| "Shame for You" | ||||
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| Single byLily Allen | ||||
| from the albumAlright, Still | ||||
| A-side | "Alfie" | |||
| Released | 5 March 2007 | |||
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| Length | 4:05 | |||
| Label | Regal | |||
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| Producer(s) | Blair MacKichan | |||
| Lily Allen singles chronology | ||||
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| "Shame for You" onYouTube | ||||
"Shame for You" is a song by Britishsinger-songwriterLily Allen from her debutstudio album,Alright, Still. Written by Allen andBlair MacKichan, while samplingJackie Mittoo's "Loving You" melody, the song was released as theA-Side to her fourth single, "Alfie", exclusively in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2007, byRegal Recordings.[1]
While no music video had been shot for the song, it was recorded performed live in Allen's 2007 concert tour.
The song,Shame For You is ajazz song with pieces offunk andska mixed with it. The song is set in thetime signature of common time and played in the key ofA minor, with Allen's vocals ranging fromF#3 toA4.[2] It has ametronome of 80beats per minute.[2] Allen plays the piano featured in the song. "Shame for You" samples parts of the melodic lines of "Loving You", aJackie Mittoo song from his album,Evening Time.[3] Lyrically, the song has a "nice-then-naughty approach" and a vindictive streak that belies the sugarcoated sounds around it, while she revels in being the one that got away from her ex-boyfriend.[4]"Shame for You" was performed live, as part of the setlist of Allen's 2007concert tour, for promotingAlright, Still.[5]
"Shame for You" was described byBBC reporter Lucy Davies to be a reggae-fused song, which "sticks in your head whilst you desperately suss out why [it's] familiar". Davies went on to say that Allen blatantly lifts the chorushook from the song "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" byDawn Penn.[6] Mark Pytlik ofPitchfork Media compared the singer's easy comfort with language to that ofMike Skinner, also suggesting she's confident enough that she never overexerts herself lyrically, but uses the song's wilting punchline, "Oh my God you must be joking me / If you think that you'll be poking me", to argue that she is "not above risking a stupid joke either".[7] Sal Cinquemani fromSlant Magazine praised the production of "Shame for You", as well as "Alfie", with "plenty of catchy melodies and clever samples", but claimed that Allen lacks charisma.[8]
Having only being released through the "Alfie/Shame for You" single exclusively in the singer's home country, the song peaked at number 15, along with A-side "Alfie", on theUK Singles Chart.[9]
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[13] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
