Gorillaz, James Murphy and Andre 3000 Record Song for Converse

Damon Albarn of Gorillaz performs at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

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Gorillaz have announced that a new track, "DoYaThing," featuring guest performances from Outkast's Andre 3000 and LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, will be released as a free download through the Converse website on February 23rd. The one-off song, which unites three of the most acclaimed acts of the past decade, is part of Converse's Three Artists, One Song series, which has previously featured collaborations between Kid Cudi, Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij and Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast, and the Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Santigold and Pharrell Williams.

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The track is the product of a larger partnership between Gorillaz and Converse. Gorillaz visual artist Jamie Hewlett has also designed four Gorillaz-themed pairs of sneakers for the company's Chuck Taylor All Stars line.

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Song Stories

“Push It”

Salt-N-Pepa | 1987

Originating as a B side to their cover of the Stax classic “Tramp,” Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandi “Pepa” Denton and Dee Dee “DJ Spinderella” Roper came up with the goods on this career-making, Grammy-nominated platinum single about working it on the dancefloor. “Push It” has been sampled and spliced to death since it debuted in 1987, yet the original track is as fresh and fly as when SNP — among the few original women of hip-hop — debuted it. “Most men will never believe ‘Push It’ was never about sex,” said James. “And that’s why the record went to Number One,” said Denton. “Everybody thought it was about sex.”

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