Song · Gorillaz
“Charger” by Gorillaz featuring Grace Jones
From the album Humanz (2017) Featuring Grace Jones
“Charger” by Gorillaz featuring Grace Jones appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2017. It was first released in 2017 on the album Humanz. Its best result is #67 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #347 indie & aaa song of 2017.
"Charger" pairs Damon Albarn with Grace Jones on Humanz, the fifth album from Gorillaz, Britain's virtual band, released in April 2017. Jones rides alongside Albarn's lead vocal from start to finish, the two share the writing credit, and Gorillaz produced it with Remi Kabaka Jr. and The Twilite Tone, with Stephen Sedgwick engineering and mixing.
Albarn wanted Humanz to give women a bigger say. He had already worked with patriarchs like Bobby Womack, Ike Turner and Ibrahim Ferrer, and figured a record with that title needed matriarchs too. One of their meetings went sideways: in her nightclub he told her that in her red cape she looked like Little Red Riding Hood, and she shot back "Little Black Riding Hood" and turned away. She later caught his Monkey: Journey to the West and admitted she'd enjoyed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 67 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017 | 89 |
Also listed as: Charger (feat. Grace Jones).
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