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"Fuck You" (also known as the working title "Guess Who Batman") is a song by English singer Lily Allen from her second album It's Not Me, It's You. It is her third international single.[4]
[edit] Song informationThe song originally appeared on Allen's Myspace page in 2008 alongside the songs "I Could Say" and "I Don't Know" (now known as "The Fear") under the title "Guess Who Batman". Despite its titular reference to the caped crusader, according to NME and Rolling Stone magazines the song is an anti-George W. Bush protest[5][6], while another source the Urban Review states that it was originally inspired by the right-wing British National Party, adding Allen now "feels the track is relevant everywhere now so has removed a particular target." [2] At the 2009 Glastonbury Festival prior to performing the song, Allen made reference to the elections to the European parliament that had commenced 3 weeks earlier in which the British National Party gained their first ever representative seats, citing this as a reason to sing the song.[7] The song was written by Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin. Lily Allen wrote:
[edit] Chart performanceThe song made its chart debut at number thirty-seven on the Canadian Top 100 on February 28, 2009 despite not being released as an actual single. The song also entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-eight on the same week, being her third song on entry.[9] In the UK the song made its debut on the UK Singles Chart at number 154 on the strength of digital downloads due to the video having a lot of airplay on UK music channels despite not being released as an official single there.[10] In the Netherlands the song was released as the album's second single and debuted on the Dutch Top 40 on April 18, 2009 at number twenty-three and has so far peaked at number three.[9] The song reached number one in Belgium on June 6, 2009.[9] It has also peaked at number four in Finland and Norway,[9] number eighteen in Sweden,[9] number nine in France, number twenty-three in Australia[9] and number sixteen in Switzerland.[9] [edit] Music videosA music video for the song was posted on the official Parlophone YouTube page on June 15 2009. EMI hired the French production company Frenzy Paris who in turn hired the art collective AB/CD/CD. The collective used post production software like Adobe After Effects to distort images. The video is shot from Allen's point of view (we see a polaroid she takes of herself). She is seen to be making the journey from her hotel room to a television studio. Throughout the video, Allen warps the shape and size of her surroundings using her hands and her own perspective; for example, by moving her hands apart she'll stretch the Eiffel Tower or enlarge a man's afro hairstyle.[11] An additional video was created on youtube by Australian user Steven Bishop, who requested that other YouTube users submit mimed videos of the song.[12] The video became viral, but Allen learned about it only while being interviewed on a French news show Le Grand Journal on Canal+.[13] The video was re-created by readers of French blog "Gayclic" and approved by Allen.[14] It was further recreated by Brazilians, and then by prominent Hungarian actors.[15] A version was also produced at Manchester Pride 2009 by The Lesbian & Gay Foundation.[16][17][18] [edit] Track listings
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