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{{Infobox Song
|title1=DARE
|image1=<gallery>
DAREDareRefix.png|Artwork
Gorillazdemondays.jpg|Album
DareCDSingle.png|Single
</gallery>
|author=[[Gorillaz]]
|featured=[[Shaun Ryder]]
|songwriter=[[Noodle]] • [[Damon Albarn]] • [[Jamie Hewlett]] • [[Brian Burton]] • Shaun Ryder
|producer=Gorillaz • [[Danger Mouse]]
|others=
*Vocals: [[Rosie Wilson]]
*Additional Vocals: Damon Albarn
*Additional production: [[Jason Cox]] • [[James Dring]]
*Engineering: Jason Cox
*Programming: Danger Mouse • James Dring
*Assistance: [[Steve Sedgwick]]
*Mastering: [[Howie Weinberg]]
|samples=
*''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGcU-bezNk Medium Excited Teenage Crowd Take 1]'' from The Premiere Edition 14 by The Hollywood Edge Sound Effects Library
* Uncredited drum sample from "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIlSPkOhTc0 Christmas Rappin']" by {{W|Kurtis Blow}}
* Uncredited drum sample from "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DekUkZKbz9M The Sound Of Music (Extended Remix)]" by {{W|Dayton (band)|Dayton}}
|type=Single/A-side track
|album=''[[Demon Days (album)|Demon Days]]''
|bside=
* ''[[Samba At 13]]''
* ''[[People]]''
* ''[[Highway (Under Construction)]]''
|edits= ''[[DARE (Radio Edit)|Radio Edit]]'' • Album Edit
|phase=2
|released= 
* 11 May 2005
* 29 August 2005 (single)
|recorded=March 3rd-Nov 28th 2004
|studio=
*[[Kong Studios]], Essex
*[[Studio 13]], London
|format=CD • DVD • Vinyl • Cassette • Streaming 
|genre=Disco • Funk • Electropop
|length=
* 4:04 (Album Version)
* 3:33 (Radio Edit)
* 3:16 (Album Edit)
|language=English
|artwork=[[Jamie Hewlett]] • [[Zombie Flesh Eaters]]
|previous= <nowiki></nowiki>
''[[White Light]]
|next= <nowiki></nowiki>
''[[Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head (song)|Fire Coming Out Of The Monkey's Head]]
|prevsingle = <nowiki></nowiki>
''[[Feel Good Inc. (song)|Feel Good Inc.]]
|nextsingle = <nowiki></nowiki>
''[[Dirty Harry]]
}}
{{Quote|Never did no harm, never did no harm...}}
'''DARE''' (挑戦 ''chōsen'' in Japanese) is the twelfth track and second single on [[Gorillaz]]' 2005 album, ''[[Demon Days]].'' It features vocals by [[Shaun Ryder]] and lead vocals provided by [[Noodle]], voiced by [[Rosie Wilson]].

==Information==
As soon as ''Demon Days'' leaked, fans and critics were picking "DARE" as having 'single' written all over it. It was a surprise to nobody when it was plucked from the album to be the follow-up to the smash hit "[[Feel Good Inc.]]" "DARE" crashed into the UK charts at #1, becoming the first Gorillaz single to do so.

Bonus tracks were spread generously over the 3 formats in the UK, the standouts being the excellent "[[Highway (Under Construction)]]" and the early version of "DARE", "[[People]]". Several big-name remixers were enlisted to corner every possible DJ angle, resulting in some interesting takes on the song (some of these were available on promos and as legal downloads only).

All in all, "DARE" represented an excellent package for the fans; and with its catchy lines and stunning [[DARE (Video)|video]], the title song was also a deserved hit worldwide.

