Song · Lily Allen
“Fuck You” by Lily Allen
From the album It’s Not Me, It’s You (2008)
“Fuck You” by Lily Allen appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2008 and 2022. It was first released in 2008 on the album It’s Not Me, It’s You. Its best result is #90 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #623 alternative song of 2008.
Lily Allen's "Fuck You" began life under the longer title "Guess Who Batman (Fuck You Very Much)", then turned up on It's Not Me, It's You, her second album, and went out as her third international single. Greg Kurstin wrote it with her and handled nearly everything else, producing, recording and mixing it and playing the guitar, bass and keyboards, while Allen takes the lead vocal.
It's maximalist dance-pop with a grin on its face and a knife behind its back: a kiss-off aimed at a bigot, poking fun at the racism, the homophobia and the appetite for war. Mainland Europe lapped it up, with three weeks at number one in Flanders, runner-up spots in Wallonia and the Netherlands and the top five in Finland, Norway and Switzerland, and it got to 23 in Australia.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 90 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
| 2009 | 101 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 666 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
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