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Sweepstakes is the twelfth track on Gorillaz' 2010 album "Plastic Beach".

Band member Murdoc Niccals stated the following about "Sweepstakes" in a track-by-track commentary:

"The Hypnotic Brass brothers give us that full-on Chicago brass muscle, turning this track out into a ‘Quincy Jones’ version of hip hop, MC’ed superlatively by Mos Def. An absolute gent. I first met him in The Box club on the Lower East side of NYC. I like his rap work, and I saw him in Be Kind Rewind.

Sweepstakes: you’re a winner. Collect your little plastic prize at the counter. There’s a lot of rubbish that gets dangled in front of people on this Earth. Making people feel like a winner is one of the best ways of hooking them in."

Lyrics[1][]

Pay day you're a winner
Pay day you're a winner
Keep cool form a line
Scared money broke money
Bold money mo money
So sunny cloud breaker
Sound maker wave runner
Wild wonder funky drummer
You can get it how you wanna
There's maths and there's dealers and players and me
They say that they winners ok well let's see
You pay or you play
The rules of the trade
The math of the days
The times of the age
What you want how you like
Aim high man why not
Sun, moon, starry y'alls
Each and all of y'alls
There's maths and there's dealers and players and me
They say that they winners ok well let's see

Sweepstakes, Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner

Pay day you're a winner
Keep cool form a line
Scared money broke money
Bold money mo money
So sunny cloud breaker
Sound maker wave runner
Wild wonder funky drummer
You can get it how you wanna
"Who's the winner?" said the dealer
Every player, "Yeah, me!"
So you say we will see
Pay or play, a-ok
What you want, how you like
Aim high why not
Sun moon and starry y'alls
Each and every all of y'alls
Who's the winner? Yeah, me
So you say, "We will see"
Cloud breaker danger beats
Big feat
Ha, okay, let's eat

Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner

Pay day you're a winner
Pay day you're a winner
Keep cool form a line
Scared money broke money
Bold money mo money
So sunny cloud breaker
Sound maker wave runner
Wild wonder funky drummer
You can get it how you wanna
There's maths and there's dealers and players and killers then me
They say that they winners ok well let's see
You pay or you play
The rules of the trade
The math of the days
The times of the age
What you want how you like
Aim high man why not
Sun, moon, starry y'alls
Each and all of y'alls
There's maths and there's dealers and players and me
They say that they winners ok well let's see

Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner

Pay day you're a winner
Keep cool form a line
Scared money broke money
Bold money mo money
So sunny cloud breaker
Sound maker wave runner
Wild wonder funky drummer
You can get it how you wanna
"Who's the winner?" said the dealer
Every player, "Yeah, me!"
So you say we will see
Pay or play, a-ok
What you want, how you like
Aim high why not
Sun moon and starry y'alls
Each and every all of y'alls
Who's the winner? Yeah, me
So you say, "We will see"
Cloud breaker danger beats
Fresh plates, let's eat

Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Sweepstakes, You're a winner
Ha! OW!

Keep cool form a line
Scared money broke money
Bold money mo money
So sunny cloud breaker
Sound maker wave runner
Wild wonder funky drummer
You can get it how you wanna
There's maths and there's dealers and players and me
They say that they winners ok well let's see
You pay or you play
The rules of the trade
The math of the days
The times of the age
What you want how you like
Aim high man why not
Sun, moon, starry y'alls
Each and all of y'alls
There's maths and there's dealers and players and me

Video[]

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Gorillaz - Sweepstakes - Plastic Beach

Trivia[]

  • Murdoc originally called this song "Salmon on Rye with No Title, To Go". It's unclear why he changed it.
  • For an unknown reason, this is the only Plastic Beach song without an official instrumental.

References[]

  1. "Plastic Beach [Japanese experience edition]", TOCP-66950, booklet pp.20-24
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