Fuck the Industry

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"Fuck the Industry"
Solange - Fuck the Industry.png
Dance Remixes digital cover
Single by Solange
from the album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (2015 edition)
ReleasedMay 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)
Recorded2008
Genre Hip hop soul
Length3:48
Label Music World
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Kanye West
Solange singles chronology
"T.O.N.Y."
(2009)
"Fuck the Industry"
(2010)
"Losing You"
(2012)

"Fuck the Industry" (censored as "F**k the Industry") is a song recorded by American singer Solange. The song leaked online in 2008 and was reported to be part of a mixtape recorded by Solange called I Can't Get Clearance. [1] [2] However, the mixtape was never released and the song received an official release in 2010. The song was released to digital music stores on May 25, 2010, on her father Mathew Knowles's Music World Entertainment, after Solange was dropped by Geffen Records and received no promotion. The single includes remixes of "Fuck the Industry" and remixes of two songs from Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams . The song's main sample comes from American rapper and producer Kanye West's "Everything I Am" from his third studio album, Graduation (2007).

Contents

The song's lyrics deal with Solange wanting to be her own person/artist individually and makes references to fellow female R&B artists such as her famous older sister, Mary J. Blige, Ashanti, Keyshia Cole and Jennifer Lopez.

Track listing

  1. "Fuck the Industry" (DJ Escape/Coluccio Main) – 7:34
  2. "Fuck the Industry" (DJ Escape/Coluccio Dub) – 6:20
  3. "Fuck the Industry" (Lost Daze remix) – 6:33
  4. "Fuck the Industry" (Lost Daze edit) – 3:43
  5. "6 O'Clock Blues" (Whatever Wherever Mix) – 7:41
  6. "6 O'Clock Blues" (Whatever Wherever Radio) – 4:05
  7. "Cosmic Journey" (Matty's Club Mix) – 8:34
  8. "Cosmic Journey" (Matty's Radio) – 4:11

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 6

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesMay 25, 2010 Digital download (Dance Remixes) Music World [4] [5]

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