During July 2010, when Tempah was unable to make tour performances, a fourth version of the song, featuring Tempah's verses performed by British grime MC's Kano and Bashy, was devised. During the Escape to Plastic Beach Tour, a third version of the track, featuring British rapper Tinie Tempah, was written and performed. This version was released on the CD single of ' Dare'. For the 2005 Demon Detour Live, a version of the song featuring De La Soul, who have also appeared on ' Feel Good Inc.' and ' Superfast Jellyfish', and Bootie Brown, who has also appeared on ' Dirty Harry', was written and recorded. Live versions įor some live performances of the song, alternative rappers are used. Some of the single releases featured an alternative version of the song which featured British hip hop group Phi Life Cypher, who also feature on the group's B-side 'The Sounder'. The song's instrumental beat originated from the first preset of the Suzuki Omnichord. The drums are provided by a drum machine and the main instrument used in the song is the melodica, which Albarn used to make the basic track as well. According to engineer, Jason Cox, 'Damon gave us the OK to set fire to it on stage, but we said 'No, you can't set fire to that! It's a classic!'', and it ended up being used on the song as well as some other tracks on the album. The strings featured in the song are from a string machine, the Solina String Ensemble. A re-recording similar to these demos was recorded into Logic for use as a backing track. ĭemo versions of 'Clint Eastwood' were originally recorded by Damon Albarn on a four-track using a drum machine and guitar. In 2021, Double J ranked it as the 14th best debut single of all time.

The magazine also ranked it at number 347 on their list of 'The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time'. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 141 on its list '150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years'. Rolling Stone ranked it number 38 on its 100 best songs of the 2000s. The single has sold 600,000 copies in the UK and has been certified platinum by the BPI. 'Clint Eastwood' reached number 2 in Germany and charted within the top 10 of 11 countries in total. It also reached number 1 in Iceland and Italy. It peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The verses are rapped by Del the Funky Homosapien, portrayed as a blue phantom in the video, while the chorus is sung by Damon Albarn ( 2-D in the video). The song is a mix of electronic music, dub, hip hop and rock. The song is named after the actor of the same name due to its similarity to the theme music of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. ' Clint Eastwood' is a song by English virtual band Gorillaz, released as the first single from their self-titled debut album on 5 March 2001.

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