"Which animation style do you want?" "All of them."

The start of the video: 💀⛓🩸🔪💥💣 the music: 🔊🧚‍♂️✨🎶

Nearly 14 years later and this song still brings me to tears, it's so nostalgic, romantic, uplifting and well...melancholy. No matter what I think Gorillaz will have a place in my life as a calming reminder of my childhood when things didn't seem as grim.

Lyrics Up on Melancholy Hill There's a plastic tree Are you here with me? Just looking out on the day Of another dream Well you can't get what you want But you can get me So let's set out to sea, love 'Cause you are my medicine When you're close to me When you're close to me So call in the submarines 'Round the world we'll go Does anybody know, love If we're looking out on the day Of another dream? If you can't get what you want Then come with me Up on Melancholy Hill Sits a manatee Just looking out for the day When you're close to me When you're close to me When you're close to me

this is the kind of song that will give you nostalgia even if you’ve never heard it before

Everyone: "Happy sadness doesn't exist, don't be stupid" Happy sadness:

How can a song make you feel so heartbroken and full of pure joy at the same time?! My favorite Gorillaz song

any1 still here in 2024?🤓

Animator: "So what kind of art style do you want?" Gorillaz: "Yes."

welcome to the chill zone 0% toxic users 0% fights 100% Noodles with a gun

Lyrics: Up on Melancholy Hill There's a plastic tree Are you here with me? Just looking out on the day Of another dream Well you can't get what you want But you can get me So let's set out to sea, love 'Cause you are my medicine When you're close to me When you're close to me So call in the submarines 'Round the world we'll go Does anybody know, love If we're looking out on the day Of another dream? If you can't get what you want Then come with me Up on Melancholy Hill Sits a manatee Just looking out for the day When you're close to me When you're close to me When you're close to me.

This song holds a special place in my heart. This is on repeat during the hardest months of my college life; pulling all nighters making my architectural thesis. There I am in my room having breakdowns for weeks and wondering whether I am good or even enough to graduate in college and to navigate this world. Thankfully this song calms me and gives a comforting, cozy vibe. Like a firefly in your hand glowing when every light in your world dimmed out, this song was my torch. I would've probably quit at that point if I didn't stumbled on this song. These may all sound dramatic but its true ahaha. I successfully passed my thesis and graduated last year. And this year I got my first job and am now getting closer to one of my dreams. So I thank you for creating this song; it gave me hope and will, still.

RIP the guy that was trying to escort Noodle. True hero.

My friends: “who do you have a crush on” Me: “ Cyborg Noodle (2009-2016, reactivated on 2018-) is a robotic replica of Noodle that served as a replacement of her during the third phase of the band. Cyborg Noodle was created by Murdoc Niccals on Plastic Beach from using the real Noodle's DNA samples he gathered from the crash site where the "El Mañana" music video was filmed. This robot clone was given the job of playing the guitar on the "Plastic Beach" album as well as being Murdoc's personal bodyguard. In the music video for the single, "Stylo", Murdoc, 2-D, and Cyborg Noodle were pursued by a law enforcement agent for speeding on an open highway in the Stylo Camaro belonging to Murdoc. Suffering from the bullet hole in her head, Cyborg Noodle became incapacitated with oil coming out after firing several shotgun shells at the police officer's vehicle. The trio were then pursued by an unknown bounty hunter (Bruce Willis) armed with a revolver who lost track of the three when they dive into the Pacific Ocean. Upon their descent into the ocean, Stylo transformed into a shark-like submarine. In the music video for the "On Melancholy Hill" single, Cyborg Noodle regained consciousness inside of the submarine. Upon regaining consciousness, she regurgitated an unusual one-eyed octopus. While the submarine continued its voyage to Plastic Beach, the trio engaged in a rendezvous with the band's collaborators who were also piloting submarines of their own individual design. Upon their arrival at Plastic Beach, the fleet encountered a mysterious assailant known as the Boogieman who was blocking the fleet's route to the studio with a manatee as a hostage. Murdoc, seemingly surprised to see the Boogieman, then ordered Cyborg Noodle to dispose of him with hostile force. The trio then climbed topside where Cyborg Noodle commenced her attack on the Boogieman. After firing two consecutive solid slug shells with her Remington 870, the Boogieman dragged the manatee into the sea and the fog cleared, revealing Plastic Beach. In the storyboard and Fan Made video for the "Rhinestone Eyes" video she is seen shooting at the Boogieman who appears attacking Plastic Beach. She then runs to get more guns and ammo. She is then shown blowing up the door and taking cover behind a tree. Later, on near the end of the video, the now giant Russel comes out of the sea and stares at Cyborg Noodle. Then the real Noodle steps out of Russel's mouth. Cyborg Noodle looks shocked, while the real Noodle pulls off her cat mask showing the bruise on her eye caused by the attack at El Manana. Noodle stares at Cyborg Noodle while the video ends. Although a showdown against Noodle and Cyborg Noodle was never shown it's said in an interview with Murdoc that Noodle killed the cyborg when it started going "wonky" (or she malfunctioned) and tried to kill Murdoc. This was later revealed to be a lie on Murdoc's part, as the Book of Murdoc notes that Cyborg joined Murdoc in his escape, serving as a perfect shipmate on the submarine. My friends: “what the fu-“