==Recording==
===Real Life Backstory===
{{Quote|So my story is, Damon gets on the beat and he gets the tune going, and I go in and I'm trying to get the cans to get in me ears and go, 'It's going up, It's going up, It's going up,' and then go 'It's THERE!'|Shaun Ryder|recording DARE<ref name=XFM>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/gorillaz/watch-shaun-ryder-story-gorillaz-dare-track|title=Shaun Ryder Tells The Story Behind Gorillaz's Dare|website=Radio X|date=1 November 2017|accessdate=4 March 2025}}</ref>}}


According to [[Murdoc]] in the ''[[We Are The Dury]]'' interview CD, the band had to change the song's title from "It's There" to "DARE" due to Shaun singing the lyrics "incorrectly" because of his accent.<ref>"[[We Are The Dury/Transcript#18. There’s an interesting story about how the next track, Dare, got its title…|18. There’s an interesting story about how the next track, Dare, got its title…]]", ''We Are The Dury'', April 2005.</ref> This was later partially re-stated by commentator {{W|Chris Evans (commentator)|Chris Evans}} during the {{W|Brit Awards 2006|2006 BRIT Awards}}, leading to the popular misconception. The name's origin was later debunked by Ryder himself during a {{W|Radio X (United Kingdom)|Radio X}} interview, stating that there were no initial lyrics or title to begin with since the chorus was an outtake.<ref name=XFM /> Interestingly, an unmastered promo CD of ''Demon Days'' can be found with the track titled "It's There" instead of "DARE".<ref name=DDP>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7926263-Gorillaz-Demon-Days|title=Gorillaz – Demon Days – CD (Album, Promo), 2005|work=Discogs|accessdate=7 January 2025}}</ref>

===Virtual Band Backstory===
"DARE" was created as an ode to the Manchester electronic club scene of the 80s, therefore the band wanted someone from that background to sing it. Murdoc asked if his old friend, {{W|Happy Mondays}} singer Shaun Ryder, could lay down the vocals for the track one night when they were at a drinking club in Soho. It was only until a month later that the band went on to record the song, due to both Murdoc and Shaun immediately forgetting the idea, with the only thing reminding Murdoc of the exchange being the bar-bill he found in his pocket from that night.<ref> {{cite web|title=noodle|website=ireallylovemusic.co.uk|url=http://ireallylovemusic.co.uk/interviews/noodle.html|accessdate=3 March 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051016015643/http://ireallylovemusic.co.uk/interviews/noodle.html|archivedate=16 October 2005}}</ref> Similarly to the chorus' real life backstory, Shaun was stuck in the recording booth and wasn't able to hear the rest of the band. The events that succeeded were described as a "happy accident", as Ryder inadvertently created the song's chorus when asking the band to turn his headphones up.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Cass|last=Browne|coauthors=Gorillaz|title=[[Rise Of The Ogre]]|page=199|date=26 October 2006|publisher=Penguin Group|isbn=1-59448-931-9}}</ref>

{{Quote|It sounded so good that we decided to use that bit for the chorus. And I think you'll find, even by accident, it's actually a killer chorus.|Murdoc Niccals, ''[[Rise Of The Ogre]]''.}}

===DARE Bananaz Recording Snippet===
[[File: Gorillaz - Recording DARE (Bananaz)]]

==Music Video==
[[File:DareMV.png|thumb|right|360px]]
{{Main Article|DARE (Music Video)}}

The music video for ''DARE'' was released on the 29st of August 2005 along with the single itself. It was directed by [[Jamie Hewlett]] & [[Pete Candeland]] and was produced/animated by film production company [[Passion Pictures]].

The music video stars Noodle, who re-animates [[Shaun Ryder's Disembodied Head|Shaun Ryder's disembodied head]] in her room and starts singing with him. It features many references to classic horror movies throughout, such as {{W|Alfred Hitchcock}}'s ''{{W|The Birds (film)|The Birds}}'', ''{{W|The Exorcist}}'', and ''{{W|Ring (film)|Ringu}}''.

