Baby Queen (song)

"Baby Queen"
"Baby Queen"
Single by Gorillaz
from the album Cracker Island
Released	4 November 2022
Genre	Dream pop
Length	3:40
Label	Parlophone; Warner;
Songwriter(s)	Damon Albarn; Greg Kurstin;
Producer(s)	Kurstin; Gorillaz; Remi Kabaka Jr.;
Gorillaz singles chronology

"Baby Queen" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz. The track was officially released on 4 November 2022 as the third single for the band's eighth studio album, Cracker Island. The track was first released on 30 September 2022 as a song in the 2022 video game FIFA 23.^[2]

Background

The track was inspired by a dream frontman Damon Albarn had about a 1997 Blur concert.^[3] The concert had been attended by a then 14 year old Princess Siribha Chudabhorn.^[4] During the track "Song 2" she had gotten off her throne, which was right next to the venues mixing board and stage dived into the crowd. In a Los Angeles Times interview Albarn stated how the song is about the dream he had about the gig, where he revisited the concert as 2-D^[5] with a full-grown version of the princess where they then spent time together.^[4]^[6]

Personnel

Gorillaz

Damon Albarn – vocals, synthesisers

Additional musicians and personnel

Greg Kurstin – keyboards, synthesisers, drums, percussion, bass, electric guitars, piano, vibraphone, engineering
Samuel Egglenton – engineering
Julian Burg – engineering
Matt Tuggle – engineering
Henri Davies – engineering
Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
Randy Merrill – mastering

Charts

Chart (2022)	Peak position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)^[7]	47

References

^ Attard, Paul (22 February 2023). "Gorillaz Cracker Island Review: The Misfit Toys Take Aim at the Modern World and Misfire". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ Skinner, Tom (22 September 2022). "EA reveals 'FIFA 23' soundtrack, featuring Gorillaz and Yeah Yeah Yeahs". NME. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ Uitti, Jacob (5 November 2022). "Gorillaz Release New Song Inspired by Meeting with Thai Princess, "Baby Queen"". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Richards, Will (6 November 2022). "Gorillaz share 'Baby Queen', inspired by a stagediving Thai princess". NME. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ Jones, Abby (4 November 2022). "Gorillaz Nod to an Unlikely Fan on New Single "Baby Queen": Stream". Consequence. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ Wood, Mikael (23 January 2022). "For Damon Albarn, modern life is still pretty much rubbish". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ "Gorillaz Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[1] Attard, Paul (22 February 2023). "Gorillaz Cracker Island Review: The Misfit Toys Take Aim at the Modern World and Misfire". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 February 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[2] Skinner, Tom (22 September 2022). "EA reveals 'FIFA 23' soundtrack, featuring Gorillaz and Yeah Yeah Yeahs". NME. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[3] Uitti, Jacob (5 November 2022). "Gorillaz Release New Song Inspired by Meeting with Thai Princess, "Baby Queen"". American Songwriter. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[:0-4] Richards, Will (6 November 2022). "Gorillaz share 'Baby Queen', inspired by a stagediving Thai princess". NME. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[5] Jones, Abby (4 November 2022). "Gorillaz Nod to an Unlikely Fan on New Single "Baby Queen": Stream". Consequence. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[6] Wood, Mikael (23 January 2022). "For Damon Albarn, modern life is still pretty much rubbish". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[sc_Billboardrocksongs_Gorillaz-7] "Gorillaz Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

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v t e Gorillaz
Damon Albarn Jamie Hewlett Remi Kabaka Jr.
Studio albums	Gorillaz Demon Days Plastic Beach The Fall Humanz The Now Now Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez Cracker Island
Compilations	G-Sides D-Sides The Singles Collection 2001–2011
Extended plays	Tomorrow Comes Today Feel Good Inc. EP Dare El Mañana / Kids with Guns iTunes Session Meanwhile EP
Video albums	Celebrity Take Down Demon Days Live Slowboat to Hades
Remix albums	Laika Come Home
Singles	"Clint Eastwood" "19-2000" "Rock the House" "911" "Tomorrow Comes Today" "Lil' Dub Chefin'" "Feel Good Inc." "Dare" "Dirty Harry" "El Mañana" / "Kids with Guns" "Stylo" "Superfast Jellyfish" "On Melancholy Hill" "Doncamatic" "Revolving Doors" / "Amarillo" "DoYaThing" "Saturnz Barz" "We Got the Power" "Ascension" "Andromeda" "Let Me Out" "Sleeping Powder" "Strobelite" "Garage Palace" "Humility" "Hollywood" "Tranz" "Momentary Bliss" "Désolé" "Aries" "How Far?" "Friday 13th" "Pac-Man" "Strange Timez" "The Pink Phantom" "The Valley of the Pagans" "Cracker Island" "New Gold" "Baby Queen"
Other songs	"5/4" "Rhinestone Eyes" "Empire Ants" "Phoner to Arizona" "Hallelujah Money" "Charger"
Tours	Gorillaz Live Demon Days Live Escape to Plastic Beach Tour Humanz Tour The Now Now Tour
Touring members	Damon Albarn Mike Smith Jeff Wootton Seye Adelekan Remi Kabaka Jr.
All contributors	Stephen Sedgwick Dan the Automator Kid Koala Miho Hatori Cass Browne Simon Tong Howie Weinberg Danger Mouse Mick Jones Paul Simonon Ben Mendelsohn The Twilite Tone Jean-Michel Jarre James Ford Simon Katz Simon Jones Morgan Nicholls Roberto Occhipinti Demon Strings
Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Rise of the Ogre Bananaz Song Machine Spacemonkeyz Monkey: Journey to the West "On Your Own" Blur The Good, the Bad & the Queen Tank Girl De La Soul Del the Funky Homosapien
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