Do yall remember when Gorillaz comment sections weren’t calendars

Never considered myself a Gorillaz fan but this song will always be one of my favourites. Whenever I feel down or sad, I play this song and it relaxes me. I can feel sadness, pain, and pressure but when I remember this song, when I play this song, it urges me to just carry on.

A while back, there was this kid in my English class named Noah Fleischhacker. We had an assignment where the teacher picked a student, and then that student picked a song, and we had to analyze the lyrics of said song. She picked Noah. I never really knew Noah well enough to know if he was a hardcore Gorillaz fan, but there was something awfully cheerful about his demeanor when this song played in front of our whole class to know that he loved this song. The next year, he got diagnosed with cancer and missed 3 quarters of the school year. I just stumbled across this song for the first time in probably a year, and I can't help but think of Noah Fleischhacker sitting in the back of our English classroom with a straight face, absorbing every lyric of this song as it played for our class. I don't know what happened to him exactly, but I know he's still out there making the best out of every day. I hope that he (and you, the listener) can find some comfort and solace in music like this during this trying time. UPDATE: My friends convinced me to get Discord the other day and as it turns out, Noah was online on my friend’s server! I didn’t personally ask him about the cancer thing, but my friend said that Noah went through chemotherapy and is doing fine. He seemed normal when I talked to him. And yes, this comment is true.

Gorillaz always make me happy and sad at the same time.

I used to live in London with my Mum, my parents split when I was young and my Dad moved back to Melbourne when I was 11. After a few years my Mum and I agreed when I was 16 that it would be good to have a strong positive male figure in my life, as I didn’t really have one for some time. I remember landing back in Melbourne after not seeing my Dad for a few years, and at 3am I got out of the airport and he picked me up. We drove home to the house I was born in, over the bolty bridge to this song. The city skyline was immaculate, my nostalgia immense, and a new page turned which was frightening but exciting. Every time I hear this song I am back in the passenger seat, window down being blasted by cold winter air, with the glistening skyline on the bridge with no obstacles to block the view. That was about eight years ago and is one of my favourite memories.

Such a small detail in the song but the way he says "up on melancholy hill" at 2:51 is addictive

The song is going to be a decade old in a few months time flies.

Robot noodle: *vomits octopus* 2D: *vomits whale*

This was played before my favourite team played recently. It did ironically make me feel melancholic as the song came out the year we returned to the Premier League in 2010 and I’m 39 now and overcoming a lot of physical and emotional pain and suffering a lot from grief but this song brings me back to happier times.

