Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (Official Video)
The official music video for the Gorillaz song Feel Good Inc, lead single of the band's second album Demon Days. It was released on 9 May 2005 along with the single itself and was produced and animated by film production company Passion Pictures.
Synopsis[]
It appears to be morning, after a night of riotous partying in the tower of 'Feel Good Inc.', an immense edifice, above a futuristic industrialized city. 2-D wakes up and starts singing the song through a megaphone, while Murdoc plays the bass guitar and Russel joins in on drums. De La Soul appear on television displays on the walls and do their rap. Outside, Noodle's floating windmill island floats past, with Noodle playing the acoustic guitar. 2D looks up longingly at it through the window of the tower. The floating windmill is chased by helicopters which later in the El Mañana (Video) is shot down supposedly killing Noodle.
Other Versions[]
Animatic[]
Other than the unfinished drawings and animations from the animatic, it doesn't have many notable differences from the final version of the music video.
Band Commentary[]
- Main Article: Feel Good Inc. (Band Commentary)
The original commentary version of the music video features spoken word by the four band members narrating the process of recording and producing the video as well as its many inspirations. It was featured on the bonus DVD from the limited edition of Demon Days. It was also later uploaded to Gorillaz' official YouTube channel on the 16th of January 2010.
Murdoc's Commentary[]
On the 26th of April 2022, a commentary edition of the music video by band member Murdoc Niccals was posted to Gorillaz' official YouTube channel, as part of a series of commentaries on some of the band's music videos.
Availability[]
Music Video[]
- DVD release of the Feel Good Inc. single;
- Demon Days Limited Edition DVD;
- Phase Two: Slowboat To Hades DVD;
- The Singles Collection 2001-2011 Deluxe Version DVD;
- Official EMI Music YouTube channel (currently unlisted);
- Official Gorillaz YouTube channel.
Animatic[]
- Demon Days Limited Edition Bonus DVD;
- Phase Two: Slowboat To Hades DVD;
- Official Gorillaz YouTube channel.
Band Commentary[]
- Demon Days Deluxe Version bonus DVD;
- Official Gorillaz YouTube channel.
Murdoc's Commentary[]
- Official Gorillaz YouTube channel.
Credits[]
- Directors: Jamie Hewlett & Pete Candeland
- Executive Producer: Andrew Ruhemann
- Producers: Emilie Walmsley & Cara Speller
- 2D Animation: Robert Valley, Heath Kenny, Rikke Asbjorn
- Key Assistant to Director: David Burns
- Animation Assistants: Miles Peters, Brent Odell, Jonathan Wren, Gail Walton, Richard Wake, Gerry Gallego, Rachel Glodowski
- FX Animators: Simon Swales, Barney Russell
- FX Assistants: Mikolaj Watt, Sky Bone, Jane Wright, Katerina Kremasioti, Monica Brufton
- Toonz: Phil Holder, Tim King, Megs White Dore
- Art Direction: Daniel Cacouault
- Matte Painter: Christobal de Oliveira
- Creative Assistant: Paul Cheshire
- Technician: Tony Clarke
- 2D Co-ordination: Jen Nunn, David Burns
- CG Animation: Wesley Coman
- CG Supervisors: Chris Hemming, Antoine Moulineau
- CG Modellers: Stuart Rowbottom, Adam Sharp, David Usher
- CG Lighting: Adam Sharp
- CG Effects: Lukasz Pazera
- Senior Compositor: Johnny
- Still Compositing: Niamh Lines, Cassiano Prado, Ed Salkeld
- Technical Director: Mark Wilson
- 3D Co-ordination: Emma Philips
- DoP (live action shots) Richard Stewart
- Camera Operator: Richard Stewart
- Producer (live action) Russell McLean
- Make Up: Cecile Nonon
- Editor: Jamie Ford
- Post Production: Rushes
- VFX Artists: Duncan Malcolm, Marcus Wood, Brian Carbin
- Rushes Producer: Carl Grinter
Videos[]
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Feel Good Inc. is the only Gorillaz music video to have two different commentary versions.
- The music video for Feel Good Inc. began production in early 2005 and was first shown at the SXSW FestivalW in Austin, Texas on 17 March.[1] It officially premiered in the US on 28 March on MTVUW and on 1 April in the UK on The Top of the PopsW.[2]
- Eleven years later, in 2016, it was re-uploaded to the band's YouTube channel in full resolution with cleaner audio.
- The flying windmill island is heavily inspired by MiyazakiW's Castle In the SkyW which Jamie has cited as one of his main influences in interviews.[3]
- Russel's cap spots the ENCOM logo. ENCOM is the name of the fictional computer enterprise from Disney's TRON-franchise.
- A small portion of the song A Fistful Of Peanuts by the Spacemonkeyz is heard at the start of the video.
- On 2-D's megaphone you can see the "I ❤ Yoko" sticker, referring to Japanese avant-garde artist and John LennonW's widow, Yoko OnoW.
- The same inscription is later scratched out on 2-D's helmet in the Dirty Harry music video.
References[]
- ↑ "Albarn Bows New Gorillaz CD In Austin". Billboard (18 March 2005). Retrieved on 8 May 2025.
- ↑ gorillaz_news (24 March 2005). "'Feel Good Inc' video premiere information and pictures (UPDATED)". fans.gorillaz.com. gorillaz-news.livejournal.com. Retrieved on 8 May 2025.
- ↑ Kermode, Mark (20 July 2008). "The year of the monkey". The Guardian. Retrieved on 8 May 2025.