Feel Good Inc.

"Feel Good Inc."
The song's title written on the back of a shirt
Single by Gorillaz featuring De La Soul
from the album Demon Days
B-side
  • "Spitting Out the Demons"
  • "Bill Murray"
  • "68 State"
Released9 May 2005 (2005-05-09)
Studio
  • Kong (Essex, England)
  • 13 (London, England)
Genre
Length
  • 3:42 (album version)
  • 3:28 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Gorillaz singles chronology
"Lil' Dub Chefin'"
(2002)
"Feel Good Inc."
(2005)
"Dare"
(2005)
De La Soul singles chronology
"Rock Co.Kane Flow"
(2004)
"Feel Good Inc."
(2005)
"Thou Shalt Always Kill"
(2009)
Music video
"Feel Good Inc." on YouTube

"Feel Good Inc." is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring American hip-hop group De La Soul. Released on 9 May 2005 as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Demon Days, the single peaked at No. 2 in the United Kingdom and No. 14 in the United States, topping the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for eight consecutive weeks and appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end rankings for both 2005 and 2006. The song peaked within the top 10 in 16 countries, reaching No. 1 in Spain, Poland and Greece, and has been certified five times platinum in Canada and triple-platinum in the United Kingdom.

The song was listed in Pitchfork Media and Rolling Stone's Best Songs of the 2000s. "Feel Good Inc." was nominated for three Grammys at the 2006 Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, ultimately winning for Best Pop Collaboration.[6] Popdose ranked it 26th on their list of 100 best songs of the decade.[7]

  1. ^ The following describe the song as "alternative rock":
    • "Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit From Worst to Best – Consequence of Sound". Consequence.net. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
    • "11 essential Gorillaz tracks". Time Out Dubai. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha (28 November 2005). "Damon's Day". The New Yorker. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. ^ Rolling Stone Staff (17 June 2011). "100 Best Songs of the 2000s". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 November 2022. ...this seamless merger of Damon Albarn's melancholy Britpop and De La Soul's head-bobbing hip-hop...
  4. ^ Kreps, Daniel (2009). "Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, Rush Join "Guitar Hero 5 " Lineup". Rolling Stone.
  5. ^ "They're coming back: Gorillaz' greatest tracks, ranked". Gigwise. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Grammy Award Winners 2005". Grammy Awards. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  7. ^ "The popdose 100: 100 best songs of the decade". Popdose. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2015.