DoYaThing

DoYaThing is a single released by Gorillaz in February 23, 2012. The song features a collaboration with James Murphy and André 3000.

Partnership with Converse
On February 23, 2012, the song was released and used in order to promote Converse's Chuck Taylors Gorillaz Collection.

Background and Recording
The idea for "DoYaThing" started when Converse asked Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett to design an exclusive shoe collection that would feature artwork influenced by Gorillaz. After the design was finished, Converse and Cornerstone, the company that promotes products from the "Three Artists. One Song." campaign, persuaded Albarn to broaden their partnership to a collaborative track. Albarn accepted, and invited LCD Soundsystem leader James Murphy and Outkast member André 3000, who both signed on.

Instead of recording the song by sending it via e-mail, as Murphy initially feared, the three met in Albarn's London studio to record the track. Despite the three only knowing each other through their music, Albarn described the experience of meeting them as "very natural", saying "We were comfortable with each other immediately." The song was written and recorded over three days, with the 13-minute version being recorded on the last one.

Speaking further about the collaboration Albarn said: "I only knew these guys through their work before we got together. The 12-minute version represents what we did over three days-- it's quite an insane progression. That version evolved out of just a drum beat and a guitar, and then André just started going, and there was no sense that he was ever going to stop, it was a very exhilarating ride. It's live: I'm playing guitar, the drum machine is going, James is playing bass, and André just goes off. And what he's saying just gets more and more ridiculous. It finished on its own will, we really had nothing to do with it."

Composition
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Music Video
The video for "DoYaThing" was directed by Jamie Hewlett and was released on 29 February 2012.
 * Main Article: DoYaThing (Video)

Summary
The music video opens to a video of a Nile Crocodile scaring a herd of Thomson's Gazelles and then cuts to 2-D waking up one morning and getting dressed on 212 Wobble Street, London, SW21 7QJ. He then checks every room on the lower floor (Noodle's room, the bathroom, and Murdoc's room). Later on, Murdoc hops on his broken chair lift so he can move downstairs, and 2-D checks the living room where the Boogieman is reading a newspaper and watching TV. On the TV you can see the music video for DARE playing. Then, 2-D heads downstairs to the kitchen to get breakfast. Murdoc's chair finally reaches the end of the stairs. 2-D then sees a newspaper comic in which Murdoc is being unusually nice to him. When 2-D looks up from the paper, Murdoc angrily walks into the kitchen and whacks 2-D's head violently with a camo-patterned shoe, unlike in the comic. Murdoc then heads for the basement and hissing 2-D before leaving. Miserable, 2-D stares at his burnt toast topped with an ear before switching off the radio, silencing the song, and heading outside the front door.

Meanwhile, Murdoc is seen upstairs performing his radio show, now playing "5/4". The camera then pans back to 2-D, and a baboon dressed as a postman hands an eviction notice to 2-D, and vastly improves his mood. With a smile on his face, 2-D wanders out into the street as the camera pans up on the house, revealing a still-giant Russel sleeping on the roof, and the repaired windmill island hanging in the sky above.

Track listing from the single release

 * Promotional CD single
 * 1) "DoYaThing" (radio edit) – 4:26
 * 2) "DoYaThing" (full-length version) – 13:09
 * 10" Record Store Day vinyl
 * 1) "DoYaThing" (full-length version) – 13:09

Trivia

 * The front album cover features a baboon that represents James Murphy and a masked figure that represents André 3000.
 * This song did see a release on iTunes and Spotify but a few weeks later, it was taken down on Spotify due to you having to live in a certain country to hear it on Spotify. It is still available on iTunes. Another reason why is because Gorillaz don't own the rights to the song, as Converse own the rights to it.
 * Beats Per Minute named the track the best one of the "Three Artists. One Song" project, calling it "a potent reminder of the power of collaborative music".