Rudebox
Rudebox is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, released on 23 October 2006 in the United Kingdom.
Background
The album features collaborations with William Orbit, Mark Ronson, Soul Mekanik and two collaborations with Pet Shop Boys: "She's Madonna" and "We're the Pet Shop Boys". Lily Allen provides backing vocals on the songs "Bongo Bong and Je ne t'aime plus" and "Keep On". Williams covers five songs on the album: "Louise", a 1984 hit for The Human League, "Kiss Me", the biggest hit for Stephen Duffy, "Lovelight" by Lewis Taylor, "We're the Pet Shop Boys" by My Robot Friend, and "Bongo Bong and Je ne t'aime plus", by Manu Chao.
Williams himself spoke fondly of the album upon its release; "It has become something on which I've found myself. This is the right direction for me personally, this is what it is. I saw the whole Robbie thing coming to a close as it was, I couldn't make another album like the ones I'd made, and this has just opened up a thousand other doors. What I am excited about now is making more music. I love all the stuff on the album, I love Rudebox, it's a favourite song of mine. I don't know what's gonna happen now, I'm excited about getting it out there, but I'm more excited about making more."
Rudebox (song)
"Rudebox" is song by English musician Robbie Williams, from the his seventh studio album of the same name (2006). It is based on a sample from the song "Boops (Here to Go)" by Sly and Robbie. The single was released on 4 September 2006, although download purchases allowed it to reach number 30 on the UK Singles Chart on 3 September. After the release of the CD single, it ascended 26 places to number 4, selling 24,821 copies, beaten by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland's "Promiscuous", Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" and Scissor Sisters' "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'".
Although the single charted relatively high, Williams was mocked by sections of the tabloid press, who said the single was a failure due to his radical change in direction on the song, with The Sun dubbing it the "worst song ever". Williams responded to the criticism by joking about it, telling an audience at his concert in Leeds on 8 September that the song was "number one... in Germany" and saying it was "made to feel as welcome as a ginger step child". The track was also nominated for the 2006 Ivor Novello Award.
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by Robbie Williams
Rudebox
by: Robbie WilliamsDo the rudebox, shake your rudebox
Do the rudebox, shake your rudebox
Do the rudebox, shake your rudebox
Do the rudebox, shake your rudebox
Okay then back to basics
Grab your shell toes and your fat laces
A little hand clap for some funk faces
And make your body move in the following places
Goes up your back and then down your spine
And when it hits your head
Okay then back to baseheads
Dance like you just won at the special Olympics
I got the rudebox of the back of a spaceship
So sick I just had to take it
The R.U.D.E.B.O.X.
Up yer jacksy, split yer kicks
Sing a song of Semtex
Pocket full of Durex, body full of Mandrex
Are we gonna have sex
Will you wear your knee socks, back to the rudebox
Got this double fantasy where we just never stop
I got one design and that's to funk you to the top
Know what's on my mind there's only one thing you will find
I got one design and that's to bump you 'til you drop
Rudebox, do the rudebox, 'cos you so nasty
Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty
Rudebox, do the rudebox, 'cos you so nasty
Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty
Okay then back to spaceship
Take both pills fuck the Matrix
Jack those jills shake your Playtex
Rock 3 stripes not the asics
A.D.I.D.A.S
Old school 'cos it's the best, yes
TK max cost less, yes
Jackson looks a mess bless
Okay then what to do
If you try to jack me I'll rudebox you
If you rudebox me I'll rudebox your whole crew
'Cos it's what I do ain't that right boo, true
I'll ride with you if you can get me to the border
'Cos the sheriff's after me for what I did to his daughter
I did it like this, you did it like that
I love it when you double clap clap
Got this double fantasy where we just never stop
I got one design and that's to funk you to the top
Know what's on my mind there's only one thing you will find
I got one design and that's to bump you 'til you drop
Rudebox, do the rudebox, 'cos you so nasty
Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty
Rudebox, do the rudebox, 'cos you so nasty
Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty
Okay then check the tan line
Make your body shape like you're stood on a landmine
call me on my mobile not the landline
And the jack the mainline at the same time
Okay this is what we do
Got a jam so fresh it's nice for you
Okay give it what you got
And dial 808 for the bass to drop
Okay then what's the fracas
Grab your cardy your lead hat and your bus pass
You don't sweat much for a fat lass
Grab your rudebox cos your box is righteous
Okay bum rush the show
I got high speed dubbing on my stereo
And all the tunes in the box are the cherrio
I know I told you before, did you hear me though?
Got this double fantasy where we just never stop
I got one design and that's to funk you to the top
Know what's on my mind there's only one thing you will find
I got one design and that's to bump you 'til you drop
Rudebox, do the rudebox, 'cos you so nasty
Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty
Rudebox, do the rudebox, 'cos you so nasty
Rudebox, shake your rudebox, why you so nasty
Do the rudebox, shake your rudebox
Do the rudebox, shake your rudebox
Do the rudebox, shake your rudebox