"Fuck Forever" is a song by English rock band
Babyshambles
Babyshambles were an English rock band established in London. The band was formed by Pete Doherty (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) during a hiatus from the Libertines. As of 2013 the band includes Mick Whitnall (lead guitar), Drew McConnell (bas ...
. It was released as a
single on 15 August 2005 and is their highest-charting single, peaking at number four on the
UK Singles Chart
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. The song was negatively targeted due to its controversial title and lyrics, but it was eventually released and has become the closing number in the band's live sets. In May 2007, ''
NME
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'' placed "Fuck Forever" at number 24 on its list of the "50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever", while in 2014, the same publication named it the 245th greatest song of all time.
Music video
The video was directed by Jez Murrell. Most of the promotional video for Babyshambles' second single was filmed on location at Spitalfields City Farm in east London, in June 2005.
At the beginning of the video,
Kate Moss makes a
cameo appearance
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, which is followed by a segment featuring
Patrick Walden talking to a girl in a cinema ticket booth in the style of a foreign film, complete with subtitles and fluttering animated hearts. The farm segment features a sharp suited and booted band milling around miming to the song, miscellaneous farm animals, goats running around,
Union Jack
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–draped and
pork pie hat
A pork pie hat is one of several different styles of hat that have been popular since the mid-19th century. It features a flat crown that resembles a traditional pork pie.
Buster Keaton and the 1920s
The pork pie began to appear in Britain ...
–wearing donkeys and
Pete Doherty twirling around wrapped in a Union Jack. The video ends with Walden and the mysterious cinema girl meeting up at the "Victoria Palace Gates," sharing a kiss and romantically wandering off into the distance.
Track listings
UK CD1
# "Fuck Forever" (original)
# "East of Eden"
# "Babyshamble"
# "Fuck Forever" (video)
UK CD2
# "Fuck Forever" (original)
# "Monkey Casino"
UK 7-inch single
:A. "Fuck Forever" (original)
:B. "Black Boy Lane"
Australian CD single
# "Fuck Forever" (original)
# "Fuck Forever" (original clean)
# "Black Boy Lane"
# "Monkey Casino"
# "East of Eden"
# "Babyshambles"
Japanese CD single
# "Fuck Forever" (original version)
# "Black Boy Lane"
# "Monkey Casino"
# "East of Eden"
# "Babyshambles"
# "Fuck Forever" (original version clean)
# "Fuck Forever" (video)
Charts
Release history
References
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2005 songs
2005 singles
Babyshambles songs
Rough Trade Records singles
Songs written by Pete Doherty
Song recordings produced by Mick Jones (The Clash)