==Lyrics==
{{Lyrics
|content=<poem>
[Shaun Ryder, ''Noodle'']:
It's coming up, It's coming up, It's coming up
It's coming up, It's coming up, It's coming up
It's DARE (''Uh'')

It's DARE

[Noodle & 2-D]:
You've got to press it on you
You just think it, that's what you do baby
Hold it down there
Jump with them all, and move it
Jump back and forth
And feel like you were there yourself
Work it out

[Shaun Ryder, ''Noodle'']:
Never did no harm
Never did no harm
It's DARE
It's coming up, It's coming up, It's coming up
It's coming up, It's coming up
It's DARE (''Uh'')

[Noodle, 2-D & ''with Shaun Ryder'']:
You've got to press it on you
You just think it ''that's what you do baby''
Hold it down there
Jump with them all, and move it
Jump back and forth
''And feel like you were there yourself
Work it out''

[Shaun Ryder, ''Noodle'']:
Never did no harm
Never did no harm
It's DARE
It's coming up, It's coming up, It's coming up
It's coming up, It's coming up
It's DARE 

Never did no harm
Never did no harm
It's DARE
It's coming up, It's coming up, It's coming up
It's coming up, It's coming up
It's DARE (''Uh'')

[Noodle, 2-D & ''with Shaun Ryder'']:
You've got to press it on you
You just think it, ''that's what you do baby
Hold it down there''
Jump with them all and move it
Jump back and forth
''And feel like you were there yourself
''Work it out

''You've got to press it on you
''You just keep think it, that's what you do baby
''Hold it down there
''Jump with them all, and move it
''Jump back and forth
''And feel like you were there yourself
''Work it out
</poem>
}}
<ref>"The Singles Collection 2001-2011 [Japanese standard edition]", TOCP-71211, booklet pp.19-20</ref>

==Single Formats==
<tabber>
|-|Commercial Releases=
===CD1===
# "DARE"
# "[[Clint Eastwood]]" (Live Featuring [[De La Soul]] and [[Bootie Brown]])

===CD2===

# "DARE"
# "[[Highway (Under Construction)]]"
# "[[DARE (Soulwax Remix)]]"

===DVD===

# "[[DARE (Music Video)]]"
# "[[People]]"
# "[[Samba At 13]]"
# "DARE (Animatic)"

===Australian limited-edition CD===

# "DARE"
# "Highway (Under Construction)"
# "DARE (Soulwax Remix)"
# "[[Feel Good Inc.]]"
# "DARE (Music Video)"


|-|Promos=
===UK/US Promo CD===
# "[[DARE (Radio Edit)]]"

===UK Remixes CD===

#"DARE (Radio Edit)"
#"DARE (Soulwax Remix)"
#"DARE (DFA Remix)"
#"[[DARE (Dare Refix)]]"

===US Mixes CD===
#"DARE (Album Edit)"
#"DARE (Dave Audé Edit)"
#"DARE (Chab Radio Edit)"
#"DARE (JRSNCHZ Blocrok Mix)"
#"DARE (Soulwax Remix)"
#"DARE (Dave Audé Club Mix)"
#"DARE (Chab Remix)"
#"DARE (JRSNCHZ Blokroxtra Mix)"
#"DARE (JRSNCHZ Apesh*t Mix)"
#"DARE (Pollyn Remix)"
#"DARE (DFA Remix)"
#"DARE (Album Version)"

===UK 12" Promo Vinyl===
# "DARE" [A1]
# "DARE (Soulwax Remix)" [A2]
# "[[DARE (DFA Remix)]]" [B]

===US 12" Promo Vinyl 1===
# "DARE (DFA Remix)" [A]
# "DARE (Soulwax Remix)" [B1]
# "DARE (Pollyn Remix)" [B2]


===US 12" Promo Vinyl 2===

#"DARE (Dave Audé Club Mix)" [A1]
#"DARE (JRSNCHZ Apesh*t Remix)" [A2]
#"DARE (Chab Remix)" [B1]
#"DARE (JRSNCHZ Blockrok Mix)" [B2]


