Rudebox

Rudebox is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on 23 October 2006.

Rudebox
Studio album by Robbie Williams
Released	23 October 2006 (2006-10-23)
Recorded	November 2005 – August 2006, Los Angeles
Genre	Dance
Length	74:44
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Soul Mekanik Mark Ronson Pet Shop Boys Brandon Christy & Craig Russo William Orbit Joey Negro Jerry Meehan
Robbie Williams chronology
Intensive Care (2005) Rudebox (2006) Reality Killed the Video Star (2009)
Singles from Rudebox
"Rudebox" Released: 4 September 2006 "Kiss Me" Released: 10 October 2006 "Lovelight" Released: 13 November 2006 "Bongo Bong and Je ne t'aime plus" Released: 22 January 2007 "She's Madonna" Released: 5 March 2007

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Rudebox"	Soul Mekanik	4:45
2.	"Viva Life on Mars"	Soul Mekanik	4:50
3.	"Lovelight"	Mark Ronson	4:02
4.	"Bongo Bong and Je ne t'aime plus"	Ronson	4:48
5.	"She's Madonna" (with Pet Shop Boys)	Pet Shop Boys	4:16
6.	"Keep On"	Ronson	4:18
7.	"Good Doctor"	Ronson	3:16
8.	"The Actor"	Christy Russo	4:06
9.	"Never Touch That Switch"	Soul Mekanik	2:46
10.	"Louise"	William Orbit	4:46
11.	"We're the Pet Shop Boys" (with Pet Shop Boys)	Chris Zippel Pet Shop Boys	4:56
12.	"Burslem Normals"	Soul Mekanik	3:50
13.	"Kiss Me"	Dave Lee	3:16
14.	"The 80's"	Meehan	4:17
15.	"The 90's"	Meehan	5:33
16.	"Summertime"	Orbit	5:42
17.	"Dickhead" (hidden track)	Meehan	4:09

Notes

• "Rudebox" contains elements of the composition "Boops (Here to Go)" as written by Bill Laswell, Carl Aiken, Bootsy Collins, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[3] 3 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[4] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 2 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 1 French Albums (SNEP)[6] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 1 Hungarian Albums (Mahasz) 3 Italian Albums (FIMI)[8] 1 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 1 Polish Albums Chart 23 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[9] 5 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[10] 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 2 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[13] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 23 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 17 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 42 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 50 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 25 French Albums (SNEP)[19] 81 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 22 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 62 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 18 UK Albums (OCC)[23] 36 Chart (2007) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 65 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 83 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26] 70

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[27]	2× Platinum	80,000^
Australia (ARIA)[28]	2× Platinum	140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[29]	2× Platinum	80,000*
Belgium (BEA)[30]	Platinum	30,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[31]	Platinum	50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[32]	Platinum	33,465[32]
France (SNEP)[33]	Platinum	200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[34]	3× Platinum	900,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[35]	2× Platinum	12,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[36]	2× Platinum	30,000^
Italy 2006 sales	—	150,000[37]
India[38]	Gold	10,000[38]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[39]	Platinum	100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[40]	Platinum	70,000^
Portugal (AFP)[41]	Gold	10,000^
Russia (NFPF)[42]	Gold	10,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[43]	Gold	40,000^
Sweden (GLF)[44]	Gold	30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[45]	2× Platinum	60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[46]	2× Platinum	600,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[47]	2× Platinum	2,000,000*
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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Other websites

• Official web page
• Rudebox details in cosmopolis.ch^{[permanent dead link]}