Dude Gorillaz was so good but then fell down so much when it came to 2023-2024 I also wish they would've stuck to the story line:(

This is such a cool song. Gorillaz is still a great group.

This song makes you feel an emotion that doesn't exist.

This song will never get old. I've always loved this.

Only just found this song today and damn I feel so late to it but it kinda adds to that really incredible nostalgic feeling this some emanates. I am a sucker for these types of songs, had it looping since I found it and will likely be looping it all day. I haven't heard a song that nails that happy-sad melancholic feeling like this song in forever. I almost shed a tear just listening to it, what a song...

animators: should we make Noodle 2D or 3D? Gorillaz: agreed

i just love how we all still watch this 9 years later

im in tears, so im really sorry if i make any typos i've never been a big fan of Gorillaz, their "Song Machine" got me a bit, i liked some of their older songs, but whenever Spotify was randomly adding this one song to the queue, i was always skipping it for something else. that is, until this night. i was having lots of stuff on my mind regarding failed relationships that i had with one of my friends, i couldnt really help it but thinking about it over and over again, how did it end up like this and was it really my fault. i was given multiple chances, but each and every single one i've waffled straight away. i was thinking that those were chances to regain our relationships back, but it was never about this. those were chances to realise that it was never coming back. i couldnt really go to bed and i couldnt really do anything, so i was just sitting here, behind my desk, headphones on, having a smoke, and... i didnt realise that it was "Melancholy Hill" until i heard 2D's voice. i was just about to skip it, but... for some reason i couldnt do that. my mind was telling me to press on that button, but my heart was whispering to me to listen to it. to give it a chance. so i did. that was the best decision i've made in a long run. "Up on Melancholy Hill, there's a plastic tree Are you here with me? Just looking out on the day of another dream Where you can't get what you want, but you can get me So let's set out to sea, love 'Cause you are my medicine when you're close to me When you're close to me" that made me realise that sometimes its better to just stay together as friends and family. if you see that it was never going to work out, then just let it go. dont leave the other person just because you will never be together in some special kind of way. because if you do leave them or force them, it will only hurt both of you. thanks to Melancholy Hill, i was finally able to express how i felt about him, what i've been thinking about and everything. i told him that i've already found someone, he was really happy for me, which made me cry even more. i promised that i will be happy and that i will be happy for him, too. he promised that he'll never leave and will never forget about me, that i'll never be valued less. i know that i will never leave my second family, and if i do, i will still be somewhere there, around, watching after them. when those relationships with my friend failed, i thought about giving up on everything. i thought i lost on life. turns out, i won. i have more than i could've ever asked for. dont look for relationships. look for friends. look for people. your time will come too. if you somehow ended up being here right on this line, i have something to tell you: things will get better. eventually. dont ever give up. take care, stay safe and stay strong. much love, strangers. thank you, Gorillaz. you've done so much for me. (if you're reading this, i hope you're happy somewhere out there. and thank you. you're the best person i've ever met. you've made me who i am. thank you. i love you, Liam)

This title of this song reflects the exact feeling it gives. It so nice, sweet and deeply sad at the same time

Animators: "So is noodle gonna be 3D Or 2D?" Gorillaz:"yes"

life hack: don’t listen to this song for a while and then come back. it sounds better every time.

It's 2010, and we're on the bus listening to music and playing games on phone.

I love this album, I wish i could turn back the time to when it was releasing, I dont undarstand why people didn't like this back then...

This song is like a virtual hug. Like it’s saying “I know everything sucks right now, it’ll all work out. It’ll be okay.” It’s a weird feeling that I can describe as sad, melancholy, comforting, nostalgic, optimistic, calming, empty, but also complete at the same time. One of my favorites by gorillaz and I’ll forever love it.

I still can't wrap my head around Noodle being an adult now...

end of the world music? Gorillaz: yes yesyes

Lowkey my favorite era of Noodle

This song is 10 years old today.

