Emancipate Myself

{{Short description|2004 single by Thirsty Merc}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Emancipate Myself

| cover = Emancipate_Myself.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Thirsty Merc

| album = First Work {{noitalic|and}} Thirsty Merc

| B-side =

• "Small Time Politics"
• "Lazy Susan" (live)

| released = {{start date|2004|4|5|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue736.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 5th April 2004|publisher=ARIA|page=28|date=5 April 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222435/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040407-0000/issue736.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2008|access-date=18 May 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| length = 4:16

| label = Warner Music Australia

| writer =

• Rai Thistlethwayte
• Phil Stack

| producer = Thirsty Merc

| prev_title = Wasting Time

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = My Completeness

| next_year = 2004

}}

"Emancipate Myself" is a song by Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released as the second track from the band’s debut EP, First Work, and as the band's first official commercial single from their debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc. It achieved mainstream success, earning healthy radio airplay, and reaching number 37 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The music video for "Emancipate Myself", which involved the band playing in a corporate office, wearing suits and ties, followed in the footsteps of its predecessor Wasting Time in garnering huge support.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/12/1092102587275.html?from=storyrhs|title=Running on empty|newspaper=The Age|author=Andrew Murfett|date=13 August 2004|access-date=15 January 2008}}