</tabber>

==Release Information==
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 800px; font-size: small; text-align: center"
! Region
! Date
! Format(s)
! Catalog #
! Label
! Chart positions
|-
|rowspan="5"|United Kingdom
|rowspan="3"|29 August 2005
|CD1
|CDR 6668
|rowspan="5"|[[Parlophone]] / [[EMI]]
|rowspan="5"|#1
|-
|CD2
|CDRS 6668
|-
|DVD
|DVDR 6668
|-
|rowspan="2"|July 2005
|CD Promo
|CDRDJ 6668
|-
|12" Promo
|12RDJ 6668
|-
|rowspan="4"|US
|rowspan="4"|November/December 2005
|rowspan="2"|CD Promo
|N/A
|rowspan="4"|[[Virgin Records]]
|rowspan="4"|#87
|-
|00946 3 31066 2 8
|-
|rowspan="2"|12" Promo
|GORILLAZ 1
|-
|GORILLAZ 2
|-
|rowspan="2"|Japan
|7 September 2005
|eCD
|rowspan="2"|TOCP-61104
|rowspan="2"|Toshiba / EMI Records Japan
|rowspan="2"|—
|-
|2005
|eCD Promo
|-
|rowspan="2"|Australia
|rowspan="2"|5 September 2005
|eCD
|3352540
|rowspan="2"|Capitol / EMI Records Australia
|rowspan="2"|#11
|-
|Ltd. eCD
|3404600
|-
|rowspan="3"|Europe
|rowspan="4"|<span style="cursor: help; border-bottom: 1px dotted;" title="31 August 2005 in Finland and Sweden">August 2005</span>
|CD
|0946 3 31986 2
|rowspan="3"|Capitol / EMI
|rowspan="3"|#4 {{note|Eurochart}}
|-
|eCD
|0946 3 31987 2 2
|-
|rowspan="2"|CD Promo
|N/A
|-
|Brazil
|0946 3 31066 2
|EMI Records Brazil
|—
|-
|}

==Video==
[[File:Gorillaz - DARE (Official Video)|thumb|500px|center]]

==Trivia==
*"DARE" is [[2-D]]'s favourite song on ''Demon Days''.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 June 2019|title=Gorillaz Interview Kit|url=https://youtu.be/u9P5LntdxhA?si=7Kt4j0wgWFmRX5KT&t=133|accessdate=3 January 2025|time=2:13|publisher=Lily Townsend}}</ref>
* At some point before its release, this track was titled "''It's There''".<ref name=DDP/>
*"DARE" is not just Gorillaz' only UK number one single to date, but also Shaun Ryder's. Although he had success in both ''{{W|Happy Mondays}}'' and ''{{W|Black Grape}}'', neither band ever had a number one single.
*The song features a sample of ''Medium Excited Teenage Crowd Take 1'' from The Premiere Edition 14 by The Hollywood Edge, which was also used in {{W|Daft Punk}}'s "''{{W|Revolution 909}}''". 
**It is currently unknown if ''DARE'' specifically takes Daft Punk's use of ''Medium Excited Teenage Crowd Take 1'' in "Revolution 909", or the direct sample.
==Gallery==
[[File:Dare DVD Menu|thumb|center|330px]]
<gallery position="center">
Dare (CD1) Front.png|Full front cover for CD1.
Gorillaz - Dare.png|Front Cover for CD2.
Dare (CD2) Front.png|Full front cover CD2.
Dare (CD2) Back.png|Back cover for CD2.
DARE DVD Cover.png|Front Cover for the DVD release.
Dare DVD Front.png|Full front cover for the DVD release.
Dare DVD Back.png|Back cover for the DVD release.
Dare Promo CD Front.jpg|Front cover for the promo CD.
Dare Promo CD Back.jpg|Back cover for the promo CD.
</gallery>

==References==
<references />

==Navigation==
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