I love how active this comment section is, even after 10+ years of this song being out. Really just goes to show how timeless Gorillaz’ songs can be :)

Cant believe this song is 13 years old now. I remember listening to it back in Elementary. Shit’s crazy

The video:🩸💀💥 The music:🧚🏾‍♀️✨❤️

2d singing voice: amazing golden rays of godliness 2d speaking voice: "LoOkS lIkE a FiXxEr UpPeR"

I want like a Netflix series of the Gorillaz

How does this song seem to be able to take away your worries even if it's just for a few seconds...?

WE MAKING IT TO THE LIFE BOOTS WITH THIS ONE🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

4:04 Murdoc: “Now that’s an image. Tall, handsome, blue spiky hair-“ 2-D: “No eyeballs.” Murdoc: “No eyeballs.”

Murdoc: is a savage Noodle: is a savage 2D : is an adorable dork

me acuerdo cuando mis hermanas eran pequeñas y les gustaba gorilas, yo tenia entre mis 16 años y pude escuchar esta canción por primera vez, tipo 2011 y desde hay no puedo dejar de escucharla así sea 5 veces al año pero la escucho y hoy no se por que me hizo acordar todo lo bonito que pude recordar cuando estaba en esa edad, tantos sentimientos encontrados y me alegra que forma parte de mi vida :D

Timeless classic.

I love how Noodle is in 2D, but Cyber Noodle is in 3D.

studio: wich animation style would you want? gorillazz: yes

I've first heard this song 11 years ago and I immediately showed it to my family, specially to my mother and we loved it so much... Just one month after she passed away in a hospital... Years passed and I couldn't even hear this song completely without falling in tears sobbing a lot, the last bell ring reminded me she passed away, every time. Now, 11 years later, I still miss so much my mother, I can't even describe it. But I think I've started to heal because now this song makes me remember her being happy and I'm able to hear it from start to finish, in tears but with a smile. Thanks Gorillaz for this amazing, melancholy, beautiful peace of art!

"so is this song meant to be happy or sad?" gorillaz: *yes*

this should be played at the end of humanity during the credits

IS THAT SNOOP DOG

2028, anyone?

The painful nostalgia in this is almost unbearable for me. I always remember watching this music video with my Mum, it was around 2010, back when Channel 4 used to premiere new music videos late at night... Me and Mum used to always stay up late together, putting the world to rights. She died in 2014. I miss her every single day. I’m more or less alone now. Don’t have anyone now, really. So yeah, listening to this song always brings that moment back, I’m back with my Mum for just a few moments. It can be a painful listen if I’m not ready for it... it’s weird how music can hold so much.

I can't believe this came out 10 years ago..

You think you’re comfortable but you’re really not in the best place is what I’m understanding

I remember getting this album only a few days after it was released. Has aged like fine wine and is still an incredible album after all these years.

Noodle was only 19 and she was already shooting down planes with a Thompson.

The person that showed this song is the love of my life, i failed that person and lost it, i cry everytime i listen to this

This song is so wonderful. The person who is reading this comment, I wish you great success, health, love and happiness!

This song makes you feel an odd mixture of emotions. It’s a true masterpiece for something that was intended to be ‘Just a pop anthem’

Everybody gangsta till snoop dog in the submarine

❤ In the end, the hero is saved. 😮 Until now I watch the video and it reminds me of the friend I lost on December 14, 2023, when the bad guys, those of war in my country, entered his town and took him along with two others. They found him dead a few days later, downstream, the clear-water river that he loved and worked for. 😢 Just yesterday I thought that he could have saved himself by swimming or in a boat because this river goes to the sea, almost close to there. 😢 And by chance, I found the video. 😭😪😮😢

2-D is great at singing words like he understands them when we all know he probably doesn’t.

been 7 years and still looks beatiful, this was ahead of its time my god

Let’s just give a moment of how bad ass Noodle is

How is this song almost as old as me😭 its still so damn good!

