Friday 13th (song)
2020 single by Gorillaz featuring Octavian
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"Friday 13th" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring French-British rapper Octavian. The track was released on 9 June 2020 as the fifth single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, and the fourth episode of the Song Machine project, a web series which involved the release of various Gorillaz tracks featuring different guest musicians over the course of 2020.[3]
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| Single by Gorillaz featuring Octavian | ||||
| from the album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez | ||||
| Released | 9 June 2020 | |||
| Studio | Studio 13 (London, UK) | |||
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| Length | 3:35 | |||
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| "Friday 13th" on YouTube | ||||
Music video
The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett, Tim McCourt, and Max Taylor, was recorded while Gorillaz' virtual members were in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic and features their likenesses, which are noticeably scarred and bruised which Jamie Hewlett stated was the result of their fight in the music video for "Aries",[4] as well as footage of Octavian performing the track set against footage of moving roads and tunnels.[5] The video ends with a quote from playwright James Baldwin.
Track listing
Personnel
Gorillaz
- Damon Albarn – vocals, instrumentation, director, bass, keyboards, guitar
- Jamie Hewlett – artwork, character design, video direction
- Remi Kabaka Jr. – drum programming
Additional musicians and personnel
- Octavian – vocals
- John Davis – mastering engineer
- Samuel Egglenton – engineering
- Stephen Sedgwick – mixing engineer, engineering
Charts
| Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[6] | 49 |