Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes is the twelfth track on Gorillaz' 2010 album "Plastic Beach".

Band member Murdoc Niccals stated the following about "Sweepstakes" in a track-by-track commentary:

"The Hypnotic Brass brothers give us that full-on Chicago brass muscle, turning this track out into a ‘Quincy Jones’ version of hip hop, MC’ed superlatively by Mos Def. An absolute gent. I first met him in The Box club on the Lower East side of NYC. I like his rap work, and I saw him in Be Kind Rewind.

''Sweepstakes: you’re a winner. Collect your little plastic prize at the counter. There’s a lot of rubbish that gets dangled in front of people on this Earth. Making people feel like a winner is one of the best ways of hooking them in.''"

Trivia

 * Murdoc originally called this song "Salmon on Rye with No Title, To Go". It's unclear why he changed it.
 * For an unknown reason, this is the only Plastic Beach song without an official instrumental.