URL Badman

"URL Badman"
Single by Lily Allen
from the album Sheezus
B-side "Bass Like Home"
Released 13 July 2014
Genre
Length 3:39
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Greg Kurstin
Lily Allen singles chronology
"Our Time"
(2014)
"URL Badman"
(2014)
"As Long as I Got You" (2014)

"URL Badman" is a song by British singer-songwriter Lily Allen. The song as released on 13 July 2014 as the fourth single from Allen's third studio album, Sheezus (2014).

The B-Side song "Bass Like Home" is an unofficial world cup song for the UK.

Song

In the song, there is an introduction. A dialogue between a boy named Alexander and his mother. Alex is in the room passing a prank on the internet when Alex's mother calls him for dinner. The main theme of the song is the internet, and the criticizers from blogs who "spend their life on the computer". Allen said she wrote the song after some bloggers criticized Hard Out Here's video for using mostly black dancers.

The B-Side "Bass Like Home" contains her singing about the UK (her native country). The song is not available in the US.

The song was performed at the BBC Radio 1 Weekend by Allen.

Track list

  1. "URL Badman" – 3:39
  2. "Sheezus" (Redlight Deconstructed Mix) – 4:37
  3. "Bass Like Home" – 3:59

Chart performance

"URL Badman" was a commercial disaster debuting and peaking at number 93 of the UK Singles Chart. This is Allen's lowest chart performance for a single in the United Kingdom to date.

Weekly Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[2] 93

External links

Official video on YouTube

References

  1. "iTunes - Music - URL Badman - Single by Lily Allen". iTunes. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. "July 2014/ Archive Chart: 20 July 2014" UK Singles Chart.