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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]

Song information

The 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 a George W. Bush protest,^[5]^[6] while 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."^[7] At the 2009 Glastonbury Festival prior to performing the song, Allen made reference to the elections to the European parliament that had commenced three 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 Allen and Greg Kurstin. Allen wrote:

We are the youth, we can make coolness for our future, it's up to us. Go green and hate hate.^[8]

Chart performance

The song made its chart debut at number 37 on the Canadian Top 100 on 28 February 2009 despite not being released as an actual single. The song also entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 68 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 18 April 2009 at number 23 and has peaked at number three.^[9] The song reached number one in Belgium on 6 June 2009.^[9] It has also peaked at number four in Finland and Norway,^[9] number eighteen in Sweden,^[9] number nine in France, number 23 in Australia^[9] and number 16 in Switzerland.

Music video

A music video for the song was posted on the official Parlophone YouTube page on 15 June 2009. EMI hired the French production company Frenzy Paris who in turn hired the art collective AB/CD/CD. The video is shot from Allen's point of view (she can be seen using 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 stretches the Eiffel Tower and enlarges a man's afro hairstyle.^[11]

Track listing

UK CD Single

"Fuck You" (Explicit) – 3:42
"Fuck You" (Clean) – 3:40

French CD Single

"Fuck You" (Explicit) – 3:42
"The Fear" (The Count (Hervè) & Lily Face The Fear Remix) – 4:21

American CD Single

"Fuck You" (Explicit) - 3:42
"Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Club Mix)
"Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario Dub)
"Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Extended Vocal Mix)
"Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Official Dub Mix)
"Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique Two Fingers Club Mix)
"Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique Dub Mix)
"Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Mixshow)
"Fuck You" (The Boy's Crisis Remix)
"Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique "Now Watch This" Electropop Radio Edit)
"Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Radio Mix)
"Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Radio Edit)

UK Digital Download

"Fuck You" (Explicit) - 3:42
"Not Fair" (Radio Edit) - 3:03
"Not Fair" (Style Of Eye Remix) - 6:19
"The Fear" - 3:26
"The Fear" (The Count (Hervè) & Lily Face The Fear Remix) – 4:21
"Why" - 3:16
"Everyone's At It" - 3:22
"Mr Blue Sky" (Acoustic) - 4:18

French Digital Download

"Fuck You" (Explicit) - 3:42
"Why" - 3:16
"Not Fair" (Style Of Eye Remix) - 6:19
"The Fear" (The Count (Hervè) & Lily Face The Fear Remix) – 4:21
"Not Fair" (Radio Edit) - 3:03

American Digital Download

"Fuck You" (Clean Radio Edit) - 3:41
"Fag Hag" - 2:55
"Kabul Shit" - 3:45
"Womanizer" (Acoustic Version) - 3:31

American Remix Digital Download

"Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Klub) – 7:46
"Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique Two Fingers Club Mix) – 6:21
"Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Extended Vocal Mix) – 5:48
"Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique 'Now Watch This' Electropop Radio) – 3:32
"Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario Dub) – 9:48

Cover versions

A excerpt from the track was sung by Lorie and Natasha St-Pier at the 2010 charity concert by Les Enfoires, entitled La crise de nerfs.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart^[9]	23
Austrian Singles Chart^[12]	12
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)^[12]	1
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)^[12]	2
Canadian Hot 100^[9]	37
Dutch Top 40^[9]	3
European Hot 100^[9]	23
Finnish Singles Chart^[9]	4
French Physical Singles Chart^[12]	14
French Digital Singles Chart^[13]	8
German Singles Chart^[14]	49
Italian Singles Chart^[12]	9
Norwegian Singles Chart^[9]	4
Swedish Singles Chart^[15]	18
Swiss Singles Chart^[15]	5
UK Singles Chart^[10]	153
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[9]	68
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs^[16]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs^[9]	47

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)	Position
Italian Singles Chart^[17]	66
Swiss Singles Chart^[18]	28

Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales
Australia	Gold^[19]	35,000+
Belgium	Gold^[20]	20,000+
Finland	Gold^[21]	5,153
France	Gold^[22]	150,000+
Italy	Gold^[23]	15,000+
Switzerland	Gold^[24]	15,000+

