The music video is directed by Howard Greenhalgh and was inspired by the movie Gattaca.
Live performance history
The song was played throughout the Black Market Music and Sleeping With Ghosts tour, and was performed up until 2005. "Slave to the Wage" returned to the setlists on the band's summer 2012 tour. An acoustic version of the song is part of the 2015 MTV Unplugged performance.
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Placebo are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was replaced in 1996 by Steve Hewitt. Hewitt left the band in 2007 and was replaced by Steve Forrest in 2008.
published: 11 Aug 2012
Placebo - Slave to The Wage (Official Music Video)
Official Music Video for the single "Slave To The Wage" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
Slave to the Wage is taken from the album, Black Market Music.
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#Placebo #SlaveToTheWage
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Slave To The Wage lyrics:
Runaway from all your boredom
Runaway from all your whoredom
An...
published: 08 Jun 2012
Placebo - Slave To The Wage [Rock Am Ring 2003]
Placebo Slave To The Wage Live Concert at Rock am Ring Nürburg Germany on June 7 2003
published: 17 May 2011
Live@NPA Placebo Slave to the Wage
published: 21 Aug 2009
Placebo - Slave to the Wage (Live @ Werchter 2001)
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published: 27 Nov 2007
Placebo - Nancy Boy (Official Music Video)
Official video for the single "Nancy Boy" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
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Nancy Boy is taken from the album, Placebo.
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#Placebo #NancyBoy
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Nancy Boy lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Alcoholic kind of mood
Lose my clothes, lose my lube
Cruising for a piece of fun
Looking out for...
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Placebo are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist...
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Placebo are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was replaced in 1996 by Steve Hewitt. Hewitt left the band in 2007 and was replaced by Steve Forrest in 2008.
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Placebo are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was replaced in 1996 by Steve Hewitt. Hewitt left the band in 2007 and was replaced by Steve Forrest in 2008.
Official Music Video for the single "Slave To The Wage" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
Slave to the Wage is taken from the album, Black Market Musi...
Official Music Video for the single "Slave To The Wage" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
Slave to the Wage is taken from the album, Black Market Music.
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2020 marks the 20 year anniversary of Black Market Music. Revisit this album here: https://placebo.ffm.to/blackmarketmusic.oyd
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#Placebo #SlaveToTheWage
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Slave To The Wage lyrics:
Runaway from all your boredom
Runaway from all your whoredom
And wave your worries and cares goodbye
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision
To wave your worries and cares goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
Sick and tired of Maggie's farm
She's a bitch with broken arms
To wave your worries and cares goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Official Music Video for the single "Slave To The Wage" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
Slave to the Wage is taken from the album, Black Market Music.
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2020 marks the 20 year anniversary of Black Market Music. Revisit this album here: https://placebo.ffm.to/blackmarketmusic.oyd
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#Placebo #SlaveToTheWage
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Slave To The Wage lyrics:
Runaway from all your boredom
Runaway from all your whoredom
And wave your worries and cares goodbye
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision
To wave your worries and cares goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
Sick and tired of Maggie's farm
She's a bitch with broken arms
To wave your worries and cares goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Official video for the single "Nancy Boy" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
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Nancy Boy is taken from ...
Official video for the single "Nancy Boy" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
SUBSCRIBE: http://smarturl.it/SubscribePlacebo
Nancy Boy is taken from the album, Placebo.
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2020 marks the 20 year anniversary of Black Market Music. Revisit this album here: https://placebo.ffm.to/blackmarketmusic.oyd
Follow Placebo:
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#Placebo #NancyBoy
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Nancy Boy lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Alcoholic kind of mood
Lose my clothes, lose my lube
Cruising for a piece of fun
Looking out for number one
Different partner every night
So narcotic outta sight
What a gas, what a beautiful ass
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
[Verse 2]
Kind of buzz that lasts for days
Had some help from insect ways
Comes across all shy and coy
Just another Nancy Boy
Woman man or modern Monkey
Just another happy junkie
Fifty pounds press my button going down
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
[Verse 3]
Does his makeup in his room
Douse himself with cheap perfume
Eyeholes in a paper bag
Greatest lay I ever had
Kind of guy who mates for life
Gotta help him find a wife
We're a couple
When our bodies double
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
Official video for the single "Nancy Boy" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
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Nancy Boy is taken from the album, Placebo.
