Fuck the Industry

"F**k the Industry"
Single by Solange
from the album I Can't Get Clearance and Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (2015 edition)
Released	May 25, 2010
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2008
Genre	Hip hop soul
Length	3:48
Label	Music World
Writer(s)	Solange Knowles Kanye West George Clinton, Jr. Prince Phillip Mitchell Carlton Ridenhour Eric Sadler Hank Shocklee
Producer(s)	Kanye West
Solange singles chronology
"T.O.N.Y." (2009) "F**k the Industry" (2010) "Losing You" (2012)

"Fuck the Industry" (censored as "F**k the Industry") is a song recorded by American recording artist Solange Knowles. The song leaked online in 2008 and was reported to be part of a mixtape recorded by Knowles 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 in 2010 by her father Mathew Knowles's Music World Entertainment. The song was released after Solange Knowles 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 hip-hop artist and producer Kanye West's "Everything I Am" from his third studio album Graduation (2007).

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. "F**k the Industry" (DJ Escape/Coluccio Main) - 7:34
2. "F**k the Industry" (DJ Escape/Coluccio Dub) - 6:20
3. "F**k the Industry" (Lost Daze remix) - 6:33
4. "F**k 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

Release history

Region	Format	Label	Date
United States[3][4]	Digital download	Music World Entertainment	May 25, 2010

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[5]	6 [6]

References

1. "Solange - Fuck The Industry (Signed Sincerely)". Dirty Remixes. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
2. "♫ NEW MUSIC: SOLANGE – "F*@k the Industry (signed Sincerely)"". Concrete Loop. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
3. "F**k The Industry (The Remixes)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
4. "F**k the Industry (The Remixes)". iTunes. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
5. "Solange – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for Solange. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
6. http://www.billboard.com/artist/279731/solange/chart?f=359

External links

• SolangeMusic.com — official site