastering * Stephen Sedgwick – recording, programming

Charts

References

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