Alfie (Lily Allen song)

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“Alfie”
“Alfie” cover
Single by Lily Allen
from the album Alright, Still
A-side "Shame for You"
Released 5 March 2007 (UK)
11 July 2007 (Japan)
Format CD single, digital download, 7" single
Genre Pop, ska
Length 2:46
Label Regal
Writer(s) Lily Allen, Greg Kurstin
Producer Greg Kurstin
Lily Allen singles chronology
"Littlest Things"
(2006)		 "Shame for You"/"Alfie"
(2007)		 "Oh My God"
(2007)
Alternate cover
Japan-only EP cover
Japan-only EP cover

"Alfie" is a song written by Lily Allen and Greg Kurstin, produced by Kurstin for Allen's debut album Alright, Still. The song was released with "Shame for You" as a double A-sided single in 2007. It is about her younger brother, Alfie Owen-Allen, smoking cannabis in his room in addition to her commenting that he watches television and plays computer games too much.

When Alright, Still was released in July 2006, "Alfie" reached number seventy in the UK Official Download Chart. The double A-side entered the UK Singles Chart at number forty-four on digital downloads only, and then to number fifteen when combined with physical single releases. "Alfie" entered the Official UK download chart at number seventeen.

Alfie was released in Japan on the 11th of July as a Japan-only EP (which would chart on the albums charts). The EP features six songs and three music videos as a CD extra.

The song uses samples from Sandie Shaw's Eurovision winning song Puppet on a String.


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[edit] Music video

The video features a puppet playing Alfie, whom Lily takes drugs away from, as well as catching him masturbating over "Roxy and Babs get it on" pictures, and stopping him taking beer from the fridge. The video was released to iTunes in America on May 8.

[edit] Track listing

CD Single
  1. "Shame for You"
  2. "Alfie" (explicit)
  3. "It's Only Love"
7" Vinyl
  1. "Shame for You"
  2. "Alfie" (explicit)
Digital download
  • "Shame for You"
  • "Shame for You" (live at Bush Hall)
  • "Alfie" (explicit)
  • "Alfie" (CSS remix)
  • "Alfie" (live at Bush Hall)
Japanese EP [1]
  1. "Alfie"
  2. "Smile"
  3. "Everybody's Changing" (Keane cover)
  4. "Nan You're A Window Shopper"
  5. "Alfie" (CSS remix)
  6. "Smile" (Mark Ronson remix)
  7. "Alfie" (banned version) (CD Extra Music Video)
  8. "LDN" (TYO version) (CD Extra Music Video)
  9. "Littlest Things" (CD Extra Music Video)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Ireland Singles Chart[2] 31
New Zealand Singles Chart[2] 15
UK Singles Chart[3] 1 15
Japan Oricon Singles Chart[4] 2 226

1 "Alfie"/"Shame for You"
2 "Alfie EP"

[edit] References

  1. ^ "EMI Music Japan | 商品情報". EMI Music Japan. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Alfie - chart positions". MusicSquare. Retrieved February 15, 2007.
  3. ^ "Alfie"/"Shame for You" - chart positions". MusicSquare. Retrieved May 30, 2007.
  4. ^ オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」(アルフィーＥＰ). Oricon. Retrieved August 2, 2007.

[edit] External links

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