The Spoils (song)

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| name = The Spoils

| cover = MassiveAttack TheSpoils.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Massive Attack

| album =

| B-side = "Come Near Me"

| released = {{Start date|2016|7|29|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Trip hop|electronica}}

| length = {{Duration|m=5|s=46}}

| label = Virgin EMI

| writer = {{hlist|Grant Marshall|Hope Sandoval|Stew Jackson}}

| producer = {{hlist|Grant Marshall|Stew Jackson}}

| prev_title = "Four Walls" / "Paradise Circus"

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

"The Spoils" is a single by British group Massive Attack, released on 29 July 2016.{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/67161-watch-massive-attack-and-ghostpoets-new-video-come-near-me/ | title=Massive Attack Release "Come Near Me" New Video, Plus Hope Sandoval Collaboration | work=Pitchfork | accessdate=29 July 2016}} The title song features Mazzy Star singer-songwriter Hope Sandoval, in what is her third collaboration with the band, after "Paradise Circus" from the album Heligoland (2010),{{cite web|title=Album review: Massive Attack - 'Heligoland' (Virgin)|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/massive-attack/11054|website=NME.COM|accessdate=8 February 2016}} and the non-album single "Four Walls" (2011).{{cite web |url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=13901535&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131012080012/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=13901535&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2013 |title=BMI / Repertoire Search / "Four Walls" |work=BMI |accessdate=12 October 2013 }} The b-side, "Come Near Me," features British musician Ghostpoet.

A music video for the second song "Come Near Me", directed by Ed Morris and featuring Kosovan actress Arta Dobroshi, was released the same day as the single. The videoclip for "The Spoils", featuring Cate Blanchett and directed by Australian director John Hillcoat, was released on 9 August 2016.{{cite web|title=Cate Blanchett stars in Massive Attack's new music video|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cate-blanchett-stars-in-massive-attacks-new-music-video-for-the-spoils-a7181016.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/cate-blanchett-stars-in-massive-attacks-new-music-video-for-the-spoils-a7181016.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Independent|accessdate=9 August 2016}}