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class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="fn">Simon Tong</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Simon_Tong_mg_6462.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Simon Tong in 2007"><img alt="Simon Tong in 2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Simon_Tong_mg_6462.jpg/220px-Simon_Tong_mg_6462.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Simon_Tong_mg_6462.jpg/330px-Simon_Tong_mg_6462.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Simon_Tong_mg_6462.jpg/440px-Simon_Tong_mg_6462.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2912" data-file-height="2912" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Simon Tong in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1972-07-09</span>) </span>9 July 1972<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 52)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Farnworth" title="Farnworth">Farnworth</a>, Lancashire, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">Alternative rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Britpop" title="Britpop">Britpop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shoegazing" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoegazing">shoegazing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Neo-psychedelia" title="Neo-psychedelia">neo-psychedelia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output 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"counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Musician</li><li>producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Guitar</li><li>keyboards</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carnival_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carnival (band)">Erland and the Carnival</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Transmission_(band)" title="Transmission (band)">Transmission</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Magnetic_North" title="The Magnetic North">The Magnetic North</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Verve" title="The Verve">The Verve</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Shining_(band)" title="The Shining (band)">The Shining</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Gorillaz" title="Gorillaz">Gorillaz</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_%26_the_Queen" title="The Good, the Bad & the Queen">The Good, the Bad & the Queen</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Simon Tong</b> (born 9 July 1972) is an English <a href="/wiki/Guitarist" title="Guitarist">guitarist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keyboardist" title="Keyboardist">keyboardist</a> who was a member of <a href="/wiki/The_Verve" title="The Verve">the Verve</a> between 1996 and 1999. He has played with <a href="/wiki/Damon_Albarn" title="Damon Albarn">Damon Albarn</a> on tour with his bands <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gorillaz" title="Gorillaz">Gorillaz</a>, and as a member of <a href="/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_%26_the_Queen" title="The Good, the Bad & the Queen">the Good, the Bad & the Queen</a>. He ranks in <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s "The Axe Factor" as the 40th greatest guitarist of the last 30 years.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tong grew up in English town <a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale" title="Skelmersdale">Skelmersdale</a>, the subject of his most recent release, <i>Prospect of Skelmersdale</i> with his project <a href="/wiki/The_Magnetic_North" title="The Magnetic North">The Magnetic North</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TRANSVERSO_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TRANSVERSO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Tong&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Verve;_1996–1999"><span id="The_Verve.3B_1996.E2.80.931999"></span>The Verve; 1996–1999</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Tong&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Verve; 1996–1999"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1996 to 1999, Simon was a guitarist and keyboardist for <a href="/wiki/The_Verve" title="The Verve">The Verve</a>. He was brought in to replace lead guitarist <a href="/wiki/Nick_McCabe" title="Nick McCabe">Nick McCabe</a> after the band's first short-lived split, but remained with them when McCabe returned, and Tong acted as rhythm guitarist (also keyboardist) while McCabe as lead guitarist like he did before. Their third album was 1997's highly acclaimed <i><a href="/wiki/Urban_Hymns" title="Urban Hymns">Urban Hymns</a></i>. He played on many of their hits from that time such as "<a href="/wiki/The_Drugs_Don%27t_Work" title="The Drugs Don't Work">The Drugs Don't Work</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony" title="Bitter Sweet Symphony">Bitter Sweet Symphony</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Sonnet_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonnet (song)">Sonnet</a>". The Verve disbanded in 1999 and later reformed in 2007, this time without Tong, as Jones stated in an interview, "When we were getting the band back together we wanted to go back to the core members, he was cool with it, he understood. He would like to have been part of it but he understood the reasons,". By 2009 they had disbanded again. