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"Rock the House"
Single byGorillaz featuringDel the Funky Homosapien
from the albumGorillaz
B-side	"The Sounder" "Faust" "Ghost Train"
Released	22 October 2001 (UK) 20 November 2001 (US)
Recorded	2000
Genre	Rap rock[1]
Length	4:09 (album version) 3:03 (radio edit)
Label	Parlophone
Songwriters	Damon Albarn John Dankworth Teren Jones Daniel Nakamura
Producers	Gorillaz Dan the Automator Jason Cox Tom Girling
Gorillaz singles chronology
"19-2000" (2001) "Rock the House" (2001) "911" (2001)
Del the Funky Homosapien singles chronology
"Clint Eastwood" (2001) "Rock the House" (2001) "Workin' It" (2008)
Music video
"Rock the House" onYouTube

"Rock the House" is a song fromGorillaz'sself-titled debut album. It was released as the third single from the album in October 2001. It peaked at number 18 on theUK Singles Chart. The song features ahorn sectionloop sampled from "Modesty Blaise", a piece by Britishjazz musicianJohn Dankworth.Del the Funky Homosapien is the only artist to provide vocals for the song.^[2]

The music video for "Rock the House" was directed byJamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland.^[3] The inspiration for the video is said to have come from Hewlett's angst at the time, as the band was going through the process of being sued by another band named Monkey Tennis, nicknamed the Doppelgangerz in the bookRise of the Ogre, who claimed that Gorillaz was a stolen idea.

At the time we were being sued by someone who claimed he'd 'invented' Gorillaz and was demanding rights over my music, brain, image and face, which obviously made my blood boil. It felt like we were under attack from a hail of bullets. So we took that feeling and made it visual, into a video!^[4]

The video opens with a focused shot of Kong Studios' entrance, before transitioning toNoodle cycling through the building's corridors. The camera enters a room where the Gorillaz are engaged in a performance, when suddenly, a mysterious white fog envelops the stage, causing Russel to faint. Then the floor has turned into the ghost ofDel, who rises up and throws the band to the ground. Del is outfitted with protective gear including a helmet. InRise of the Ogre, it explains he is dressed asMr. Freedom. He takes a few steps, when from behind a series of spring-loaded guns shootbilliard balls at him, but he diverts them with his glove. A series of inflatable female gorillas appear and start to docheerleading.2-D is dodging the balls being shot at him by doing dance moves, but then he is hit by a few balls and knocked out.Murdoc then begins to divert the balls with a paddedjockstrap he is wearing, hitting them away with hispelvic thrusts. He is successful a dozen times until a ball ricochets off the wall and strikes his unprotected buttocks. The ball hits Russel in the head, waking him up and causing Del to vanish. The final shot is simply the first one played in reverse.

Benelux 2-track CD single

1. "Rock the House" (featuring Del the Funky Homosapien) (album version) – 4:09
2. "The Sounder" (featuringPhi Life Cypher) – 6:16

European and UK CD maxi-single 1; Australian CD maxi-single

1. "Rock the House" (featuringDel the Funky Homosapien) (radio edit) – 3:03
2. "The Sounder" (featuring Phi Life Cypher) (edit) – 4:29
3. "Faust" – 3:51
4. "Rock the House" (teaser trailer / video) – 0:29

European and UK CD maxi-single 2

1. "Rock the House" (featuring Del the Funky Homosapien) (album version) – 4:09
2. "Ghost Train" – 3:54
3. "19-2000" – 3:30
4. "19-2000" (video) – 4:00
5. "19-2000" (Geep Simulator trailer / video) – 0:10

UK cassette single

1. "Rock the House" (featuring Del the Funky Homosapien) (radio edit) – 3:03
2. "The Sounder" (featuring Phi Life Cypher) (edit) – 4:29
3. "Ghost Train" – 3:54

InRise of the Ogre,2-D claims to have "played some divvy panpipes" for "Rock the House" during a track-by-track of theGorillaz album.Murdoc is stunned by this and repeats his disbelief briefly during the section on the video. Though the track was selected for a single and received generally good reactions,Rise of the Ogre claims that Gorillaz were never particularly satisfied with "Rock the House", with Murdoc expressing his opinions by claiming he "won this song in a raffle" and 2-D thinking that the track should not have made it on the album at all. For the radio edit of the song, the line which features the words "Shake your ass-crack" is cut. Instead, the edit features the orchestral type sound, which features after the trumpet riff at the start of the song, so that the last two words are not heard.

• Del the Funky Homosapien – vocals
• Damon Albarn – flute, piano
• Dan the Automator – sampled loops
• Junior Dan – bass guitar
• Tom Girling –Pro Tools, engineering
• Jason Cox – engineering
• Howie Weinberg – mastering

• 2000 songs
• 2001 singles
• Del the Funky Homosapien songs
• Gorillaz songs
• Parlophone singles
• Rap rock songs
• Songs written by Damon Albarn

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