| New Gold | |
| Cover: | Gorillaz New Gold.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Gorillaz featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown |
| Album: | Cracker Island |
| Length: | 3:25 |
| Chronology: | Gorillaz |
| Prev Title: | Cracker Island |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
| Next Title: | Baby Queen |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
"New Gold" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz, featuring Australian music project Tame Impala, and American rapper Bootie Brown, marking the latter's second collaboration with the band since "Dirty Harry" in 2005. The track was released on 31 August 2022 as the second single from their eighth studio album, Cracker Island."New Gold" reached number four on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and peaked at number two on the US Alternative Airplay Songs chart.At the APRA Music Awards of 2024, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year.[1]
"New Gold" has been in production since 2020, and its earliest teaser was a post on Noodle's Instagram from 1 February 2020.[2] However, the track was not included on , because, according to Damon Albarn, they "never seemed to get [their] tune finished". He also hinted that the song might finally be released as a part of the second season of Song Machine.[3] It was first played live during the Gorillaz World Tour 2022 on 19 August 2022. The song was eventually released on 31 August 2022 as the second single for Gorillaz' eighth studio album Cracker Island.
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| Peak position | |
| Lithuania (AGATA)[4] | 52 |
|---|---|
| Position | ||
| US Alternative Airplay Songs (Billboard)[5] | 22 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[6] | 99 |
| Date | Format | Label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | August 31, 2022 | ||||
| United States | January 31, 2023 | Alternative radio | Warner | [7] |