Preceded by "Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak	Belgian (Flanders) singles chart number-one single 6 June 2009 – 27 June 2009	Succeeded by "Boom Boom Pow" by "The Black Eyed Peas"
Preceded by "Did You See Me Coming?" by Pet Shop Boys	U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs number-one single 28 November 2009	Succeeded by "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)" by Jordin Sparks

References

^ "LILY ALLEN // Produkte +++ EMI - Gute Musik ist besser". Emimusic.de. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "Fuck You: Lily Allen: Amazon.fr: Musique". Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "Radio Web Italia - Lily Allen ritorna con "Fuck You"". Radiowebitalia.it. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "— • Lily Allen • Whats Happening? • —". Lilyallenmusic.com. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "Lily Allen gets political in LA: Singer speaks out against President George W Bush". NME. 3 April 2009.
^ Rolling Stone Album Review. Jody Rosen. 4 Feb 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Lily Allen - Guess Who Batman (Fuck You Very Much)". Urban Review. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ Leah Collins (23 June 2008). "Lily Allen 'Makes Coolness for our Future' -- whatever that means -- with New Track". Dose.ca. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Fuck You Chart positions". acharts.us. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
^ ^a ^b "Fuck You UK Chart position". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
^ Pop Payback:The British star’s caustic clip, made by French filmmakers, goes viral Wall Street Journal 2 July 2009
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Steffen Hung. "Lily Allen - Fuck You". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ Steffen Hung (18 July 2009). "Les charts français". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "Chartverfolgung - Allen,Lily - Fuck You". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ ^a ^b Steffen Hung. "Schweizer Hitparade - Singles Top 75 16.05.2010". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "Chart Highlights: Country, Rock, Rap Songs & More". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
^ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Ricerche e dati di mercato". Fimi.it. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
^ "2009 Year End Swiss Singles Chart". Swiss Music Charts. 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2009 Singles". Aria.com.au. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
^ "Kulta- ja platinalevyt". IFPI. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
^ "Les Disques d'Or 2009" (PDF) (in French). Disqueenfrance. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
^ http://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week34.pdf
^ http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2009

[1] "LILY ALLEN // Produkte +++ EMI - Gute Musik ist besser". Emimusic.de. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[2] "Fuck You: Lily Allen: Amazon.fr: Musique". Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[3] "Radio Web Italia - Lily Allen ritorna con "Fuck You"". Radiowebitalia.it. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[4] "— • Lily Allen • Whats Happening? • —". Lilyallenmusic.com. 5 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[5] "Lily Allen gets political in LA: Singer speaks out against President George W Bush". NME. 3 April 2009.

[6] Rolling Stone Album Review. Jody Rosen. 4 Feb 2009.

[urbanreview-7] "Lily Allen - Guess Who Batman (Fuck You Very Much)". Urban Review. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[8] Leah Collins (23 June 2008). "Lily Allen 'Makes Coolness for our Future' -- whatever that means -- with New Track". Dose.ca. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

[fuckyou-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "Fuck You Chart positions". acharts.us. Retrieved 2009-05-31.

[uk-10] "Fuck You UK Chart position". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

[11] Pop Payback:The British star’s caustic clip, made by French filmmakers, goes viral Wall Street Journal 2 July 2009

[lescharts.com-12] Steffen Hung. "Lily Allen - Fuck You". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[13] Steffen Hung (18 July 2009). "Les charts français". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[14] "Chartverfolgung - Allen,Lily - Fuck You". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[hitparade.ch-15] Steffen Hung. "Schweizer Hitparade - Singles Top 75 16.05.2010". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[16] "Chart Highlights: Country, Rock, Rap Songs & More". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-16.

[17] "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Ricerche e dati di mercato". Fimi.it. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-18.

[18] "2009 Year End Swiss Singles Chart". Swiss Music Charts. 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-16.

[19] "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2009 Singles". Aria.com.au. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[20] "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2010-05-18.

[21] "Kulta- ja platinalevyt". IFPI. Retrieved 2010-09-21.

[22] "Les Disques d'Or 2009" (PDF) (in French). Disqueenfrance. Retrieved 2010-01-26.

