"Lil' Dub Chefin'" is a

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, from the 2002 Gorillaz remix album ''

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''. It is sung by

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and Terry Hall of the UK ska band

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with the song itself being a remix of the Gorillaz song "M1 A1". The song's title is reference to the UK restaurant chain Little Chef. The music video features the Spacemonkeyz. On '' Phase One: Celebrity Take Down'', the video had an alternative intro and credits.Lil' Dub Chefin'
, Gorillaz Unofficial Videography The single peaked at #73 in the UK Singles Chart. This track was only performed once on the band's first tour,

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, in 2002 with Terry Hall returning to sing it. Later, it was played live regularly during the last leg of The Now Now Tour as an outro to the original song it remixes, "M1 A1".

Track listings

; CD single # "Lil' Dub Chefin'" (album version) – 4:28 # "Lil' Dub Chefin'" (radio edit) – 3:02 # "

Theme" – 5:19 # "Lil' Dub Chefin'" (music video) – 3:28 ; 12-inch vinyl and Cassette single # "Lil' Dub Chefin'" (album version) – 4:28 # "Lil' Dub Chefin'" (radio edit) – 3:02 # "Spacemonkeyz Theme" – 5:19

Personnel

– vocals * Terry Hall – vocals * Mike Smith – horn, horn arrangement *

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– horn *Dominic Glover – horn *Phil Soul – bass * Dubversive – keyboards, bass guitar, guitar * D-Zire – sampled loops, drum programming * Gavva – drum programming *

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*Jeff Scantlebury – percussion *Jason Cox – engineering *Tom Girling – engineering, Pro Tools

References

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