Aries (song)
{{Short description|2020 single by Gorillaz featuring Peter Hook and Georgia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Aries
| cover = Aries single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Gorillaz featuring Peter Hook and Georgia
| album = Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
| B-side =
| released = {{Start date|2020|04|09|df=yes}}
| recorded = 2019
| studio = Studio 13, London
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Post-punk{{Cite web|last=Coffman|first=Tim|date=21 September 2021|title=15 artists who completely reinvented their sound from album to album|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/artists-who-completely-reinvented-their-sound-from-album-to-album/|access-date=12 January 2021|website=Alternative Press}}
- synth-pop{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2079520/gorillaz-peter-hook-song-machine-aries/music/|title=Gorillaz – "Aries" (Feat. Peter Hook & Georgia)|work=StereoGum|first=Ryan|last=Leas|date=9 April 2020|access-date=20 April 2020}}
- {{nowrap|new wave}}{{Cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/04/stream-gorillaz-aries-peter-hook-georgia/|title=Gorillaz and Peter Hook Go for a Ride on New Single "Aries": Stream|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Lake|last=Schatz|date=9 April 2020|access-date=29 April 2020}}
- alternative rock{{cn|date=April 2025}}}}
| length = 4:13
| label = {{hlist|Parlophone|Warner}}
| writer = {{hlist|Damon Albarn|Peter Hook|Remi Kabaka Jr.|Richard Isong}}
| producer = {{hlist|Gorillaz|James Ford|Kabaka|P2J}}
| chronology = Gorillaz
| prev_title = Désolé
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = How Far?
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Peter Hook
| type = singles
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = Aries
| year = 2020
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Georgia
| type = singles
| prev_title = 24 Hours
| prev_year = 2020
| title = Aries
| year = 2020
| next_title = Get Me Higher
| next_year = 2021
}}{{External music video|{{YouTube|PKXloFW_ZCA|"Aries"}}}}
}}
"Aries" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring drummer Georgia and bassist Peter Hook of the bands Joy Division and New Order. The track was released on 9 April 2020 as the third single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez. It is part of the Song Machine project, a web series involving the ongoing release of various Gorillaz singles and music videos featuring different guest musicians over the course of 2020.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/gorillaz-new-music-video-series-song-machine-details-944519/|title=Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=29 January 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=27 February 2020}}
Music video
The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett and Tim McCourt, features the band members driving vehicles across a highway landscape in Morocco. 2-D and Murdoc are riding together on a motorcycle, followed by Noodle in a dune buggy (where just prior she is texting someone about 2-D's whereabouts and has grown concerned for him) and finally Russel in a golf kart. Near the end of the video all four of them ride up close to one another. As 2-D continues to sing, Murdoc pulls out a syringe and smiles in a sinister fashion.
On 4 September 2020, Gorillaz released an online driving game based on the "Aries" music video on their website.{{Cite web|date=4 December 2020|title=Aries driving game by Gorillaz|url=https://aries.gorillaz.com}}
Tracklist
{{tracklist
| total_length = 5:42
| extra_column = Producers
| title1 = Machine Bitez #6
| note1 = with 2-D, Murdoc and Russel
| length1 = 0:54
| title2 = Aries
| note2 = featuring Peter Hook and Georgia
| writer2 = {{hlist|Damon Albarn|Remi Kabaka Jr.|Hook|Richard Isong}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Gorillaz|James Ford|Kabaka|P2J}}
| length2 = 4:13
| title3 = Machine Bitez #7
| note3 = with 2-D, Noodle, Murdoc and Russel
| length3 = 0:35
}}
Personnel
Gorillaz
- Damon Albarn – vocals, instrumentation, director, guitar, synthesizer
- Jamie Hewlett – artwork, character design, video direction
- Remi Kabaka Jr. – drum programming, percussion, drums
Additional musicians and personnel
- Peter Hook – bass
- Georgia – drums, percussion
- John Davis – mastering engineer
- P2J – drum programming
- James Ford – synthesizers, live drums, percussion, drum programming
- Stephen Sedgwick – mixing engineer, engineering
- Samuel Egglenton – engineering
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Flanders Tip|42|artist=Gorillaz|song=Aries|rowheader=true|access-date=5 June 2020}} |
| scope="row"| Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gorillaz/#|magazine=Billboard|title=Gorillaz Chart History|access-date=1 February 2022}}
| style="text-align:center;"|12 |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2020-04-17|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=20 April 2020|access-date=18 April 2020}}
| 29 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Damon Albarn
Category:Songs written by Peter Hook
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Songs written by Remi Kabaka Jr.
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