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Alfie (Lily Allen song)

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"Alfie"
Song
A-side"Shame for You"

"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 at a Japan only EP (which would chart on the albums charts). The EP features six songs and three music videos as a CD extra.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

  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)

Charts

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

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

References