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Alfie
Lily Allen
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- Album
- Alright, Still
- Released
- 2006
- Genres
- Pop
- Length
- 2:46
- Tempo
- 120 BPM
- Label
- Parlophone UK
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About this song
"Alfie" was the fourth single from Lily Allen's debut album, Alright, Still, and was marketed as a double A side with "Shame for You". Alfie refused to appear in the music video, so he was replaced by an unflattering puppet.
What it's about
The song pokes fun at Lily's younger brother Alfie, an actor who was known at the time for Atonement and later for Game of Thrones. It urges him to stop watching TV, stop smoking weed and pull his life together, out of frustration with his laziness.
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Samples “Puppet on a String by Sandie Shaw”.
- Written by Greg Kurstin and Lily Allen.
- Produced by Greg Kurstin.