19 2000 and Feel Good inc. by the Gorillaz 19 2000 was originally a rather minimalist (and somewhat dull) rap with the gimmick of a cartoon voice (rather than an angry, heavy bass vocal), a club remix became a huge dance hit at the turn of the century and turned Gorillaz into a household name, both because of how catchy the melody and lyric are and because so few people who love the song seem to know its title - and those who do have no idea why it's called "19-2000." Well, here's the answer: Murdoc Nickels, who operates as the leader of the virtual band said: "I wrote this around the end of the last millennium, as the clocks were changing and the 21st century was dawning. A new age was upon us. It would be ridiculous for the occasion to go unmarked by a band as forward thinking and iconic as Gorillaz. I just needed a title that reflected that change. 19/2000 fitted the bill. It was that or 'Millennium' and that's a s--t name for a song." For anyone who doesn't know the song by its title, it's the one that starts with rapping about a monkey in the jungle watching a paper trail, followed by a momma telling her kids they have to make their own shoes, and then ramps up to a chorus of "Get the cool! Get the cool shoeshine!" This samples "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone. Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club provided backing vocals on this track. Trugoy the Dove from De La Soul is the rapper on Feel Good inc.. Damon Albarn does the rest of the vocals in character as 2D. At the 2006 Grammy Awards, this won for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. The song is a throwback to the days of answering machines when callers would wait for the beep and leave a message on a microcassette. After the line: And all I wanna hear is the message beep My dreams, they got her kissing, 'cause I don't get sleep We hear a beep, followed by the first chorus ("Windmill, windmill for the land..."), which is distorted with tape hiss as if we are listening to the message. That's Trugoy the Dove's De La Soul bandmate PA Pasemaster Mase laughing. He explained to The Guardian that people have always found his guffawing contagious. Mase showcased his laughter on De La Soul's 2000 track "U Don't Wanna BDS," where it worked well. One night, during the performance, Mase giggled and chuckled throughout the entire song, and his De La Soul colleague Posdnuos commented, "He just comes out and laughs and gets a standing ovation." "When we did the Gorillaz record," he added, "Damon whispered the rhyme in my ear and I knew exactly where he wanted me to laugh." Writers: Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett 19 2000 The world is spinning too fast I'm buying lead Nike shoes To keep myself tethered To the days I've tried to lose My mama said to slow down You must make your own shoes Stop dancing to the music Of Gorillaz in a happy mood Keeping my groove on They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump Here you go, get the cool Get the cool shoeshine Get the cool Get the cool shoeshine Get the cool Get the cool shoeshine Get the cool Get the cool shoeshine There's a monkey in the jungle Watching a vapor trail Caught up in the conflict Between his brain and his tail And if time's elimination Then we got nothing to lose Please repeat the message It's the music that we choose Keeping my groove on They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump (la-la, la-la) They do the bump Okay, bring it down here We'll come back out Get the cool Get the cool shoeshine Get the cool Get the cool shoeshine Get the cool Get the cool shoeshine Get the cool Get the cool shoeshine They do the bump They do the bump They do the bump They do the bump Feel Good Inc. Writers: Brian Burton, Damon Albarn, David Jolicoeur, Jamie Hewlett Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, feel good Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good Sha, sha-ba-da, sha-ba-da-ca, feel good (Change) sha, sha (change) ba-da (change), sha-ba-da-ca, (change) feel good (Change) sha, sha (change) ba-da (change), sha-ba-da-ca, (change) feel good City's breaking down on a camel's back They just have to go 'cause they don't know whack So while you fill the streets, it's appealing to see You won't get undercounted 'cause you're damned and free You got a new horizon, it's ephemeral style A melancholy town where we never smile And all I wanna hear is the message beep My dreams, they got her kissing, 'cause I don't get sleep, no Windmill, windmill for the land Turn forever hand in hand text limit

"Factory Girl" is a song by the Rolling Stones which appears on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. It is very similar to an Appalachian folk tune, especially due to its minimal arrangement, featuring Mick Jagger on vocals, Keith Richards on acoustic guitar, Rocky Dijon on conga drums, Ric Grech of Family on fiddle/violin, Dave Mason on Mandolin and Charlie Watts on tabla. On his performance, Watts said in 2003, "On 'Factory Girl', I was doing something you shouldn't do, which is playing the tabla with sticks instead of trying to get that sound using your hand, which Indian tabla players do, though it's an extremely difficult technique and painful if you're not trained." The song is composed of lyrics musing on the singer's relationship with a young woman, all while he is waiting for her to come out to meet him; Waiting for a girl who's got curlers in her hair Waiting for a girl, she has no money anywhere We get buses everywhere, waiting for a factory girl Richards said of the song in 2003, "To me 'Factory Girl' felt something like 'Molly Malone', an Irish jig; one of those ancient Celtic things that emerge from time to time, or an Appalachian song. In those days I would just come up and play something, sitting around the room. I still do that today. If Mick gets interested I'll carry on working on it; if he doesn't look interested, I'll drop it, leave it and say, 'I'll work on it and maybe introduce it later.'" Jagger countered, saying, "The country songs, like 'Factory Girl' or 'Dear Doctor' on Beggars Banquet were really pastiche. There's a sense of humour in country music anyway, a way of looking at life in a humorous kind of way - and I think we were just acknowledging that element of the music. The 'country' songs we recorded later, like "Dead Flowers" on Sticky Fingers or "Far Away Eyes" on Some Girls are slightly different. The actual music is played completely straight, but it's me who's not going legit with the whole thing, because I think I'm a blues singer not a country singer." Jim Beviglia ranked "Factory Girl" the 163rd best Rolling Stones song in Counting Down the Rolling Stones: Their 100 Finest Songs. Paste commented, "The Rolling Stones did an impressive job stepping outside their usual rockers to create this folk number" and ranked it 29th in its Top 50 Rolling Stones songs. Rolling Stone ranked it 91st in its countdown of the band's top 100 songs, calling it an "oddity that feels like a country song yet incorporates tablas, mandolins and a fiddle solo." The song has been performed live in 1990, 1997 and 2013. A live recording from the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour made its way onto the 1991 live album Flashpoint. The song was also featured during the 1997 Bridges to Babylon Tour It was played in Los Angeles on 3 May 2013 and then a version of the song with different lyrics called "Glastonbury Girl" was performed at the Glastonbury festival on 29 June 2013. Mick Jagger – vocals Keith Richards – acoustic guitar Charlie Watts – tabla Rocky Dijon – conga drum Dave Mason – mandolin Ric Grech – violin "Factory Girl" Waiting for a girl who's got curlers in her hair Waiting for a girl she has no money anywhere We get buses everywhere Waiting for a factory girl Waiting for a girl and her knees are much too fat Waiting for a girl who wears scarves instead of hats Her zipper's broken down the back Waiting for a factory girl Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night She's a sight for sore eyes Waiting for a factory girl Waiting for a girl she's got stains all down her dress Waiting for a girl and my feet are getting wet She ain't come out yet Waiting for a factory girl