{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox song | name = URL Badman | cover = Lily Allen - URL Badman.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Lily Allen | album = Sheezus | B-side = Bass Like Home | released = {{start date|2014|7|13|df=y}} | recorded = November 2013 | studio = * Echo (Los Angeles) * Rocket (London) | genre = * Dubstep * synth-pop | length = {{duration|m=3|s=39}} | label = Parlophone | writer = * Lily Allen * Greg Kurstin | producer = Greg Kurstin | prev_title = Our Time | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = As Long as I Got You | next_year = 2014 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|lDlofPAOZy0|"URL Badman"}}}} }} "'''URL Badman'''" is a song by English singer Lily Allen, released on 13 July 2014 as the fourth single from her third studio album, ''Sheezus'' (2014). The B-side to the single, "Bass Like Home", is an unofficial World Cup song for England.
==Composition== "URL Badman" is a dubstep and synth-pop song,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7516997/lily-allen-sheezus-album-review|title=Lily Allen's 'Sheezus': Album Review|last=Lee|first=Christina|date=6 May 2014|website=Idolator|access-date=15 June 2016}}{{dead link|date=August 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/lily-allen-confronts-internet-trolls-in-url-badman-video-20140702|title=Lily Allen Confronts Internet Trolls in 'URL Badman' Video|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=2 July 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> with Allen rapping over "a surprisingly hip-hop beat".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theurbanalternative.net/2014/12/31/year-end-top-50-albums-of-2014-2-x-lily-allen-sheezus/|title=[Year-End] Top 50 Albums of 2014 (#2) X Lily Allen ''Sheezus''|date=31 December 2014|website=The Urban Alternative|access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> In the song, there is an introductory dialogue between a boy named Alexander and his mother; Alex is in his room typing at a computer when his mother calls him for dinner. The main theme of the song is the Internet, and blog critics who "spend their life on the computer". Allen said she wrote the song after a blogger criticised the music video for "Hard out Here" because it used mostly black dancers. Jaiden Micheal, the infamous Celebrity Blogger who inspired the song, said in an interview for ''The Guardian'' that his "first reaction was to feel flattered".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2014/jul/04/lily-allen-url-badman-attack-accused-racism|title=Lily Allen wrote a song about me because I accused her of racism|newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 July 2014}}</ref>
== Release == "URL Badman" was released on 13 July 2014 by Parlophone. The B-side "Bass Like Home" contains her singing about the UK. "Bass Like Home" is not available in the US.
== Live performances == Allen performed the song on 24 May 2014 at the BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, after "Littlest Things" and before "Our Time".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ep3g9r/acts/ax9dgw#p01zs8f1|title=BBC – Radio 1's Big Weekend – Glasgow – Acts – Lily Allen|website=BBC}}</ref>
== Track listing == * '''Digital download'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/url-badman-single/894601532|title=iTunes - Music - URL Badman - Single by Lily Allen|access-date=13 July 2014|website=iTunes Store UK}}</ref> # "URL Badman" – 3:39 # "Sheezus" (Redlight Deconstructed Mix) – 4:37 # "Bass Like Home" (Lily Allen & Kid Harpoon) – 3:59
== Chart performance == "URL Badman" peaked at number 93 on the UK Singles Chart
== Charts == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for "URL Badman" ! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|UK|93|date=20140720|rowheader=true|access-date=21 January 2020}} |}
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Category:2014 songs Category:2014 singles Category:Lily Allen songs Category:Songs written by Lily Allen Category:Songs written by Greg Kurstin Category:Song recordings produced by Greg Kurstin Category:Parlophone singles