Fuck You (CeeLo Green song)

"Fuck You"
"Fuck You"
Single by CeeLo Green
from the album The Lady Killer
Released	August 19, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Soul; funk; pop;
Length	3:41
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	CeeLo Green; Bruno Mars; Philip Lawrence; Ari Levine; Brody Brown;
Producer(s)	The Smeezingtons
CeeLo Green singles chronology
Music video
	"Fuck You" on YouTube; "Forget You" on YouTube;

"Fuck You" (stylized as "Fuck You!" or "F**k You!"), known as "Forget You" or "FU" for the clean versions, is a song by American recording artist CeeLo Green. It was written as a collaboration among Green,^[1]^[2] Bruno Mars, his production team the Smeezingtons, and Brody Brown.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was released on August 19, 2010, as the first single from Green's third solo studio album, The Lady Killer (2010). "Fuck You" received widespread acclaim from music critics, and was an international commercial success, making the top-10 in thirteen countries, including topping charts in the United Kingdom, and number two on the Billboard Hot 100.

^ ^a ^b Mars, Bruno; Smeezingtons, The (June 19, 2012). "The Smeezingtons at the 2012 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO (Part 1 of 2)" (video). Event occurs at 5m18s. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2017 – via YouTube.
^ ^a ^b Green, Cee-Lo (October 6, 2010). "Cee-Lo confirms 50 Cent 'Fuck You' video and the return of Gnarls Barkley – video". NME (video) (online ed.). Event occurs at 0m12s. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2020. I co-wrote this with Bruno Mars, and over the year or so that I hung out with him and we worked together, we became quite fond of each other and shared a similar taste and sense of humor, and that song was a product of that working environment. ... Well, essentially, I was in a place of where, maybe, subconsciously, my 'fuck you' was aimed at the industry itself. ... You could also call this industry a 'she', because you have to be kind, you have to court it, and be considerate, and be consistent — you know — and also put up with its bullshit.
^ Kimpel, Dan (March 7, 2016). "Songwriter Profile: Brody Brown (Bruno Mars, Adele, Mark Ronson)". Music Connection. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

[ascap-2012-1-1] Mars, Bruno; Smeezingtons, The (June 19, 2012). "The Smeezingtons at the 2012 ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO (Part 1 of 2)" (video). Event occurs at 5m18s. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2017 – via YouTube.

[nme-interview-20101006-2] Green, Cee-Lo (October 6, 2010). "Cee-Lo confirms 50 Cent 'Fuck You' video and the return of Gnarls Barkley – video". NME (video) (online ed.). Event occurs at 0m12s. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved April 21, 2020. I co-wrote this with Bruno Mars, and over the year or so that I hung out with him and we worked together, we became quite fond of each other and shared a similar taste and sense of humor, and that song was a product of that working environment. ... Well, essentially, I was in a place of where, maybe, subconsciously, my 'fuck you' was aimed at the industry itself. ... You could also call this industry a 'she', because you have to be kind, you have to court it, and be considerate, and be consistent — you know — and also put up with its bullshit.

[musicconnection-3] Kimpel, Dan (March 7, 2016). "Songwriter Profile: Brody Brown (Bruno Mars, Adele, Mark Ronson)". Music Connection. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

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