DARE (song)
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| Single by Gorillaz Featuring Shaun Ryder | ||
| from the album Demon Days | ||
| Released | 29 August 2005 | |
| Format | CD, Maxi-CD, DVD | |
| Recorded | Kong Studios & 13 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 4:04 | |
| Label | Parlophone | |
| Producer(s) | Gorillaz, DJ Danger Mouse | |
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| Gorillaz Featuring Shaun Ryder singles chronology | ||
| "Feel Good Inc." (2005) |
"DARE" (2005) |
"Dirty Harry" (2005) |
"DARE" ("挑戦 (DARE)" on the single packaging) is a song by Gorillaz and is featured on their 2005 album Demon Days. It was released 29 August 2005 as the second single from the album and became the first Gorillaz single to hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart. On online music stores such as iTunes, the radio edit of the song had been available since 20 June 2005.
"DARE" was released to US airplay in mid-October. On the Billboard Hot 100, it peaked at #87. Radio And Records has claimed that it will go for adds on 14 February 2006. The song has reached the Top 10 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The commentator on the Brit Awards 2006 said that the song was originally to be called 'It's There' but they had to change it because Shaun Ryder's thick Mancunian accent made it sound like he was saying 'It's dare.'
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[edit] Track listings
[edit] UK releases
- Single released 29 August 2005 by Parlophone
- Maxi-CD CDR6668
- "DARE" (featuring Shaun Ryder) – 4:04
- "Clint Eastwood" (featuring De La Soul and Bootie Brown, live at Sarm Studios, June 2005) – 5:43
- CD CDRS6668
- "DARE" (featuring Shaun Ryder) – 4:04
- "Highway (Under Construction)"
- "DARE (Soulwax Remix)"
- DVD DVDR6668
- "DARE" (video)
- "Samba at 13"
- "People"(an early version of DARE, with the same backbeat, but vocals by only 2D and completely different lyrics)
- "DARE" (animatic)
[edit] Australian releases
- Single released 5 September 2005 by Capitol Records
- CD 3352540
- "DARE"
- "Highway (Under Construction)"
- "DARE (Soulwax Remix)"
- "DARE" (video)
- Limited edition CD 3404600
- "DARE"
- "Highway (Under Construction)"
- "DARE" (Soulwax Remix)
- "Feel Good Inc." (single edit)
- "DARE" (video)
[edit] Japan release
- EP TOCP 61104 released 7 September 2005 by Toshiba-EMI
- "DARE" (featuring Shaun Ryder) – 4:04
- "Highway (Under Construction)"
- "DARE (Soulwax Remix)" – 5:43
- "Clint Eastwood" (featuring De La Soul and Bootie Brown, live at Sarm Studios, June 2005)
- "DARE" (video)
[edit] US Promo CD-R
- CD-R NO CATALOG# released November 2005 by Virgin Records America, Inc.
- "DARE (Album Edit)"
- "DARE (Dave Audé Edit)"
- "DARE (Chab Radio Edit)"
- "DARE (JRSNCHZ Blocrok Mix)"
- "DARE (Soulwax)"
- "DARE (Dave Audé Club Mix)"
- "DARE (Chab Remix)"
- "DARE (JRSNCHZ Blokroxtra Mix)"
- "DARE (JRSNCHZ Apesh*t Mix)"
- "DARE (Pollyn Remix)"
- "DARE (DFA)"
- "DARE (Album Version)"
[edit] US Music Download Single
- "DARE (Soulwax Remix)"
[edit] US iTunes EP
- Originally scheduled for release on 24 October 2006, the EP was delayed until 7 November 2006.
