Song · The Rapture
“No Sex for Ben” by The Rapture
Released 2008
“No Sex for Ben” by The Rapture appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2008. It was first released in 2008. Its best result is #14 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #203 alternative song of 2008.
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The Rapture cut "No Sex for Ben" for Grand Theft Auto IV in 2008, and it plays on Radio Broker, one of the game's make-believe stations. Timbaland produced it, bassist Matt Safer sings it, and it's a diss track with a name on it: the DJ Ben Rymer, who gets taken apart over Timbaland's beat.
The sessions at SARM Studios in London came with famous neighbors. Duran Duran were upstairs making Red Carpet Massacre with Timbaland, and Justin Timberlake wandered down, loved what he heard, asked to get on it and sang six backing vocals for the chorus. None of it survived: Gabe Andruzzi's best guess is that they couldn't get approval, so Timberlake's parts came out. Rolling Stone ranked the song 26th on its list of the 100 best of 2008.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 14 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 | 100 |
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