Man Research (Clapper)

Man Research (Clapper)
Song Credits
Author(s)	Gorillaz
Songwriter(s)	2-D • Murdoc • Damon Albarn
Producer(s)	Gorillaz • Dan The Automator
Additonal Information	Additional Vocals: Miho Hatori Co-producers and engineers: Tom Girling • Jason Cox Assistant Engineer: Toby Whelan Mastering: Howie Weinberg (album master) • Tim Burrell (LP master)
Samples & Extracts	"In the Hall Of The Mountain Queen" by Raymond ScottW "Styre's Scouting Machine (Approach, Stop, Search, Depart)W" by BBC RecordsW (both uncredited)
Artwork	Jamie Hewlett • Zombie Flesh Eaters
Overview
Also Known As	Man Research
Type	A-side track
Album	Gorillaz
Phase	1
Released	26 March 2001
Recorded	1998-2000
Studio(s)	Kong Studios, Essex Studio 13, London Geejam Studios, Jamaica
Format	CD • Vinyl • Cassette • Streaming • Digital Download
Genre	Electronic • Lo-fi • Trip Hop
Length	4:30
Language	English
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This is a breakfast clubW!

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Man Research (Clapper) is the sixth track on Gorillaz' 2001 album Gorillaz.

Recording

Russel Hobbs mentioned that the track had a real hallucinogenic quality to it. Murdoc added to this comment that it sounded as if someone had been at the ether bottle that day.

2-D layered up a collage of vocals which created his own call-and-response anthem, bouncing between jubilant falsetto and a knackered-out croak.

The song opened on a backdrop of crickets and an intro reminiscent of The Clash^W's "Straight To Hell^W" and then went into the middle of a swampy lysergic dub.

Lyrics

This is a breakfast club!

Bring me coffee in the know
See the taboo on the sand
I got sunshine, I got you, aae, yae, yae yae
I can’t hear nothin’ life can do
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)
La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la

Bring me junkie in the lawn
He said nothing in the tub
To kill the model from my door, oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Must kill the model from my door

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)
La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la

To kill the model from my door, oh yeah
Must kill the model from my door
From my door
From my door

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) (La-la, la-la...)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) (La-la, la-la...)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) (La-la, la-la...)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) (La-la, la-la...)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) (La-la, la-la...)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) (La-la, la-la...)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) (La-la, la-la...)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) (La-la, la-la...)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(You're here, you're here)

Video

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Official Audio

Man Research (Clapper) (Official Visual)

Live Visual

Trivia

• The song samples "In the Hall Of The Mountain Queen" by Raymond Scott.
  • The song's album is titled "Manhattan Research, Inc.^W", which was the inspiration for Man Research (Clapper)'s title.
• It is simply addressed to as "Man Research" on the Live at the Forum, 2001 LP.
• This song matches perfectly with the DoYaThing music video in a number of ways.
• The Spacemonkeyz Remix of the song is called Monkey Racket.
• Clint Eastwood transitions into this song, but only on specific CDs as on other CDs the last second is cut for some reason.
• The beginning of the song features a high pitch electronic noise, that can be heard throughout the song. A very similar noise is used for the Robot creature in the 1975 Doctor Who^W episode “The Sontaran Experiment^W”. In this episode, the main villain, the Sontaran “Styre”, focuses on experimenting on human test subjects. This coincidentally also connects to the name of this song “Man Research”.