Rudebox (song)

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"Rudebox"
Electro-funk-pop[2]
Length
  • 4:45 (album version)
  • 3:46 (radio edit)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Soul Mekanik
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Sin Sin Sin"
(2006)
"Rudebox"
(2006)
"Lovelight"
(2006)
Music video
"Rudebox" on
YouTube

"Rudebox" is song by English musician

UK Singles Chart on 3 September. After the release of the CD single, it ascended 26 places to number four, selling 24,821 copies.[3]

The track was nominated for the 2006

Mandrax
.

Commercial performance

"Rudebox" had considerable success in Europe, peaking at number two on the

UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks inside the top 10 and nine weeks on the chart overall. In Mexico, the song won the award for Song of the Year – International at the 2007 Premios Oye! ceremony.[5]

Track listings

UK CD1 and European CD single[6]

  1. "Rudebox" (radio edit)
  2. "Lonestar Rising"

UK CD2 and Australian CD single[7]

  1. "Rudebox" (album version)
  2. "Rudebox" (Soul Mekanik dub)
  3. "Rudebox" (Chicken Lips Malfunction)
  4. "Rudebox" (Chicken Lips Malfunction dub)
  5. "Rudebox" (video)
  6. "Rudebox" (interview clip)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Rudebox album booklet.[8]

Studios

  • Recorded at Wendy House Studios (London, England)
  • Mixed at Twenty One Studios (London, England)
  • Mastered at Metropolis Studios (London, England)

Personnel

  • Robbie Williams – writing, lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Kelvin Andrews – writing, backing vocals, Moog, synthesisers, programming
  • Danny Spencer – writing, backing vocals, Moog, synthesisers, programming
  • Bill Laswell – writing ("Boops (Here to Go)")
  • Carl Aiken – writing ("Boops (Here to Go)")
  • William Collins – writing ("Boops (Here to Go)")
  • Sly Dunbar – writing ("Boops (Here to Go)")
  • Robbie Shakespeare – writing ("Boops (Here to Go)")
  • Charmaine Baines – featured vocals
  • Marsha Thomason – featured vocals
  • Richard Scott – backing vocals
  • Soul Mekanik – production
  • Jeremy Wheatley – mixing
  • Matt Kemp – engineering
  • Tony Cousins – mastering

Charts

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