"El Mañana" (

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for "The Tomorrow") is a song by British

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band

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. It was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom as a

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, and the fourth and final

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from their album ''

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''. "El Mañana", along with its other A-side "

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", reached number 27 upon its release in the UK. The song's music video brings back certain elements from the band's music video for "

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", released the year before.

Music video

The

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for "El Mañana" was released on 11 March 2006 from Passion Pictures, and directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland. The video opens to

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on the same floating island seen in the music video for "

". Two helicopters, similar in design to the RAH-66 Comanche and the

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, intercept the island. The helicopters spot Noodle out in the open, and open fire upon her with

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s, but fail to hit her. Noodle flees into the cover of the windmill, narrowly avoiding the rounds which penetrate the walls. The two helicopters smash into the windmill's sails, destroying them. The helicopters continue to strafe the floating island, setting fire to the foliage and the windmill. Noodle stumbles outside as the helicopters appear to break off and fly away, but is spotted. The helicopters turn around and strafe Noodle, but she again narrowly escapes the coming fire, taking refuge in the burning windmill. The island, now heavily damaged, plunges into a canyon below. The camera pans up and away as the island crashes into the ground, exploding. Above the crash zone, both helicopters hover. One of the helicopters opens its

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doors, and drops an

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into the wreckage. The helicopters disengage, and the video fades to black. The music video isn't viewable in the

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Track listings

UK CD single # "

" – 3:45 # "El Mañana" – 3:50 # "Stop the Dams" – 5:39 UK DVD single # "El Mañana" (music video) – 4:03 # "Kids with Guns" (music video) – 3:46 # "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (Original Demo Version) – 2:29 # "El Mañana" (animatic) – 3:57 UK 7-inch single # "Kids with Guns" – 3:45 # "El Mañana" – 3:50 European CD single # "Kids with Guns" – 3:45 # "El Mañana" – 3:50 # "Stop the Dams" – 5:39 # "El Mañana" (music video) – 4:03 Japanese CD single # "El Mañana" – 3:50 # "Kids with Guns" – 3:45 # "Stop the Dams" – 5:39 # "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (Original Demo Version) – 2:29 # "El Mañana" (music video) – 4:03 UK digital single # "Kids with Guns" (

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Remix) – 7:09 US digital single # "El Mañana" – 3:50 # "Hong Kong" (Live in

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) – 6:36 US digital E.P. # "El Mañana" – 3:50 # "Stop the Dams" – 5:39 # "Hong Kong" (Live in Manchester) – 6:36 # "Kids with Guns" (music video) – 3:46 # "El Mañana" (Live in Harlem video) – 3:59

Personnel

Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (; born 23 March 1968) is an English-Icelandic musician, singer-songwriter and composer, best known as the frontman and primary lyricist of the rock band Blur and as the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtua ...

– vocals, synthesizers, electric guitar, string arrangements *

Simon Tong Simon Tong (born 9 July 1972) is an English guitarist and keyboardist who was a member of the Verve between 1996 and 1999. He has played with Damon Albarn on tour with his bands Blur and Gorillaz, and as a member of the Good, the Bad & the Qu ...

– acoustic guitar *

Morgan Nicholls Morgan Daniel Nicholls (born 18 March 1971) is an English musician, member of English pop band Senseless Things and best known for performing with Muse, Gorillaz, The Streets and Lily Allen. He has released one solo album under the mononym Morg ...

- bass guitar * Al Mobbs – double bass * Emma Smith – double bass * Amanda Drummond – viola * Stella Page – viola * Antonia Pagulatos – violin * Sally Jackson – violin * Isabelle Dunn – cello * Danger Mouse – drum programming, mixing * Jason Cox – mixing, engineering * Steve Sedgwick – mixing assistance * James Dring – drum programming *

Howie Weinberg Howie Weinberg is an American audio mastering engineer with over 2,257 mastering credits, three TEC Awards, 21 Grammy Awards, two Juno Awards, and one Mercury Prize. Career Weinberg mastered Herbie Hancock's 1983 album '' Future Shock''. Other ...

– mastering

Charts

Release history

References

External links

Japanese release page

MTV interview with Damon Albarn

Yahoo! Launch Gorillaz video site, including "El Mañana"
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