Holy cow, I had no idea this song was that old. All my memories tied up with it are just a few yrs younger....

Song: Be happy, peaceful music, peace and tranquility Video: Noodle gunning down fighter planes Seems about right

used to listen to this on repeat 😢❤

...Everytime I hear this song I cry...I'm going through it and I don't want to get out...just leave me.....

Who else is on a Gorillaz music video streak?

Jesus I love all the different animation techniques together in the same video.

WAAAA THIS SONG IS OLDER THAN ME BY LIKE A MONTH

I remember listening to Gorillaz with my sister when I was younger. I miss those times

Whoever vibes to this, you’re my kind of people.

Noodle: secret Japanese experiment to make the ultimate fighting machine. Russel: Witnessed all his friends die in a shooting and was possessed by the ghost of his best friend. Murdock: Sold his own and his band mates souls to become a popular band. 2-D: Just has fully black eyes

what a great start to a music video am i right?

this has been and always will be my favorite Gorillaz track

Gorillaz are one of the greatest bands in music history because they aren't afraid to experiment with so many different genres, animation styles, outfits, stories, and even characters, I think it's part of what makes them such a perfect band

Normal Person : Yes show me where the lifeboats are Noodle: *Grabs Tommy Gun*

Never gets old. Can never decide if I prefer this version or the acoustic… the acoustic one 👌🏼

My mind is always stuck with this intro. I love it❤

Snoop dog isn't happy, he's feeling glad.

... *R.I.P M4RTY09 (OneDoesNotSimplyKnow) 1.3.2013* and *kitty0706 1995-2015.* may your souls rest.

*im 30 now, i struggled a lot with homelessness a lot in my lifee. and the this little jingle makes me always think of how strong young and naive i was when it all began, of my journeys and travels. The 90s and early 2000s i velieve were the vest times to be alive*

someone knows more music like this? I don't listen Gorillaz but this song it's so nostalgic and I really love that (I'm speak Spanish)

*_you are my medicine when you're close to me_*

Up on Melancholy Hill There's a plastic tree Are you here with me? Just looking out on the day Of another dream Well you can't get what you want But you can get me So let's set out to sea, love 'Cause you are my medicine When you're close to me When you're close to me So call in the submarines 'Round the world we'll go Does anybody know, love If we're looking out on the day Of another dream? If you can't get what you want Then come with me Up on Melancholy Hill Sits a manatee Just looking out for the day When you're close to me When you're close to me When you're close to me

This song always reminds me of my brother…. He loved this song… he’s been gone for a year now… I miss you buhbuh

I just realized that everyone with a soul is animated, and everything without one is computer generated.

For those who want the lore. This is the first time we have seen noodle after we presumed she died. Murdoc made a robot noodle in her absence to help with the bands production. The 2 planes at the start are assumed to be the same 2 that originally "killed her" (The 3d noodle with the bullet in her head is robot noodle) Russell and noodle had nothing to do with the production of this song Russell tried to run from his past and the drums you hear were made by Murdoc after using old recordings of Russell drumming. After kong studios gets destroyed murdoc finds plastic beach which is the island in the video. As he originally arrives plastic beach is just a ton of landfill, so he pains it pink and builds a new hq on top of it. The boogie man is there to collect murdocs soul after murdoc doesnt repay the deal he made with the devil to make gorillaz successful. Edit: The reason Russell is so big is because he dived into the river on a shore far away and has swam all the way to plastic beach, all the chemicals and waste have increased his size The shark they are In is the same car bruce Willis chased them in and once it jumped into the water it turns into the shark sub.

Discovered this song by a trend on TikTok. Since then, can't stop listening to it. Thanks, Gorillaz ❤

Se la dediqué a ella... Ya no está conmigo pero me gusta recordarla con esta canción Aunque quizá no recuerde que en alguna ocasión alguien le dedicó sus mejores canciones dentro de ellas esta hermosa melodía.