Charger Lyrics
I am the ghost
Provocative
That's what I want
[Verse: 2-D]
A cha-charger, everything is supposed to get in
I just don't know where I'm a-getting it from
A cha-charger, what is the cause of it?
And well in that case, how do you know it's your own?
A cha-charger, what do you say now?
Thought you could use it when the flowers have grown
A cha-charger, what did you do in it?
I bet you're racing it, I'm left in a stew, shukuchi
[Chorus: 2-D & Grace Jones]
A cha-charger
A cha-charger
A cha-charger
A cha-charger
[Interlude: Grace Jones]
Okay
Yeah, okay
[Verse: 2-D]
A cha-charger, everything is supposed to get in
I just don't know where I'm a-getting it from
A cha-charger, what is the cause of it?
And well in that case, how do you know it's your own?
A cha-charger, what do you say now?
Thought you could use it when the flowers have grown
A cha-charger, what did you do in it?
I bet you're racing it, I'm left in a stew, shukuchi
A cha-charger
A cha-charger
A cha-charger
A cha-charger
[Bridge: Grace Jones]
I am the ghost
I am the sword
I am the ghost
[Verse: 2-D & Grace Jones]
I'm gonna take you for a ride
(A cha-charger)
Everything is supposed to get in
I just don't know where I'm a-getting from
I'm gonna take you for a ride
(A cha-charger)
What is the cause of it?
And well in that case, how do you know it's your own?
I'm gonna take you for a ride
(A cha-charger)
What do you say now?
Thought you could teach us as the flowers have grown
I'm gonna take you for a ride
(A cha-charger)
What did you do in it?
I bet you're racing it, I'm left in a stew, shukuchi
I'm gonna take you for a ride
(A cha-charger)
No antennas
(A cha-charger)
I'm gonna take you for a ride
(A cha-charger)
No antennas
(A cha-charger)
I'm gonna take you for a ride
(A cha-charger)
I'm inside you
No antennas
(A cha-charger)
I'm in charge
(A cha-charger)
No antennas
About
This song is perhaps best explained with the outro, when Grace Jones and 2-D sing the hauntingly beautiful ending verse to this pumped up and electrified song whose repetitive guitar riffs are the contrasted nicely to 2-D’s haunting voice and Ms Jones' bravado. In the outro, “A cha-charger” is followed by “I’m gonna take you for a ride”, “I’m inside you” and “ No antennas”. These lines signify complete control, dominance and power, which lends to the conclusion that “charger” means something that is not just electrifying, but as the other choruses show, also means strong, hostile and coming straight fo your ass. “Provocative” is the word used in the intro and this song tries to be just that. Catchy, edgy and supercharged.
One of Damon Albarn’s goals in creating the new Gorillaz album was to include more female artists. He listed examples of music “patriarchs” he had worked with on previous tracks and expressed the need to collaborate with music “matriarchs” as well for an album titled “Humanz.”
Scheduling time to record with Grace Jones was difficult for Albarn, it took him four months to secure the day. During this time he continued to work on the track, and by the time Jones was able to record he had an instrumental with an unnamed voice over it. Before Jones would work on the song, that voice had to be removed. Albarn described Jones as “slightly supernatural, her energy. Not entirely of this world.” After the recording, he covered the studio floor with papers printed with Jones' lyrics, crafting the song together from the parts that he felt suited it.
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Damon said that Grace Jones said random ad-libs and he put them together so they made sense.
Locating Grace is the beginning of the challenge. Pinning down a day she could come to the studio took about four months, with lots of false alarms: “Grace is coming! No, she’s not.” But she truly does have magic in her soul. She’s really naughty but really lovely.
- Damon Albarn
Via: Entertainment Weekly
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