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Gorillaz album artwork
Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix) is a remix of the song Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz made by DJ Ed Case from Middle Row Records and features vocals by Sweetie Irie. It was originally released as part of a 3-track 12" promo vinyl titled The UK Garage Remixes in late 2000 and was later featured as a B-side to the single release of Clint Eastwood and then as a bonus track (hidden on the initial CD pressings) of the band's self-titled debut album, Gorillaz.
Background Information[]
12" promo
The remix gained much popularity upon its release and quickly became the more well known version of the song in England, being played in dance clubs all across the country (especially in West London) at a time when 2-step garage reached its peak in popularity.
Its debut performance during a sound system by Middle Row at Notting Hill Carnival on the 28th of August 2000, which happened only three days after it was recorded and produced, predates even the release of the Tomorrow Comes Today EP (Gorillaz' first commercial release). On its vinyl release, two other remixes were featured: Slow Country (Curtis Lynch Jr. Remix), made by producer and musician Curtis Lynch Jr. featuring rapper Spragga Benz (also released on Acetate format at the same day of the festival) and Tomorrow Comes Today (Carl H. Remix) (also known as 'Middle Row Remix') made by the owner of Middle Row Records, Carl Humphrey (better known as Carl H.).
Lyrics[]
[Sweetie Irie]
Wh-whoa
Dis the one you call Sweetie Irie
Alongside a man called Ed Case
With the Gorillaz
The refix ya na see it
Na na na all right
Na na na oh
It's a middle row ting
Cha
[2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Sweetie Irie]
Ah ah ah ah, give 'em something, ah ah
Ah ah ah ah, bend around, ah ah
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Oh, have pretty clothes fi di car
Oh, boy dem see mi new Rolex
Time to get the sergeant vexed
So me go seh oh, babylon ah carry it dense
Oh, them all ah watch ingredients
Oh, jewellery see diamonds and pearl
Oh, the baller brought you red rose, girl
Oh, come on, we're makin' money
Oh, babylon ah chat to me funny
Oh, true, they say the leng sells cheap
That'll get the Sergeant weak
So me go seh
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Music is from the street
Designed to make you move your feet, mmm
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Na na na
Na na na, oh
[2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Sweetie Irie]
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Have pretty clothes fi di car
[2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
[Sweetie Irie]
It's a middle row ting, cha
Uh uh uh
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Music is from the street
Designed to make you move your feet, mmm
Feed my 'motion
Feel my 'motion
Na na na
Na na na, oh
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Oh, true, man ah make 'nuff dough
Oh, babylon deh everywhere me go
Oh, true, man ah live like star
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Have pretty clothes fi di car, so me go seh
Have pretty clothes fi di car
[2-D]
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
I ain't happy, I'm feeling glad
I got sunshine, in a bag
I'm useless, but not for long
The future is coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
It's coming on, it's coming on
Video[]
Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix)
Full version of the refix
Trivia[]
- The edited version of the refix, named Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix) (Edit) became the most well-known version of the remix, as the full version of it was only featured on the US and a few other versions of the Gorillaz album apart from its vinyl release, while the edited one was included as a hidden track on most international releases. The edited version was also the one posted to the Official Gorillaz Youtube Channel instead of the full one.
- The lyrics for the refix were based on the Ed Case and Sweetie Irie song "Who?", which was also played on the Notting Hill Carnival that same sound system.
- The refix got its own promotional video, made by Middle Row Records, which was an edited version of the Clint Eastwood Music Video to make 2-D's scenes on the video match his voice on the refix. As Del The Funky Homosapien's verses were not included on the refix, Del The Ghost Rapper also doesn't appear in the video. It can be seen (at a very low quality) here.
- The refix played as background music for a PBS Kids GO bumper.