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2020 marks the 20 year anniversary of Black Market Music. Revisit this album here: https://placebo.ffm.to/blackmarketmusic.oyd
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#Placebo #NancyBoy
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Nancy Boy lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Alcoholic kind of mood
Lose my clothes, lose my lube
Cruising for a piece of fun
Looking out for number one
Different partner every night
So narcotic outta sight
What a gas, what a beautiful ass
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
[Verse 2]
Kind of buzz that lasts for days
Had some help from insect ways
Comes across all shy and coy
Just another Nancy Boy
Woman man or modern Monkey
Just another happy junkie
Fifty pounds press my button going down
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
[Verse 3]
Does his makeup in his room
Douse himself with cheap perfume
Eyeholes in a paper bag
Greatest lay I ever had
Kind of guy who mates for life
Gotta help him find a wife
We're a couple
When our bodies double
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
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Placebo are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was replaced in 1996 by Steve Hewitt. Hewitt left the band in 2007 and was replaced by Steve Forrest in 2008.
Official Music Video for the single "Slave To The Wage" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
Slave to the Wage is taken from the album, Black Market Music.
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#Placebo #SlaveToTheWage
----------------
Slave To The Wage lyrics:
Runaway from all your boredom
Runaway from all your whoredom
And wave your worries and cares goodbye
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision
To wave your worries and cares goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
Sick and tired of Maggie's farm
She's a bitch with broken arms
To wave your worries and cares goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Run away, run away
Official video for the single "Nancy Boy" by Placebo, directed by Howard Greenhalgh.
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Nancy Boy is taken from the album, Placebo.
-----------------
2020 marks the 20 year anniversary of Black Market Music. Revisit this album here: https://placebo.ffm.to/blackmarketmusic.oyd
Follow Placebo:
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#Placebo #NancyBoy
-----------------
Nancy Boy lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Alcoholic kind of mood
Lose my clothes, lose my lube
Cruising for a piece of fun
Looking out for number one
Different partner every night
So narcotic outta sight
What a gas, what a beautiful ass
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
[Verse 2]
Kind of buzz that lasts for days
Had some help from insect ways
Comes across all shy and coy
Just another Nancy Boy
Woman man or modern Monkey
Just another happy junkie
Fifty pounds press my button going down
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
[Verse 3]
Does his makeup in his room
Douse himself with cheap perfume
Eyeholes in a paper bag
Greatest lay I ever had
Kind of guy who mates for life
Gotta help him find a wife
We're a couple
When our bodies double
[Chorus]
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the role reversal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
And it all breaks down at the first rehearsal
Got the muse in my head, she's universal
Spinning me round, she's coming over me
The music video is directed by Howard Greenhalgh and was inspired by the movie Gattaca.
Live performance history
The song was played throughout the Black Market Music and Sleeping With Ghosts tour, and was performed up until 2005. "Slave to the Wage" returned to the setlists on the band's summer 2012 tour. An acoustic version of the song is part of the 2015 MTV Unplugged performance.
Run away from all your boredom Run away from all your whoredom and wave Your worries, and cares, goodbye All it takes is one decision A lot of guts, a little vision to wave Your worries, and cares goodbye It's a maze for rats to try It's a race, a race for rats A race for rats to die It's a race, a race for rats A race for rats to die Sick and tired of Maggie's farm She's a bitch, with broken arms to wave Your worries, and cares, goodbye It's a maze for rats to try It's a race, a race for rats A race for rats to die It's a race, a race for rats A race for rats to die Burn away