Phoner to Arizona

2010 song by Gorillaz

"Phoner to Arizona"
Song by Gorillaz
from the album The Fall
Released	24 December 2010
Recorded	3 October 2010 in Montreal^[1]
Genre	Techno
Length	4:14
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Damon Albarn
Producer(s)	Gorillaz Stephen Sedgwick

Music video
"Phoner to Arizona" on YouTube

"Phoner to Arizona" is the opening track from Gorillaz's fourth studio album The Fall.^[2] The song is mostly an instrumental with distorted vocals and was recorded entirely on Gorillaz co-founder Damon Albarn's iPad during the American leg of the Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour in October 2010.^[3]^[4] The video—a compilation of footage and images taken from the tour and the phase—was posted on YouTube on 22 December as a way to promote the album.^[5]

Personnel

Damon Albarn – vocals
Stephen Sedgwick – mixing, recording
Geoff Pesche – mastering

References

^ "The Fall – Gorillaz". thefall.gorillaz.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ ALEX YOUNG (19 December 2010). "Sample 18 seconds of Gorillaz's free iPad album, The Fall". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
^ Sean Michaels (10 December 2010). "Gorillaz to release new album free on Christmas Day". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
^ Amos Barshad (24 December 2010). "The New Gorillaz Single Doesn't Necessarily Not Sound Like Something Damon Albarn Made on His iPad While on Tour". Vulture. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
^ "Gorillaz – Phoner To Arizona". 22 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010 – via YouTube.