Plastic Beach (feat. Mick Jones and Paul Simonon)

This is the title track of virtual band Gorillaz's third studio album. The band is a creation of Blur frontman Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl.

Hewlett and Albarn created a brand new story for the record. Hewlett explained: "The band have taken up residence, recording on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific, a Plastic Beach HQ, made up of the detritus, debris and washed up remnants of humanity. This Plastic Beach is the furthest point from any landmass on Earth; the most deserted spot on the planet."

Damon Albarn enlisted for this track Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash for their first recorded performance together in many years. Albarn and Simonon previously collaborated on The Good, the Bad and the Queen. Murdoc explained how the collaboration came about. "Well, I had commandeered Paul Simonon from the Good, The Bad And The Queen. And it made sense. Gorillaz were always influenced by The Clash. They were always my favorite band, I loved how they took the heart and soul of punk and reggae smeared it in London graffiti and paint and then sailed it round the world. I don't think that's a million miles from what Gorillaz do now."