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Fuck Forever

{{Short description|2005 single by Babyshambles}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Fuck Forever

| cover = Fuck forever japan ep.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Japanese artwork

| type = single

| artist = Babyshambles

| album = Down in Albion

| B-side = "East of Eden", "Babyshamble", "Monkey Casino", "Black Boy Lane"

| released = {{start date|2005|8|15|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Indie rock

| length = 4:38

| label = Rough Trade

| writer = Pete Doherty, Patrick Walden

| producer = Mick Jones

| prev_title = Killamangiro

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Albion

| next_year = 2005

| misc = {{Extra track listing

| album = Down in Albion

| type = single

| tracks =

  1. "La Belle et la Bête"
  2. "Fuck Forever"
  3. "A'Rebours"
  4. "The 32nd of December"
  5. "Pipedown"
  6. "Sticks and Stones"
  7. "Killamangiro"
  8. "8 Dead Boys"
  9. "In Love with a Feeling"
  10. "Pentonville"
  11. "What Katy Did Next"
  12. "Albion"
  13. "Back from the Dead"
  14. "The Loyalty Song"
  15. "Up the Morning"
  16. "Merry Go Round"

}}

}}

"Fuck Forever" is a song by English rock band Babyshambles. It was released as a single on 15 August 2005 and is their highest-charting single, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart. The song was negatively targeted due to its controversial title and lyrics, but it was eventually released and has become the closing number in the band's live sets. In May 2007, NME placed "Fuck Forever" at number 24 on its list of the "50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever",{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme/28059 |title=The Greatest Indie Anthems Ever – Number One is getting close |website=NME |date=2 May 2007 |access-date=2 May 2007}} while in 2014, the same publication named it the 245th greatest song of all time.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_songs_2014.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140325220723/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_songs_2014.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 March 2014|title = Rocklist.net....NME the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.. 2014}}

Music video

The video was directed by Jez Murrell. Most of the promotional video for Babyshambles' second single was filmed on location at Spitalfields City Farm in east London, in June 2005.

At the beginning of the video, Kate Moss makes a cameo appearance, which is followed by a segment featuring Patrick Walden talking to a girl in a cinema ticket booth in the style of a foreign film, complete with subtitles and fluttering animated hearts. The farm segment features a sharp suited and booted band milling around miming to the song, miscellaneous farm animals, goats running around, Union Jack–draped and pork pie hat–wearing donkeys and Pete Doherty twirling around wrapped in a Union Jack. The video ends with Walden and the mysterious cinema girl meeting up at the "Victoria Palace Gates," sharing a kiss and romantically wandering off into the distance.

Track listings

UK CD1 {{small|(RTRADSCDX210)}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Fuck Forever|others=Babyshambles|year=2005|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Rough Trade Records|id=RTRADSCDX210}}

  1. "Fuck Forever" (original)
  2. "East of Eden"
  3. "Babyshamble"
  4. "Fuck Forever" (video)

UK CD2 {{small|(RTRADSCD210)}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Fuck Forever|others=Babyshambles|year=2005|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Rough Trade Records|id=RTRADSCD210}}

  1. "Fuck Forever" (original)
  2. "Monkey Casino"

UK 7-inch single {{small|(RTRADS210)}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Fuck Forever|others=Babyshambles|year=2005|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Rough Trade Records|id=RTRADS210}}

:A. "Fuck Forever" (original)

:B. "Black Boy Lane"

Australian CD single {{small|(RTRADSCD210)}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Fuck Forever|others=Babyshambles|year=2005|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Rough Trade Records|id=RTRADSCD210}}

  1. "Fuck Forever" (original)
  2. "Fuck Forever" (original clean)
  3. "Black Boy Lane"
  4. "Monkey Casino"
  5. "East of Eden"
  6. "Babyshambles"

Japanese maxi-CD EP {{small|(TOCP-61105)}}{{cite AV media notes|title=F*ck Forever|others=Babyshambles|year=2005|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Rough Trade Records|id=TOCP-61105}}

  1. "Fuck Forever" (original version)
  2. "Black Boy Lane"
  3. "Monkey Casino"
  4. "East of Eden"
  5. "Babyshambles"
  6. "Fuck Forever" (original version clean)
  7. "Fuck Forever" (video)

Charts

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!Chart (2005)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australiapandora|76|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222438/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050820-0000/issue810.pdf|urltitle=Issue 810|rowheader=true|access-date=15 May 2022}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue809.pdf|title=European Top 20 Charts – Week Commencing 29th August 2005|publisher=ARIA|page=25|date=29 August 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222438/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050820-0000/issue809.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2008|access-date=15 May 2022}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|17

{{single chart|Ireland2|22|song=F**k Forever|rowheader=true|access-date=15 May 2022}}
{{single chart|Scotland|4|date=20050821|rowheader=true|access-date=6 July 2023}}
{{single chart|UK|4|date=20050827|rowheader=true|access-date=15 May 2022}}
{{single chart|UKindie|1|date=20050821|rowheader=true|access-date=6 July 2023}}

Release history

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|15 August 2005

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD}}

|rowspan="3"|Rough Trade

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=13 August 2005}}

scope="row"|Australia

|29 August 2005

|CD

|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue809.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 29th August 2005|publisher=ARIA|page=28|date=29 August 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222438/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050820-0000/issue809.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2008|access-date=15 May 2022}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|Japan

|22 September 2005

|EP/mini-album

|{{cite web|url=http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/international/release/200509/tocp61105.htm|title=Forever—Japan-only Mini Album|publisher=Toshiba-EMI|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124195201/http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/international/release/200509/tocp61105.htm|archive-date=24 November 2005|access-date=26 August 2023}}

References

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Category:2005 songs

Category:2005 singles

Category:Babyshambles songs

Category:Rough Trade Records singles

Category:Songs written by Pete Doherty

Category:Song recordings produced by Mick Jones (The Clash)

Category:UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles