The song features a horn section loop sampled from "Modesty Blaise", a piece by British jazz musician John Dankworth.

At the time we were being sued by someone who claimed he'd 'invented' Gorillaz and was demanding rights over my music, brain, image and face, which obviously made my blood boil.

[4]The video opens with a focused shot of Kong Studios' entrance, before transitioning to Noodle cycling through the building's corridors.

The camera enters a room where the Gorillaz are engaged in a performance, when suddenly, a mysterious white fog envelops the stage, causing Russel to faint.

European CD Cassette single Promotional 12-inch vinyl In Rise of the Ogre, 2-D claims to have "played some divvy panpipes" for "Rock the House" during a track-by-track of the Gorillaz album.