[23] ttp://www.fimi.it/temp/cert_Nielsen_week34.pdf

[24] ttp://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2009

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 A music video for the song was posted on the official [[Parlophone]] [[YouTube]] page on 15 June 2009. EMI hired the French production company ''Frenzy Paris'' who in turn hired the art collective ''AB/CD/CD''. The video is shot from Allen's point of view (she can be seen using a [[Instant film|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 stretches the Eiffel Tower and enlarges a man's [[afro]] hairstyle.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204556804574262371895054780.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Pop Payback:The British star’s caustic clip, made by French filmmakers, goes viral Wall Street Journal  2 July 2009]</ref>
+==Track listing==
-Two remix videos (one remix video is a epilogue of the other remix video), the ''Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Klub'' and the ''Ralphi Rosario Dub'', were released
-==Track listings and formats==
 {{col-begin}}
 {{col-2}}
+* '''UK CD Single'''
-* '''Promo - CD single (Regal/EMI 9641592 /EAN 5099996415924)'''
-#"Fuck You" (explicit version) &ndash; 3:42
+# "Fuck You" (Explicit) &ndash; 3:42
-#"Fuck You" (clean version) &ndash; 3:40
+# "Fuck You" (Clean) &ndash; 3:40
+* '''French CD Single'''
+# "Fuck You" (Explicit) &ndash; 3:42
+# "The Fear" (The Count (Hervè) & Lily Face The Fear Remix) &ndash; 4:21
-* '''Promo CD single (Regal/EMI)'''
+* '''American CD Single'''
-#"Fuck You" &ndash; 3:43
+# "Fuck You" (Explicit) - 3:42
+# "Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Club Mix)
+# "Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario Dub)
+# "Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Extended Vocal Mix)
+# "Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Official Dub Mix)
+# "Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique Two Fingers Club Mix)
+# "Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique Dub Mix)
+# "Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Mixshow)
+# "Fuck You" (The Boy's Crisis Remix)
+# "Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique "Now Watch This" Electropop Radio Edit)
+# "Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Radio Mix)
+# "Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Radio Edit)
-* '''Fuck You - EP'''
-#"Fuck You"
-#"Why"
-#"Everyone's at It"
-#"Not Fair" (Style of the Eye Remix)
-#"The Count (aka Hervè) and Lily Face the Fear"
-#"Not Fair" (radio edit)
-#"Mr Blue Sky"
-#"The Fear"
 {{col-2}}
+* '''UK Digital Download'''
+# "Fuck You" (Explicit) - 3:42
+# "Not Fair" (Radio Edit) - 3:03
+# "Not Fair" (Style Of Eye Remix) - 6:19
+# "The Fear" - 3:26
+# "The Fear" (The Count (Hervè) & Lily Face The Fear Remix) &ndash; 4:21
+# "Why" - 3:16
+# "Everyone's At It" - 3:22
+# "Mr Blue Sky" (Acoustic) - 4:18
-* '''French CD single'''
+* '''French Digital Download'''
-#"Fuck You" &ndash; 3:40
+# "Fuck You" (Explicit) - 3:42
+# "Why" - 3:16
-#"The Count (aka Hervè) and Lily Face the Fear" &ndash; 4:21
+# "Not Fair" (Style Of Eye Remix) - 6:19
+# "The Fear" (The Count (Hervè) & Lily Face The Fear Remix) &ndash; 4:21
+# "Not Fair" (Radio Edit) - 3:03
-* '''German download single'''
+* '''American Digital Download'''
-#"Fuck You"
+# "Fuck You" (Clean Radio Edit) - 3:41
+# "Fag Hag" - 2:55
-#"Why"
+# "Kabul Shit" - 3:45
-#"Not Fair" (Style of the Eye Remix)
+# "Womanizer" (Acoustic Version) - 3:31
-#"The Count (aka Hervé) and Lily Face the Fear"
-#"Not Fair" (clean radio edit)
-*'''US "Fuck You" Remix EP'''
+*'''American Remix Digital Download'''
-#"Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Klub) &ndash; 7:46
+# "Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Klub) &ndash; 7:46
-#"Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique Two Fingers Club Mix) &ndash; 6:21
+# "Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique Two Fingers Club Mix) &ndash; 6:21
-#"Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Extended Vocal Mix) &ndash; 5:48
+# "Fuck You" (Rich Morel's Extended Vocal Mix) &ndash; 5:48
-#"Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique 'Now Watch This' Electropop Radio) &ndash; 3:32
+# "Fuck You" (Manhattan Clique 'Now Watch This' Electropop Radio) &ndash; 3:32
-#"Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario Dub) &ndash; 9:48
+# "Fuck You" (Ralphi Rosario Dub) &ndash; 9:48
-{{col-end}}
 ==Cover versions==