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“On Melancholy Hill” by Gorillaz
From the album Plastic Beach (2010)
“On Melancholy Hill” by Gorillaz appears on 20 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2010 and 2026. It was first released in 2010 on the album Plastic Beach. Its best result is #18 on the WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #220 alternative song of 2010.
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"On Melancholy Hill" was the third single from Plastic Beach, Gorillaz's third album, released in June 2010, and it's the record's sweetest surprise: a woozy, sun-dappled synth-pop song floating among all the concept-album clutter. Damon Albarn first wrote it while making the self-titled album by the Good, the Bad & the Queen, and it found a home here, produced by the band and recorded by Jason Cox and Stephen Sedgwick, with Cox mixing. Virtual bandmate Murdoc Niccals pitched it as the album's lighter moment, a genuine pop song about that deflated feeling of someone letting your tyres down.
Fans who finished the promo campaign's online scavenger hunt won a Josh Wink remix, it went platinum in the UK, it has turned up at almost every Gorillaz show since the Escape to Plastic Beach Tour, and in 2019 it landed in Life Is Strange 2.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 | 101 |
| 2010 | 48 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 88 |
| 2010 | 75 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2010 | 89 |
| 2010 | 18 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 | 100 |
| 2010 | 42 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 | 100 |
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