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"Hallelujah Money" is a song by British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz, featuring Benjamin Clementine. The song was released on 19 January 2017. The song marks the group's musical comeback, and their first musical release since 2012's "DoYaThing". "Hallelujah Money" is a political song with gospel-style vocals on top of avant garde/electronic music. The song features English artist and musician Benjamin Clementine, marking Clementine's first collaboration with Gorillaz.

Music video

The music video was uploaded to the UPROXX official YouTube channel on 19 January 2017. The video has Clementine singing in a gold-plated elevator, and features a cameo from Gorillaz lead singer 2D, who appears in puppet form at various points through the song. Various video clips, including from Animal Farm, Fantastic Planet, Village of the Damned, a spaghetti western starring Clint Eastwood, CCTV footage of an evil clown, documentary footage of tribal dancers, and a procession wearing white capirotes, are projected behind Clementine. The video ends abruptly with a clip from the episode "Karate Choppers" of the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, although this is not present on the album version.

Personnel

• Damon Albarn – vocals, synthesizer, programming
• Benjamin Clementine – vocals
• The Twilite Tone – drums
• John Davis – mastering engineer, engineering
• Stephen Sedgwick – engineering, mixing engineer
• Samuel Egglenton – assistant
• KT Pipal – assistant
• The Humanz (Rasul A-Salaam, Starr Busby, Melanie J-B Charles, Drea D'Nur, Giovanni James, Marcus Anthony Johnson, Janelle Kroll, Brandon Markell Holmes, Imani Vonshà) – additional vocals

References

1. ^ Tim Jonze. "Gorillaz release Hallelujah Money | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
2. ^ "Album Review". 4 June 2017.
3. Strauss, Matthew (19 January 2017). "Gorillaz Return With New Anti-Trump Song and Video "Hallelujah Money": Watch - Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
4. Smith, Thomas (19 January 2017). "New Gorillaz song: 'Hallelujah Money' track review". Nme.com. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
5. Joe Muggs. "Gorillaz v Kendrick Lamar – who won the battle of the surprise drops? | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
6. Rife, Katie (19 January 2017). "Gorillaz return with their first new song in 6 years, "Hallelujah Money"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
7. Geffen, Sasha (19 January 2017). "Gorillaz Break Their Six-Year Silence To Protest Donald Trump's Inauguration". MTV. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.

• 2017 songs
• Gorillaz songs
• Songs written by Damon Albarn
• Gospel songs
• Electronica songs