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Shining;_2002–2003"><span id="The_Shining.3B_2002.E2.80.932003"></span>The Shining; 2002–2003</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Tong&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Shining; 2002–2003"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After The Verve disbanded, Tong and Simon Jones (The Verve) were members of short lived band <a href="/wiki/The_Shining_(band)" title="The Shining (band)">The Shining</a> from 2002 to 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blur/Gorillaz;_2002–2010"><span id="Blur.2FGorillaz.3B_2002.E2.80.932010"></span>Blur/Gorillaz; 2002–2010</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Tong&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Blur/Gorillaz; 2002–2010"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following <a href="/wiki/Graham_Coxon" title="Graham Coxon">Graham Coxon</a>'s departure from <a href="/wiki/Blur_(band)" title="Blur (band)">Blur</a> in 2002, Tong was recruited as the guitarist for the band's live performances in support of the album <i><a href="/wiki/Think_Tank_(Blur_album)" title="Think Tank (Blur album)">Think Tank</a></i> (2003). He continued the relationship formed with frontman <a href="/wiki/Damon_Albarn" title="Damon Albarn">Damon Albarn</a> by contributing guitar to <a href="/wiki/Gorillaz" title="Gorillaz">Gorillaz</a>' 2005 album <i><a href="/wiki/Demon_Days" title="Demon Days">Demon Days</a></i> and playing guitar in the Gorillaz live band for the <a href="/wiki/Demon_Days_Live" title="Demon Days Live">Demon Days Live</a> performances. Tong also contributed guitar to Gorillaz' 2010 album <i><a href="/wiki/Plastic_Beach" title="Plastic Beach">Plastic Beach</a></i> and substituted for lead guitarist <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Wootton" title="Jeff Wootton">Jeff Wootton</a> on certain dates of the <a href="/wiki/Escape_to_Plastic_Beach_Tour" title="Escape to Plastic Beach Tour">Escape to Plastic Beach Tour</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Erland_and_the_Carnival/The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Queen;_2006–2019"><span id="Erland_and_the_Carnival.2FThe_Good.2C_the_Bad_and_the_Queen.3B_2006.E2.80.932019"></span>Erland and the Carnival/The Good, the Bad and the Queen; 2006–2019</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Tong&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Erland and the Carnival/The Good, the Bad and the Queen; 2006–2019"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Simon_Tong_mg_6648.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Simon_Tong_mg_6648.jpg/220px-Simon_Tong_mg_6648.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Simon_Tong_mg_6648.jpg/330px-Simon_Tong_mg_6648.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Simon_Tong_mg_6648.jpg/440px-Simon_Tong_mg_6648.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2229" data-file-height="2229" /></a><figcaption>Tong performing in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2006, it was reported that Tong would again be working with Damon Albarn. <a href="/wiki/NME" title="NME">NME</a> reported that Albarn had foregone plans to record a solo album and instead formed a new group <a href="/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_%26_the_Queen" title="The Good, the Bad & the Queen">The Good, the Bad & the Queen</a>, which featured Tong with Albarn, former <a href="/wiki/The_Clash" title="The Clash">Clash</a> bassist <a href="/wiki/Paul_Simonon" title="Paul Simonon">Paul Simonon</a> and drummer <a href="/wiki/Tony_Allen_(musician)" title="Tony Allen (musician)">Tony Allen</a>. The band released the single "<a href="/wiki/Herculean_(song)" title="Herculean (song)">Herculean</a>" in October 2006 and later released their <a href="/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_%26_the_Queen_(album)" title="The Good, the Bad & the Queen (album)">self titled debut studio album</a> on 23 January 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The album enjoyed very good reviews and a second single, "<a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Doom" title="Kingdom of Doom">Kingdom of Doom</a>", was also released in January 2007 as part of their pan European tour. </p><p>The band was active again after a decade, releasing their second album, <i><a href="/wiki/Merrie_Land" title="Merrie Land">Merrie Land</a></i> on 16 November 2018 to largely positive reviews. It was supported by a 2018 December tour in the UK and a European tour in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the band was split again shortly after finished the UK and Europe tour. </p><p>In 2021, Tong contributed to Damon Albarn's solo album, <a href="/wiki/The_Nearer_the_Fountain,_More_Pure_the_Stream_Flows" title="The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows">The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Magnetic_North;_2012–present"><span id="The_Magnetic_North.3B_2012.E2.80.93present"></span>The Magnetic North; 2012–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Tong&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Magnetic North; 2012–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Simon Tong co-created The Magnetic North with <a href="/wiki/Gawain_Erland_Cooper" class="mw-redirect" title="Gawain Erland Cooper">Erland Cooper</a> of <a href="/wiki/Erland_and_the_Carnival" title="Erland and the Carnival">Erland and the Carnival</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Peel" title="Hannah Peel">Hannah Peel</a> of <a href="/wiki/John_Foxx_and_the_Maths" title="John Foxx and the Maths">John Foxx and the Maths</a>. They originally planned on only releasing one album in 2012, <i>Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North</i>, but due to its popularity reconvened to release follow-up <i>Prospect of Skelmersdale</i> in 2016, a concept album about Tong's <a href="/wiki/Transcendentalism" title="Transcendentalism">Transcendentalist</a> hometown, <a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale" title="Skelmersdale">Skelmersdale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TRANSVERSO_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TRANSVERSO-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_projects">Other projects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Tong&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other projects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tong also set up a record label with <a href="/wiki/Martin_Glover" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Glover">Youth</a> (of <a href="/wiki/Killing_Joke" title="Killing Joke">Killing Joke</a>) called Butterfly Recordings. The first acts to be released are Indigo Moss and Duke Garwood, along with a compilation entitled <i>What the Folk</i>. </p><p>In 2012 Simon contributed to the recording of the <i><a href="/wiki/Dr_Dee" title="Dr Dee">Dr Dee</a></i> soundtrack, written by <a href="/wiki/Damon_Albarn" title="Damon Albarn">Damon Albarn</a>, which was released on 7 May 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-NME_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NME-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of the band <a href="/wiki/Transmission_(band)" title="Transmission (band)">Transmission</a> with <a href="/wiki/Martin_Glover" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Glover">Youth</a>, Paul Ferguson (of <a href="/wiki/Killing_Joke" title="Killing Joke">Killing Joke</a>) and Tim Bran (of <a href="/wiki/Dreadzone" title="Dreadzone">Dreadzone</a>) which has released a single called "Noctolucent" and an album, <i>Beyond Light</i>, in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (January 2018)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He has also played guitar on several tracks on the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Client_(band)" title="Client (band)">Client</a> album <i><a href="/wiki/Heartland_(Client_album)" title="Heartland (Client album)">Heartland</a></i>. </p><p>Tong was asked to play guitar on the album <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Apriti_sesamo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Apriti sesamo (page does not exist)">Apriti sesamo</a></i> by Italian composer <a href="/wiki/Franco_Battiato" title="Franco Battiato">Franco Battiato</a>. After its 2012 release Tong toured with Battiato in Italy. </p><p>In 2020 Tong was involved in a project called <i>Mirry</i><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with his brother-in-law Tom Fraser and Kirsteen McNish. It resulted in an album based around the 1950s piano recordings of Fraser's great aunt Mirry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Tong&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tong grew up with fellow Verve member <a href="/wiki/Richard_Ashcroft" title="Richard Ashcroft">Richard Ashcroft</a> and went to school with other members of The Verve. 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E.P.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Voyager_1_(EP)" title="Voyager 1 (EP)">Voyager 1</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/All_in_the_Mind_(song)" title="All in the Mind (song)">All in the Mind</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She%27s_a_Superstar" title="She's a Superstar">She's a Superstar</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gravity_Grave" title="Gravity Grave">Gravity Grave</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Blue_(The_Verve_song)" title="Blue (The Verve song)">Blue</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Slide_Away_(The_Verve_song)" title="Slide Away (The Verve song)">Slide Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/This_Is_Music" title="This Is Music">This Is Music</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_Your_Own_(The_Verve_song)" title="On Your Own (The Verve song)">On Your Own</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/History_(The_Verve_song)" title="History (The Verve song)">History</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony" title="Bitter Sweet Symphony">Bitter Sweet Symphony</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Drugs_Don%27t_Work" title="The Drugs Don't Work">The Drugs Don't Work</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lucky_Man_(The_Verve_song)" title="Lucky Man (The Verve song)">Lucky Man</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sonnet_(The_Verve_song)" title="Sonnet (The Verve song)">Sonnet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Is_Noise" title="Love Is Noise">Love Is Noise</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rather_Be_(The_Verve_song)" title="Rather Be (The Verve song)">Rather Be</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Thaw_Session" title="The Thaw Session">The Thaw Session</a>"</li></ul> 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-group" aria-labelledby="Gorillaz" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Gorillaz" title="Template:Gorillaz"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Gorillaz" title="Template