Song · Lily Allen
“Not Fair” by Lily Allen
From the album It’s Not Me, It’s You (2008)
“Not Fair” by Lily Allen appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2009. It was first released in 2008 on the album It’s Not Me, It’s You. Its best result is #8 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #234 alternative song of 2009.
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Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin wrote "Not Fair" together for her second album, It's Not Me, It's You, and dressed it in country clothes, a sly setting for a song about sexual frustration. Kurstin is more or less the whole band: he plays guitar, keyboard and bass, and he produced, recorded and mixed the track, with Allen out front on lead vocal.
Regal put it out as the album's second single in March 2009. Critics weren't having it, and some wrote it off as pseudo-country, but it became Allen's second top-five hit in a row in both Britain and the Netherlands, and it landed at number eight in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2009. The video goes full western, with Allen dancing by a microphone, cowgirl backing singers, cattle and poultry.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 72 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 8 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 | 100 |
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