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“Stylo” by Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def

From the album Plastic Beach (2010) Featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def

“Stylo” by Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def appears on 30 radio countdowns from 24 stations between 2010 and 2025. It was first released in 2010 on the album Plastic Beach. Its best result is #11 on the CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #45 alternative song of 2010, #3,470 alternative song of all time and #152 of the '10s.

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"Stylo" was the first single from Plastic Beach, the third album by the British virtual band Gorillaz, and it showed up early in 2010 with two big guests on board: Bobby Womack and Mos Def, who now goes by Yasiin Bey.

Womack had never heard of Gorillaz and only signed on because his daughter was a fan. Asked to sing about anything he liked, he spent an hour raving about love and politics until, being diabetic, he nearly blacked out and was brought round with a banana. Damon Albarn has said Barry Gibb was first in line for the part until an ear infection knocked him out.

The track is a slick, pulsing electro groove, which the fictional Murdoc Niccals billed as "crack funk" with some politics and plenty of soul, with Womack's raw roar set against Mos Def's cool.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2010 30 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2010 30
2010 16 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 24 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 11 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 26 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94
2010 71 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 14 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2010 95
2010 20 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2010 104
2010 38 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2010 100
2010 82 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 106 of 2010 105
2010 57 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 91
2010 63 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 103
2010 75 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 30 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 68 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2010 90
2010 39 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 91
2010 53 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 102
2010 17 Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY WEXT Top 97 of 2010 97
2010 84 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92
2010 68 89.9 WLCA St. Louis, MO WLCA Top 89 of 2010 89
2010 78 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010 100
2010 64 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 95

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2010 1489 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2010 574 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 1124 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1129 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 572 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 1147 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2024 1021 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century 1055
2025 590 The Current 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now 893

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