talk:Gorillaz"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Gorillaz" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Gorillaz"><abbr 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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Humanz" title="Humanz">Humanz</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Now_Now" title="The Now Now">The Now Now</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Song_Machine,_Season_One:_Strange_Timez" title="Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez">Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cracker_Island" title="Cracker Island">Cracker Island</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/G-Sides" title="G-Sides">G-Sides</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/D-Sides" title="D-Sides">D-Sides</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Singles_Collection_2001%E2%80%932011" title="The Singles Collection 2001–2011">The Singles Collection 2001–2011</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extended plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Comes_Today" title="Tomorrow Comes Today">Tomorrow Comes Today</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feel_Good_Inc." title="Feel Good Inc.">Feel Good Inc. EP</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dare_(song)#Track_listings" title="Dare (song)">Dare</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/El_Ma%C3%B1ana_(song)" title="El Mañana (song)">El Mañana</a> / <a href="/wiki/Kids_with_Guns" title="Kids with Guns">Kids with Guns</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ITunes_Session_(Gorillaz_EP)" title="ITunes Session (Gorillaz EP)">iTunes Session</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meanwhile_EP" title="Meanwhile EP">Meanwhile EP</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Phase_One:_Celebrity_Take_Down" title="Phase One: Celebrity Take Down">Celebrity Take Down</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Demon_Days_Live_(film)" title="Demon Days Live (film)">Demon Days Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phase_Two:_Slowboat_to_Hades" title="Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades">Slowboat to Hades</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Remix albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Laika_Come_Home" title="Laika Come Home">Laika Come Home</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood_(song)" title="Clint Eastwood (song)">Clint Eastwood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/19-2000" title="19-2000">19-2000</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_the_House_(Gorillaz_song)" title="Rock the House (Gorillaz song)">Rock the House</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/911_(Gorillaz_and_D12_song)" title="911 (Gorillaz and D12 song)">911</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_Comes_Today" title="Tomorrow Comes Today">Tomorrow Comes Today</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lil%27_Dub_Chefin%27" title="Lil' Dub Chefin'">Lil' Dub Chefin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Feel_Good_Inc." title="Feel Good Inc.">Feel Good Inc.</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dare_(song)" title="Dare (song)">Dare</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dirty_Harry_(song)" title="Dirty Harry (song)">Dirty Harry</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/El_Ma%C3%B1ana_(song)" title="El Mañana (song)">El Mañana</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Kids_with_Guns" title="Kids with Guns">Kids with Guns</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Stylo_(song)" title="Stylo (song)">Stylo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Superfast_Jellyfish" title="Superfast Jellyfish">Superfast Jellyfish</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_Melancholy_Hill" title="On Melancholy Hill">On Melancholy Hill</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Doncamatic" title="Doncamatic">Doncamatic</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Revolving_Doors_(song)" title="Revolving Doors (song)">Revolving Doors</a>" / "<a href="/wiki/Amarillo_(Gorillaz_song)" title="Amarillo (Gorillaz song)">Amarillo</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/DoYaThing" title="DoYaThing">DoYaThing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Saturnz_Barz" title="Saturnz Barz">Saturnz Barz</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/We_Got_the_Power_(Gorillaz_song)" title="We Got the Power (Gorillaz song)">We Got the Power</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ascension_(Gorillaz_song)" title="Ascension (Gorillaz song)">Ascension</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(Gorillaz_song)" title="Andromeda (Gorillaz song)">Andromeda</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let_Me_Out_(song)" title="Let Me Out (song)">Let Me Out</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sleeping_Powder" title="Sleeping Powder">Sleeping Powder</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Strobelite" title="Strobelite">Strobelite</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Garage_Palace" title="Garage Palace">Garage Palace</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Humility_(song)" title="Humility (song)">Humility</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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