- "DARE" (Demon Days Live in Harlem - video)
- "DARE" (animatic)
- "Clint Eastwood" (featuring De La Soul and Bootie Brown, live at Sarm Studios, June 2005)
- "People" ("DARE" demo - audio only)
[edit] Cover images
 UK Promo (CD) Itunes US Download Single |
 UK (CD), Japan (EP) |
 UK (Maxi-CD), Australia |
 UK (DVD) |
[edit] Music video
The music video for "DARE" includes an appearance by Shaun Ryder (of Happy Mondays fame, at the request of Damon Albarn) as a giant disembodied head kept alive by machinery in Noodle's closet. In a departure for the band, the song is mostly performed in the video by Noodle, with 2D, Russel, and Murdoc only appearing in short cameos in the video; 2D is seen listening into Noodle's room by pressing his ear to the floor, Russell is shown seated on a toilet reading a newspaper and Murdoc appears at the end of the video lying in bed with Shaun Ryder, who wakes up, apparently having dreamt up the entire sequence of the video. Murdoc tells Ryder to "go back to sleep, honey," after which it is further revealed to be another nightmare dreamt by Murdoc, who also wakes up bolt upright in his own bed gasping and panting. The video was directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland.
The video was leaked a few days prior to its July 17, 2005 release on the Gorillaz official website. Some say that legal threats were made against the individuals who uploaded the video, but none of these claims can be confirmed. Among those who uploaded are: DTV, NoSaNiTy and Gorillaz-Unofficial. The video was later recalled from other websites and the final scene was tweaked slightly; Murdoc's Confederate Naval Jack flag was replaced with that of the Jolly Roger. (The version with the Naval Jack is played in some countries, including Canada.)
This video calls back to classic horror movies. In the very beginning of the video we see Gorillaz' 'reject false icons' statue, which one may recognize as Pazuzu, the figurine from The Exorcist and son of the devil. Crows are flying around the building, in a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Shaun Ryder is depicted as a Frankenstein-like monster who is brought to life as the music begins. Amongst the contraptions that are part of the life support system appear to be Atari joysticks from the early 1980s. Ryder's head being kept alive is a pun on the movie The Brain That Wouldn't Die. The tube attached to Ryder's cheek switches from side to side as a tribute to the goofs commonly made in early horror movies. When we see Russel sitting on the toilet, he is holding a newspaper with a headline that reads CANNIBAL MASSAKREN, the Danish title of Cannibal Ferox, a horrifically violent horror movie that is banned in many countries, and on the back of the newspaper a headline text of the name "Freddie" is seen which is possibly a reference to Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street. The zoom on Noodle's eye at the end of the video is taken directly from Ringu and its American remake, The Ring.
[edit] Trivia
- 挑戦 (Rōmaji: chousen; Pinyin: tiǎo zhàn) means "challenge," which is another word for "dare".
- The main vocals are by Noodle, making this the one of the few songs she's been credited for her vocals and the first where she gets credit for the full vocals.
- Noodle does a similar disappear move as does Beyonce in the music video for Me, Myself, and I.
- According to internet sources, the crowd noise used at the end of the song is identical to stock sounds in the beginning of "Revolution 909" by Daft Punk
- It is a rumor that any part of the song that says "You've got to press it on you, you've just been thinking that's what you do baby, hold it down there" played backwards says "Satan is the one, Satan has the nature to end all things but as for me, I'll move it there and that's for me". A reversal of the song proves that this is false.
- A poster of musician Shirley Manson can be seen on Murdoc's room at the end of the video, as well as a poster of Evanescence Lead Singer Amy Lee.
- In 3:12, Pong can be seen playing in one of the background computers.
| Preceded by: "The Importance Of Being Idle" by Oasis |
UK number one single September 10, 2005 - September 17, 2005 |
Succeeded by: "Don't Cha" by Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes |
[edit] External links
| Gorillaz |
| 2D | Murdoc Niccals | Noodle | Russel Hobbs |
| Gorillaz discography |
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| Albums and EPs: Tomorrow Comes Today | Gorillaz | G-Sides | Laika Come Home | Demon Days |
| DVDs: Phase One: Celebrity Take Down | Demon Days Live | Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades |
| Singles: Clint Eastwood | 19-2000 | Rock the House | 911 | Tomorrow Comes Today | Lil' Dub Chefin' | Feel Good Inc. | DARE | Dirty Harry | Kids With Guns / El Mañana |
| Related articles |
| Britpop | Blur | Damon Albarn | Jamie Hewlett | Dan the Automator | Danger Mouse | Del tha Funkee Homosapien | Zombie Flesh Eaters | Passion Pictures | Deltron 3030 | Gorillaz movie | Rise Of The Ogre |
