Slave to the Wage

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“Slave to the Wage”
Single by Placebo
from the album Black Market Music
Released 2000
Genre Alternative Rock
Label Virgin Records
Placebo singles chronology
"Taste in Men"
(2000)		 "Slave to the Wage"
(2000)		 "Special K"
(2000)

Slave to the Wage is a single by alternative rock band Placebo. Taken from their third album, it reached number 19 in the UK singles chart. The song, inspired by the drudgery of having a "9 to 5" job in the modern world, is about not working oneself into an early grave.[1] Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" is also mentioned in the lyrics.

The music video is directed by Howard Greenhalgh and was aesthetically inspired by the movie Gattaca.

[edit] Track listings

CD1

  1. Slave to the Wage (Radio edit) – 3:50
  2. Leni – 4:39
  3. Bubblegun – 5:13

CD2

  1. Slave to the Wage (Album version) – 4:09
  2. Holocaust – 4:26
  3. Slave to the Wage (Les Rythmes Digitales remix) – 4:29

[edit] References

  1. ^ FITTER. HAPPIER. MORE PRODUCTIVE.. Select - Aug/Sep 2000.
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