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“Aries” by Gorillaz featuring Peter Hook & Georgia
From the album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (2020) Featuring Peter Hook & Georgia
“Aries” by Gorillaz featuring Peter Hook & Georgia appears on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2020 on the album Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez. Its best result is #6 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #67 alternative song of 2020 and #374 of the '20s.
"Aries" arrived on April 9, 2020 as the third single from Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, the seventh album by the British virtual band Gorillaz, and it was part of Song Machine, the web series they used all year to roll out tracks with a revolving cast of guests. This time the guests were drummer Georgia and Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order, who plays bass, adds vocals and shares the writing with Damon Albarn, Remi Kabaka Jr. and Richard "P2J" Isong.
Jamie Hewlett and Tim McCourt directed the video, which sends the band down a highway in Morocco: 2-D and Murdoc on one motorcycle, a worried Noodle in a dune buggy, Russel puttering behind in a golf kart, until Murdoc pulls out a syringe and grins. In September, Gorillaz turned it into an online driving game.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 70 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 41 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 86 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 6 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2020 | 64 |
| 2020 | 80 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 347 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2026 | 205 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Aries (feat. Peter Hook and Georgia).
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