Friday 13th (song)

"Friday 13th"
"Friday 13th"
Single by Gorillaz featuring Octavian
from the album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez
Released	9 June 2020
Studio	Studio 13
Genre	Neo R&B; trip hop; downtempo;
Length	3:35
Label	Parlophone; Warner;
Songwriter(s)	Damon Albarn; Octavian Godji; Remi Kabaka Jr.;
Producer(s)	Gorillaz; Kabaka;
Gorillaz singles chronology
Octavian singles chronology
Music video
	"Friday 13th" on YouTube

"Friday 13th" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring French-British rapper Octavian. The track was released on 9 June 2020 as the fifth single for Gorillaz' seventh studio album, Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, and the fourth episode of the Song Machine project, a web series involving the ongoing release of various new Gorillaz singles and music videos featuring different guest musicians over the course of 2020.^[3]

Music video

The video, directed by Jamie Hewlett, Tim McCourt, and Max Taylor, was recorded while Gorillaz' virtual members were in quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic and features their likenesses, which are noticeably scarred and bruised which Jamie Hewlett stated was the result of their fight in the music video for "Aries",^[4] as well as footage of Octavian performing the track set against footage of moving roads and tunnels.^[5] The video ends with a quote from playwright James Baldwin.

Tracklist

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producers	Length
1.	"Machine Bitez #8" (with 2-D, Murdoc and Russel)			0:49
2.	"Friday 13th" (featuring Octavian)	Damon Albarn Remi Kabaka Jr. Octavian Godji	Gorillaz Kabaka	3:35
Total length:				4:24

Personnel

Gorillaz

Damon Albarn – vocals, instrumentation, director, bass, keyboards, guitar
Jamie Hewlett – artwork, character design, video direction
Remi Kabaka Jr. – drum programming

Additional musicians and personnel

Octavian – vocals
John Davis – mastering engineer
Samuel Egglenton – engineering
Stephen Sedgwick – mixing engineer, engineering

References

^ "Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is the finest Gorillaz album in a decade – review". Independent.co.uk. 22 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Gorillaz: Season One - Strange Timez: Album review". 18 October 2020.
^ Blistein, Jon (29 January 2020). "Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ "Official Everythin' Gorillaz on Instagram: "There is a storyline guys, they started a fight in Aries and then they had to pull themselves together to make the next video. Episode 5 will continue the story, so stay tuned"". Instagram. 10 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
^ Blistein, Jon (9 June 2020). "Gorillaz Team Up With Octavian for Woozy New Track 'Friday 13th'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[1] "Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez is the finest Gorillaz album in a decade – review". Independent.co.uk. 22 October 2020.

[ltw-2] "Gorillaz: Season One - Strange Timez: Album review". 18 October 2020.

[3] Blistein, Jon (29 January 2020). "Gorillaz Detail New Music, Video Series 'Song Machine'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[4] "Official Everythin' Gorillaz on Instagram: "There is a storyline guys, they started a fight in Aries and then they had to pull themselves together to make the next video. Episode 5 will continue the story, so stay tuned"". Instagram. 10 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[5] Blistein, Jon (9 June 2020). "Gorillaz Team Up With Octavian for Woozy New Track 'Friday 13th'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

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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 The Mountain
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
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