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This article is about the song by the Gorillaz. "Dirty Harry" is also a song by Adam & the Ants. For other meanings, see Dirty Harry (disambiguation).

"Dirty Harry"
Single by Gorillaz featuring Booty Brown from the album Demon Days
Released	21 November 2005 (UK) December 6, 2005 (US)
Format	12", CD, Maxi-CD, DVD
Recorded	2004
Genre	Alternative
Length	3:49
Label	Parlophone Records
Producer	Gorillaz, Danger Mouse
Gorillaz featuring Booty Brown singles chronology
"DARE" (2005) "Dirty Harry" (2005) "Kids With Guns" / "El Mañana" (2006)

"Dirty Harry" is a song from Gorillaz' second album Demon Days. It was the third single from the album, released 21 November 2005. It peaked at #6 in the UK. It was also released as a promo and onto iTunes earlier that year. An early version of "Dirty Harry" titled "I Need A Gun" was included on Damon Albarn's album Democrazy. On 8 December 2005 it was announced that "Dirty Harry" had been nominated for a Grammy under the category "Urban/Alternative Performance", but was beaten by Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley's "Welcome To Jamrock".

One of the song's noted^{[attribution needed]} lyrics is the line "The war is over so says the speaker with the flight suit on", apparently referring to George W. Bush's televised speech of May 1, 2003.

Dirty Harry is also a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel. One of Gorillaz's earlier singles is also the name of this movie's actor, Clint Eastwood.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK releases 1.2 Japan release 1.3 Australia release 1.4 US iTunes EP 2 Music video 3 Cover images 4 Trivia 5 External links

• 12" promotional single (KONG01) released 20 January 2005

1. "Dirty Harry" - 3:49
2. "Dirty Harry" (instrumental) - 3:49
3. "Dirty Harry" (a cappella) - 3:49

• Single released 21 November 2005 by Parlophone
• Maxi-CD CDR6676

1. "Dirty Harry" - 3:49
2. "All Alone" (live) - 3:39
   • From the summer 2005 Demon Detour radio program

• CD CDRS6676

1. "Dirty Harry" - 3:49
2. "Hongkongaton" - 3:34
3. "Dirty Harry" (Chopper remix) - 3:39
4. "Dirty Harry" (video) - 3:49
5. "Dirty Harry" (animatic with "Dirty Harry" instrumental)

• DVD DVDR6676

1. "Dirty Harry" (video) - 3:49
2. "Murdoc Is God" - 2:25
3. "Dirty Harry" (animatic with "Dirty Harry" instrumental)

• EP TOCP 61108 released 7 December 2005 by Toshiba-EMI

1. "Dirty Harry" - 3:49
2. "All Alone" (live) - 3:39
   • From the summer 2005 Demon Detour radio program.
3. "Dirty Harry (Chopper remix)" - 3:39
4. "Hongkongaton" - 3:34
5. "Dirty Harry" (video)

• CD 3437780 released 16 January 2006 by Capitol Records

1. "Dirty Harry" - 3:49
2. "Dirty Harry (Chopper remix)" - 3:39
3. "Hongkongaton" - 3:34
4. "Dirty Harry" (video)
5. "Dirty Harry" (animatic with "Dirty Harry" instrumental)

• Released 21 November 2006

1. "Dirty Harry" (video)
2. "Dirty Harry" (Demon Days Live in Harlem - video)
3. "Highway (Under Construction)" (audio)
4. "Hongkongaton" (audio)

The video was first released on 25 October to subscribers of the Gorillaz website mailing list.

Like the Gorillaz video Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry is a reference to the Clint Eastwood movie of the same name.

Dirty Harry is the only Gorillaz music video to be filmed on-location. The band was going to use a computer animated desert, but it turned out simply flying the crew and band to the desert was cheaper and easier. Most of the video features shirtless 2-D and an animated version of the Children's Choir San Fernandez stranded in the middle of a desert, following what appears to have been a helicopter crash (which may be a relation to El Mañana, but most likely isn't, as Noodle is completely unharmed in the video and El Manana was created after Dirty Harry). The survivors keep themselves entertained with the song while awaiting the arrival of rescuers, portrayed by Noodle and Murdoc crewing a South African Defence Force Casspir mine-proof vehicle driven by Russel (who has grown a Fu Manchu). The song and video feature a guest appearance by Pharcyde rapper Bootie Brown, who leaps out of a sand dune in military fatigues to perform his verse of the song.

In the end of the video the Gorillaz, the children and Bootie Brown depart the crash site in the military vehicle, which unfortunately breaks down meters away. The video also features a reference to the film Napoleon Dynamite where 2-D makes his hands resembling a bird flying (a film 2-D claims to admire).

The themes in the single, as well as the themes in the entire album are all based on Damon Albarn's observations on the state that the world is in today[1].

The helmet which appears on the single cover and the poster for the video (seen in the cinema section of the Gorillaz website) is reminiscent of the Full Metal Jacket movie poster, hinting that the album follows a story much like the movie. This song is the part in the story while the soldier (Bootie Brown) is being sent off to war unjustly, now separated from his lover at home.

UK Promo (12")	UK Promo (CD)	UK (CD)	UK (Maxi-CD), Australia
UK (DVD), Japan (EP)

• In an interview, 2D had stated that the keyboard collaboration was something that he had picked up from watching Sesame Street.
• This is the first and only music video of Gorillaz to be filmed on location.
• This is the second music video to feature Gorillaz in the real world, the first being Tomorrow Comes Today.

• Official fansite
• Gorillaz "Unofficial" webpage for Dirty Harry promo
• Rolling Stone article
• MTV news article with confirmation
• The "Dirty Harry" video

v • d • e Gorillaz
Band Members	2D · Murdoc Niccals · Noodle · Russel Hobbs
Studio albums and EPs	Tomorrow Comes Today EP · Gorillaz · Demon Days
Remix and compliation albums	G-Sides · Laika Come Home · D-Sides
DVDs	Phase One: Celebrity Take Down · Demon Days Live · Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades
Singles	"Clint Eastwood" · "19-2000" · "Rock the House" · "911" · "Tomorrow Comes Today" · "Lil' Dub Chefin'" · "Feel Good Inc." · "Dare" · "Dirty Harry" · "Kids with Guns" / "El Mañana" ·
Collaborators	Damon Albarn · Jamie Hewlett · Dan the Automator · Danger Mouse · Del tha Funkee Homosapien · Nelson De Freitas · Phil Cornwell · Haruka Kuroda · Remi Kabaka · Shaun Ryder  · MF DOOM  · Roots Manuva  · Spacemonkeyz
Related articles	Discography · Blur · The Good, the Bad and the Queen · Monkey: Journey to the West · Passion Pictures · Untitled Gorillaz project (movie) · Gorilla Bitez · Rise of the Ogre · Bananaz