El Mañana (song)

"El Mañana" (Spanish for "The Tomorrow")[2] is a song by British alternative rock band Gorillaz. It was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom as a double A-side, and the fourth and final singles from their album Demon Days. "El Mañana", along with its other A-side "Kids with Guns", reached number 27 upon its release in the UK.


"El Mañana"
Single by Gorillaz
from the album Demon Days
A-side"Kids with Guns"
Released10 April 2006 (single) 11 March 2006 (video)
Recorded2004
GenreTrip hop[1]
Length3:47
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Brian Burton, Jamie Hewlett, Damon Albarn
Producer(s)Gorillaz, Danger Mouse, Jason Cox, James Dring
Gorillaz singles chronology
"Dirty Harry"
(2005)		 "El Mañana"
(2006)		 "Stylo"
(2010)
Alternate covers
Double A-side cover
Music video
"El Mañana" on YouTube

The song's music video brings back certain elements from the band's music video for "Feel Good Inc.", released the year before.

Music video

The animated music video for El Mañana was released on 11 March 2006 from Passion Pictures, and directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland. The video opens to Noodle on the same floating island from the music video to "Feel Good Inc.";[3]:275 two helicopters, similar in design to RAH-66 Comanches, trail behind the island, opening fire upon it and Noodle with mounted machine guns. As Noodle flees into the windmill, the helicopters smash into the windmill's sails and destroy them. The windmill is enveloped in flames, and the island's green foliage is reduced to scorched earth. The heavily damaged island loses altitude and falls into a canyon. One of the helicopters hovers above the crash zone, and drops a bombshell.

The fictional Gorillaz biography Rise of the Ogre reveals that Noodle escaped the island at the last moment via parachute.[3]:292

Track listing
UK CD single
  1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:47
  2. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
UK DVD single
  1. "El Mañana" (video) – 3:54
  2. "Kids with Guns" (video) – 3:47
  3. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (demo version) – 2:29
  4. "El Mañana" (Anamatic) – 3:54
UK 7-inch single
  1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:47
  2. "El Mañana" – 3:50
European CD single
  1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:47
  2. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
  4. "El Mañana" (video) – 3:54
Japanese CD single
  1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  2. "Kids with Guns" – 3:47
  3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
  4. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (demo version) – 2:29
  5. "El Mañana" (video) – 3:54
UK Digital single[4]
  1. "Kids with Guns" (Hot Chip remix) – 7:07
US digital single
  1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  2. "Hong Kong" (live in Manchester) – 6:38
US digital EP
  1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  2. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
  3. "Hong Kong" (live in Manchester) – 6:38
  4. "Kids with Guns" (Video) – 3:47
  5. "El Mañana" (Live In Harlem - Video) – 3:55

Personnel

Chart positions
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 31
German Singles Chart 94
Italian Singles Chart 33
Irish Singles Chart 39
UK Singles Chart 27
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References
  1. Pollard, Alexandra. "THEY'RE COMING BACK: GORILLAZ' GREATEST TRACKS RANKED". Gigwise.com. Gigwise. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. "mañana - Diccionario Inglés-Español WordReference.com". www.wordreference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  3. Browne, Cass (26 October 2006). Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre. Riverhead Books.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-28. Retrieved 2015-03-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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