Désolé (Gorillaz song)

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This article is about the Gorillaz song. For a definition of the term "désolé", see the Wiktionary entry désolé.
"Désolé"
File:Gorillaz - Désolé.png
Single by Gorillaz featuring Fatoumata Diawara
from the album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Language
Released 27 February 2020 (2020-02-27)
Recorded 2019
Genre
Length
  • 3:56 (single version)
  • 5:33 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Gorillaz singles chronology
"Momentary Bliss"
(2020)		 "Désolé"
(2020)		 "Aries"
(2020)
{{{This album}}}
Music video
"Désolé" on YouTube

"Désolé" (English: "Sorry") is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara. The track was released on 27 February 2020 as the second single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez. The song is part of the Song Machine project, which is a web series involving the ongoing release of various Gorillaz tracks featuring different guest musicians over the course of 2020.[4]

Music video

File:2-D Désolé.png
2-D as seen in the video

The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett, Tim McCourt, and Max Taylor, was filmed at Lake Como in Italy and mainly features band members 2-D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs boating with Diawara and Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn after having been transported to the lake via a portal inside Kong Studios, the band's fictional headquarters.[5] Throughout the video, virtual bassist Murdoc Niccals can be seen inside Kong Studios, attempting and failing to cross the portal.[6]

Release

In a press release, fictional band member Russel said of the song's recording: "Making 'Désolé' with Fatou was a real moment for me, you know. She's an African Queen. This lady made the song what it is, beautiful, like life. What can I say about 'Désolé'? They say sorry is the hardest word, but that's not true... Try saying antidisestablishmentarianism with a mouth full of gluten-free cronuts on a speed boat without licking your lips."[6]

Tracklist

No. Title Producers Length
1. "Machine Bitez #4" (with 2-D and Murdoc)   0:35
2. "Désolé" (featuring Fatoumata Diawara)
3:56
3. "Machine Bitez #5" (with 2-D and Fatoumata Diawara)   0:45
Total length:
 5:16

Personnel

Gorillaz

Additional musicians & personnel

  • Fatoumata Diawara – vocals
  • Voice Messengers[lower-alpha 1] – backing vocals
  • James Ford – keyboards, percussion, balafon, drums, zither
  • Davide Rossi – strings, string arranger
  • Alice Pratley – violin
  • Ciara Ismail – violin
  • Izzi Dunn – cello
  • Nicola Hicks – viola
  • Sébastien Blanchon – horn
  • Adrien Libmann – engineering
  • Andrea Fognini – engineering
  • Davide Lasala – engineering
  • John Davis – mastering engineer
  • Nora Fedrigo – engineering
  • Samuel Egglenton – engineering
  • Stephen Sedgwick – mixing engineer, engineering
  • Sylvain Mercier – engineering

Charts

Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[7] 34
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[8] 16

Notes

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  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Gorillaz feat. Fatoumata Diawara – Désolé" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  8. ↑ "Gorillaz – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Gorillaz.


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