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==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==

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"On Melancholy Hill"
Song

"On Melancholy Hill" is the third single from British alternative group Gorillaz' third studio album, Plastic Beach. The song was originally written by Damon Albarn during the production time for The Good The Bad and The Queen's self titled album.[2][3][4] The single was released on July 26, 2010.[1] Band member Murdoc Niccals stated the following about "On Melancholy Hill" in a track-by-track commentary:

"The Melancholy Hill - it's that feeling, that place, that you get in your soul sometimes, like someone's let your tyres down. It's nice to break up the album with something a little lighter. It's good to have something that's a genuine pop moment on every album. And this is one of those."

Music video

Release

The music video was released worldwide on the 15th of June[5] "exclusively" on iTunes, but was uploaded to the YouTube channel a few days later. A teaser for the video was released on the 9th of June.[6] Stills of the video were put on writteninmusic.com on June 11th.

Synopsis

A huge ocean liner (the M. Harriet), is under attack by two planes. A ship attendant finds Noodle in her room, offering to escort her to the lifeboats, but she opens a gun briefcase and walks down the hall past the attendant with a Tommy gun. The song begins with Noodle opening fire at the two oncoming planes that are attacking the ship. She manages to shoot one plane down but does not have enough time to shoot the other. The other plane drops a bomb on the ship. As the ship sinks, Noodle is shown to have survived and climbs into a lifeboat with only her guitar and some supplies. Later on, a gigantic version of drummer Russel Hobbs lifts out of the water underneath Noodle's lifeboat. The rest of the video shows Murdoc, 2-D and Cyborg Noodle traveling through the deep ocean with a fleet of submarines, crewed by all of the collaborators that helped make the album (e.g. De La Soul, Snoop Dogg, and Gruff Rhys). As they travel, a swarm of Superfast Jellyfish are seen and inadvertently sucked into some of the submarines. The submarines then rise to the surface, where a large manatee is sitting atop a tall plateau. Murdoc spots the Boogieman character leaning over the creature and orders Cyborg to attack it. Cyborg shoots at the Boogieman but the bullets do him no harm, hitting his clothes. He grabs the manatee and dives into the ocean. When the fog behind the plateau clears, it reveals Plastic Beach.

Speculation has it that this occurs right after the "Stylo" video, as they are in the same shark submarine and 2-D is still wearing his clown mask, as well as the bullet hole is still in Cyborg Noodle head. However, according to Murdoc's Twitter feed, he, 2D and Cyborg Noodle have been on Plastic Beach for a while, and they had asked all of the collaborators to assist them in finding Noodle after receiving some leads as to her location.

The following characters and people appear in the music video. The number preceding each listing refers to roughly where in the video they first appear.

Chart performance

"On Melancholy Hill" was recorded to have reached number 133 on 28 June 2010, before climbing into the Top 100 at number 78 on July 4, 2010. After reaching number 20 on the UK Dance Chart, the single climbed to its current peak of number 13 on July 4, 2010.

Chart (2010) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 78
UK Dance (OCC)[8] 13

Track listing

UK promotional single #1
  1. "On Melancholy Hill" (UK radio edit) – 2:58
  2. "On Melancholy Hill" (album version) – 3:53
  3. "On Melancholy Hill" (instrumental) – 3:53
UK promotional single #2
  1. "On Melancholy Hill" (Josh Wink Remix) – 5:04
  2. "On Melancholy Hill" (Josh Wink Dub) – 7:41
  3. "On Melancholy Hill" (The Japanese Popstars Remix) – 7:35
  4. "On Melancholy Hill" (She Is Danger Remix) – 4:21
  5. "On Melancholy Hill" (We Have Band Remix) – 5:14
Digital download single
  1. "On Melancholy Hill" (album version) – 3:53
  2. "On Melancholy Hill" (The Japanese Popstars Remix) – 7:35
  3. "On Melancholy Hill" (She Is Danger Remix) – 4:21
  4. "Stylo" (Labrinth SNES Remix featuring Tinie Tempah) – 4:12
  5. "On Melancholy Hill" (video) – 4:21
  6. "On Melancholy Hill" (animatic) – 3:30
  7. "Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach" (live visuals) – 3:36
American promotional single
  1. "On Melancholy Hill" (American radio edit) – 3:27
  2. "On Melancholy Hill" (album version) – 3:53
  3. "On Melancholy Hill" (instrumental) – 3:53

References

  1. ^ a b "Melancholy Hill available as a special download". NME. 14-06-2010. Retrieved 16-06-2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrjWJPJqq2c
  3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAYUwxlz2UQ
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz8NLkcQz8U
  5. ^ "AOL Radio Blog". AOL. 03-06-2010. Retrieved 03-06-2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Gorillaz – "On Melancholy Hill" Teaser Video". Soul Culture. 09-06-2010. Retrieved 11-06-2010. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Gorillaz: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  8. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
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