"Fuck the World (F.T.W.)" is a single by Norwegian band
Turbonegro
Turbonegro (Turboneger in Norway) is a Norwegian rock band, active from 1989 to 1998 and from 2002 to the present. The band combines glam rock, punk rock, and hard rock into a self-described "deathpunk" musical style.
History
Early years (1 ...
from their 2003 album ''
Scandinavian Leather
''Scandinavian Leather'' is an album by the Norwegian band Turbonegro that followed the band's reunion in 2002 and was released in April 2003 on Burning Heart Records in Sweden, on Bitzcore Records in Germany, on JVC/Victor Records in Japan, and ...
'', released on
7" vinyl
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and
CD in 2003 by
Burning Heart Records
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. It was also released in the United States on 7" vinyl by
Vice Records
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.
Shortly before the single's release Turbonegro shot a music video for this song in Romania, among others it features the Romanian National Ballet, a
gypsy
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woman's stone-old raven and psycho-sexual scenarios inspired by photographer
Helmut Newton
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.
Track listing
7" single
#"Fuck the World (F.T.W.)" (Album Version)
#"Fuck the World (F.T.W.)" (Instrumental Version)
CD single
#"Fuck the World (F.T.W.)" (Album Version)
#"Fuck the World (F.T.W.)" (Instrumental Version)
#"Are You Ready (For Some Darkness)" (Live at
Quart Festival
The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July, from 1991 to 2008. It was the most visited music festival in Norway.
It was first named ''Qvadradurmusivalen'' in 1991, but ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
, 6 July 2002)
7" single (Vice Records)
#"Fuck the World (F.T.W.)" (Album Version)
#"Are You Ready (For Some Darkness)" (Live at Quart Festival, Norway, 6 July 2002)
Charts
References
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2003 singles
Turbonegro songs
2003 songs
Burning Heart Records singles