Slave to the Wage

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{{Infobox song

| name = Slave to the Wage

| cover = Placebo - Slave to the Wage.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Placebo

| album = Black Market Music

| released = 25 September 2000

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| genre = Alternative rock

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| label = Virgin

| writer = {{hlist|Brian Molko|Stefan Olsdal|Steve Hewitt|Stephen Malkmus|Scott Kannberg}}

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| prev_title = Taste in Men

| prev_year = 2000

| next_title = Special K

| next_year = 2000

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"Slave to the Wage" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo. It was released as a single from their third studio album, 2000's Black Market Music. It reached number 19 in the UK Singles Chart.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} The song, inspired by the drudgery of having a "9 to 5" job in the modern world, is about not working oneself into an early grave.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723182123/http://www.placeboworld.co.uk/archive/selectaug00.htm FITTER. HAPPIER. MORE PRODUCTIVE.]. Select - Aug/Sep 2000. Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" is also mentioned in the lyrics. The song samples the intro of "Texas Never Whispers" by Pavement.

The music video is directed by Howard Greenhalgh and was inspired by the movie Gattaca.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}}